[Amended at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General
Provisions, Art. III)]
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Indian Head Town Council by § 5-206 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, and Section C6-2 of the Charter of the Town of Indian Head, there is hereby established a personnel system for the Town. This chapter shall be known as the "Personnel Ordinance." It is hereby declared that this chapter is enacted to establish a personnel system for all present and future employees with the exception of those positions which may be exempt by this chapter. This personnel system shall provide the means to recruit, select, develop and maintain an effective and responsive work force which will meet the social, economic and service requirements of the citizens of Indian Head. All personnel actions shall be made without regard to race, sex, marital status, color, religion, national origin, other protected status or classification or political affiliation.
As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the
meanings indicated:
Includes those employees of the Town engaged primarily in
office and clerical functions as identified by the personnel director.
Those positions in the classified service of the Town that are not identified in § 117-3B as being in the exempt service.
Includes all employees in the service of the Town, including introductory employees, with the exception of those positions identified as being in the exempt service by § 117-3B of this chapter.
Those employees who are identified by § 117-3B of this chapter as being in the exempt service.
The first six-month, or extended, period of a new employee's
employment in the classified service.
The temporary or permanent discharge of an employee which
is usually the result of a lack of municipal funds to support the
particular position on a short-term or permanent basis, government
restructuring or some other administrative reason.
An employee whose regularly scheduled hours of work are less
than 32.5 hours per week.
A Board, consisting of the Indian Head Town Council, whose
responsibility it is to address personnel matters on appeal as provided
in this chapter, including grievances or disputes relating to the
application, meaning or interpretation of this chapter, and actions
resulting in the suspension, demotion or discharge of an employee
in the career service.
The working test period served by promotional appointees
and employees transferred to a class dissimilar to the one previously
held.
An employee whose position comprises duties which occur,
terminate, and recur seasonally, intermittently or according to the
needs of a department and whose projected date of termination of employment
is less than one year from the date of hire.
The Town of Indian Head.
The Indian Head Town Council.
The chief executive and administrative officer of the Town.
A.
All employee positions of the Town are divided into the exempt service
and the career service.
B.
The exempt service shall include the following:
C.
The career service shall include all other employee positions in the Town that are not specifically placed in the exempt service by Subsection B of this section.
D.
The Town Council, the Town Attorney and persons holding volunteer
or other unpaid positions with the Town are not employees of the Town
and are not included within the Town's personnel system.
The Town Manager shall be responsible for the following:
A.
The Town Manager shall act as the personnel director until such time
as such a position is created by the Town Council and appointment
made thereto by the Town Manager.
B.
Recommendations to the Town Council with regard to the classification
of positions, job specifications and compensation therefor; and recommendations
relative to the adoption of and amendment to all rules and regulations
pertaining to the personnel system, the administration of the classification
system and pay plan and rates of compensation, including the approval
of performance pay increases; inclusion of said recommendations each
year in the budget recommendations submitted to the Town Council.
C.
Approval of performance pay increases within the budget parameters
as established by the Town Council.
D.
Establishing qualifications for all employment positions.
E.
The appointment, transfer, promotion, demotion, suspension, dismissal,
or any such change in an employee's status.
F.
Maintenance of such personnel records as may be required.
G.
Administration of the personnel system and regulations.
By ordinance, the Council shall adopt and amend all rules and regulations pertaining to the personnel system and classification plan pursuant to Section C6-2 of the Indian Head Town Charter, including the establishment or modification of compensation schedules and compensation for the exempt and classified personnel of the Town with the adoption thereof in the annual budget for the Town.
