[Amended 3-14-2023 by L.L. No. 22-2023, effective 4-4-2023]
There shall be established in the Town of Hempstead a Department
of Occupational Resources, which shall provide training and temporary
employment opportunities to the unemployed and shall develop and deliver
other human services. The executive head of such Department shall
be the Commissioner, who shall be appointed by the Town Board of the
Town of Hempstead for a term fixed by law, at such salary as may from
time to time be fixed by said Town Board. The Commissioner shall be
appointed on the basis of administrative experience and qualifications
for the duties of such office. The Commissioner shall be vested with
the authority, direction and control over the Department. There may
be Deputy Commissioners to the Commissioner of Occupational Resources.
The Deputy Commissioners, individually, shall have the authority to
act for and in place of the Commissioner of Occupational Resources
in all regards. The Commissioner shall designate, in writing, the
order in which the deputies shall act, in case of the Commissioner's
absence, inability to work, or vacancy. The Commissioner shall have
the power to appoint and remove all subordinate officers and employees
and assign them to their respective duties. The Commissioner shall
be in the unclassified service of the civil service. The position
of Deputy Commissioner shall, pursuant to the statutory authority
contained in the Municipal Home Rule Law and the Civil Service Law,
be in the exempt class.
In exercising the powers and duties set forth in this Chapter,
the Department of Occupational Resources shall adhere to the following:
A. Expenditure of federal funds. The Commissioner shall be responsible
for all agreements for the expenditure of federally derived funds
for all authorized employment, training services and other costs,
and these agreements shall be effective only where made and signed
by the Commissioner or his or her designee, subject to the approval
of the Town Board and limited by applicable federal funding rules
and regulations.
B. Personnel management. Notwithstanding other provisions of this Code,
the Commissioner or his or her designee shall be responsible for all
personnel activity in relation to federally funded employees, subject
to the approval of the Town Board and applicable federal law, rules
and regulations; and it shall be his or her additional authority and
duty to maintain, perpetuate and establish a complete set of files
for federally funded employees of the Town of Hempstead.
C. Procurement of supplies, materials and equipment; consulting services.
(1) Pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
62 of this Code, the Commissioner of the Department of Purchasing shall make and be responsible and have the authority for all purchases and contracts for supplies, materials and equipment of every kind and nature for the Department of Occupational Resources. The procurement procedures used shall comply with the systems and procedures found in 41 CFR 29-70.316.4 through 29-70.316-8 and other applicable federal laws, rules, regulations and the terms of the federal grants or agreements.
(2) The Commissioner, subject to the approval of the Town Board, may
from time to time employ such additional persons, including but not
limited to special, technical, fiscal and legal consultants, as may
be necessary or desirable in the discharge of the duties herein imposed
upon the Department of Occupational Resources.
D. Budget. The Department of Occupational Resources shall prepare and
submit to the Town Board and the Town Comptroller, a balanced annual
budget.