Appointments and promotions to all positions in the service
of the city shall be made solely on the basis of merit and only after
examination of the applicant's fitness so far as practicable examination
shall be competitive.
[Amended 3-8-1977]
The first manager under this charter shall draft and submit
to the council within three months after assuming office a set of
rules and regulations, which shall become effective one month after
its submission unless vetoed by the council within that period, providing
for the establishment of a merit system personnel administration and
for the implementation of such portions of that system as are prescribed
by this charter. The rules and regulations shall include provisions
with regard to classification, compensation, selection, training,
promotion, discipline, vacations and any other matters necessary to
the maintenance of efficient service and the improvement of working
conditions. The rules and regulations shall continue in force subject
to amendments submitted from time to time by the manager which shall
become effective one month after their submission unless vetoed by
the council within that period.
The compensation of all officers and employees not fixed by
this charter shall be fixed in the rules and regulations of the merit
plan by a schedule of pay which include a minimum and maximum and
such intermediate rates as may be deemed desirable for each class
of position provided for in said rules and regulations and which shall
be enacted in the form of an ordinance as provided for in said rules
and regulations and which shall be enacted in the form of an ordinance
as provided in Sections 24 and 25. In increasing or decreasing items
in the city budget, the council shall not increase or decrease any
individual salary item but shall act solely with respect to total
salaries in the various departments of the city.
[Amended 3-8-1977]
There is hereby established a personnel advisory board of three
citizens holding no other political office and appointed, one member
by the manager, one by the council, and the third by these two appointees.
In the first instance only, the member appointed by the manager shall
serve for one year, the member appointed by the council for two years
and the third member for three years, in each case beginning on the
date of appointment; the term of all succeeding members shall be for
three years beginning on the expiration of the term each succeeds.
It shall be the duty of the personnel advisory board to study the
broad problems of personnel policy and administration, to advise the
council concerning the personnel policies of the city and the manager
regarding the administration of the merit plan.
[Amended 3-8-1977]
There is also hereby established the Grievance Board of the
City of Lebanon whose duty shall be to hear appeals of any employees
aggrieved as to their status or condition of their employment. The
Grievance Board shall consist of three members: one member shall be
appointed by the city council, one member shall be appointed by the
employee association, group or union from which the aggrieved employee
may come, and the third member shall be appointed by the first two
appointees. The member appointed by the city council shall serve for
a two year term. The other two members will be appointed at the time
of a request for a specific grievance hearing. In case of an unavailability
to serve by any member during any grievance procedure, a replacement
will be chosen for the term of that procedure in the same manner as
the original holder of the appointment.
[Amended 11-16-2022]
No compensation shall be paid without Certification by the manager,
or such officer as the manager may direct, that the recipients are
employed by the city and that their rates of compensation comply with
the pay schedule provided for in Section 52. If such officer approves
payments not in conformity therewith, the officer and the officer's
surety shall be liable for the amount of such payments.
A taxpayer may maintain a civil action to restrain payment of
compensation to persons unlawfully appointed or employed or to recover
for the city any sums paid contrary to the provisions of this charter.
