All departments, offices and agencies under the direction and supervision of the Manager shall be administered by an officer appointed by and subject to the direction and supervision of the Manager. With the consent of the Council, the Manager may serve as the head of one or more such departments, offices or agencies or may appoint one person as the head of two or more of them.
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Merit principle. All appointments and promotions of Town officers and employees shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination or other evidence of competence.
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Personnel Director.
(1) 
There shall be a Personnel Director who shall administer the personnel system of the Town. The Town Manager may serve as the Personnel Director.
(2) 
Duties. The Personnel Director shall prepare personnel rules. When approved by the Manager, the rules shall be proposed to the Council, and the Council may, by ordinance, adopt them with or without amendment. These rules shall provide for:
(a) 
The classification of all Town positions, except those positions which the Council may exempt, based on the duties, authority and responsibility of each position, with adequate provision for reclassification of any position whenever warranted by changed circumstances.
(b) 
A pay plan for all Town positions within the classified system.
(c) 
Methods for determining the merit and fitness of candidates for appointment or promotion.
(d) 
The policies and procedures regulating reduction in force and removal of employees.
(e) 
The hours of work, attendance regulations and provisions for sick and vacation leave.
(f) 
The policies and procedures governing persons holding provisional appointments.
(g) 
The policies and procedures governing relationships with employee organizations.
(h) 
Policies regarding in-service training programs.
(i) 
Grievance procedures, including procedures for the hearing of grievances by the Council, which may render advisory opinions based on its findings to the Town Manager, with a copy to the aggrieved employee.
(j) 
Other practices and procedures necessary to the administration of the Town personnel system.
There shall be a legal officer of the Town, appointed by the Manager with the Council's consent, who shall serve as chief legal adviser to the Council, the Manager and all Town departments, offices and agencies, shall represent the Town in all legal proceedings and shall perform any other duties prescribed by this Charter or by ordinance.
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Town employees prohibited from holding public office. No officer or employee in the service of the Town shall continue in such position after becoming elected to any public office in the Town.
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Political soliciting. No person shall orally, by letter or otherwise solicit or be in any manner concerned in soliciting any assessment, subscription or contribution for any Town political purpose whatever from any person holding a position in the service of the Town.
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Political contributions. No person holding a position in the service of the Town shall make any contribution to the campaign funds of any political party or any candidate for public office in the Town or take any part in the management, affairs or political campaign of any political party or candidate for public office in the Town further than in the exercise of his right as a citizen to express his opinion and to cast his vote.
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Holding multiple offices. No person shall hold more than one Town office or position at any one time, nor shall any person holding any Town office or position have outside business interest in commercial enterprises doing business with the Town, unless otherwise stated in this Charter. For the purposes of this section, "Town office or position" shall mean all elective, appointive and classified positions of the Town, with no distinction made between paid or unpaid positions.
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Participation of municipal officer, employee or agent in matter involving financial interest. No officer, employee or agent of any department, board, commission, authority or other public agency of the Town of Indian Head shall participate personally and substantially as a municipal officer, employee or agent, through decision, approval, disapproval, recommendation, the rendering of advice, investigation or otherwise, in a judicial or other proceeding, application, request for a ruling or other determination, contract, claim, controversy, charge, accusation, arrest or other particular matter in which, to his knowledge, he or his spouse, parent, child under 18 years of age, brother or sister has a financial interest, as defined herein, or to which any firm, corporation, association or other organization in which he has a financial interest or in which he is serving as officer, director, trustee, partner or employee or any person or organization with whom he is negotiating or has any arrangement concerning prospective employment is a party.
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Financial interest defined. As used in this article, the term "financial interest" shall mean:
(1) 
Ownership of any interest or involvement in any relationship from or as a result of which the owner has, within the past three years, received or is presently or in the future entitled to receive more than $500 per year;
(2) 
Ownership of more than 3% of the invested capital or capital stock of any firm, corporation, association or other organization; or
(3) 
Ownership of securities or obligations of any type which are or may become equivalent to or convertible into ownership of more than 3% of the invested capital or capital stock of any firm, corporation, association or organization.