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Note: For Charter provisions as to personnel
generally, see Charter Sec. 16-1 et seq.
For purposes of interpretation and application
of this chapter, the following words and phrases shall have the meaning
ascribed to them by this section unless the context clearly requires
otherwise:
A salary increase within the limits of the salary range established
for a range or step.
The placing of a position in its proper class and pay range
and step based upon duties performed and the responsibility and duties
exercised.
The appeal provided to an employee under the provisions of
Sec. 16-10 of the Town Charter.
Unless otherwise defined in the Town Charter, each elected
officer, department head, board or other agency which has the power
to appoint, dismiss, suspend, demote, transfer or lay off his deputies,
clerks, assistants and subordinates serving under his supervisory
control.
The act of the appointing authority in selecting the person
he deems best qualified for the position which is to be filled in
accordance with the provisions of the Town Charter and this chapter.
The day on which the act of the appointing authority occurs
in selecting the person whom he deems best qualified for the position
to be filled and the engagement of such personnel, as required by
the provisions of the Town Charter.
The Personnel Board, consisting of three members appointed
by the Town Administrator, according to the provisions of the Town
Charter.
The Town Council acting as a personnel appeal board, in accordance
with the provisions of the Town Charter.
The list of names of three persons standing highest thereon
who are available for appointment or promotion within the job classification
plan. That list shall contain the list of persons who are candidates
or applicants for any position in the classified service and shall
designate the three persons standing highest thereon who are available
for appointment, employment or promotion to the particular position
concerned.
The Home Rule Charter approved by the voters at the general
election of November 1962, and any amendments thereto.
All persons engaged, appointed or employed in the service
of the Town and shall be considered members of the classified service,
excepting those excepted by the provisions of Sec. 16-4 of the Town
Charter.
All offices and positions included within the position, pay
and classification plan contained in this chapter, existing or hereinafter
created, in accordance with the provisions of the Town Charter.
A change of an employee from a position of one class to a
position of another class for which a lower maximum rate of pay is
provided.
Separation of an employee from the Town service other than
by layoff, resignation or retirement.
A person whose name is on an appropriate employment list
and who is not ineligible for appointment for other reasons.
Any person who is classified in a position, pay, and classification
plan for the Town.
Such tests and other forms of evidence so as to determine
qualifications and capabilities of candidates for positions in the
classified service.
The public or private hearing before the Town Council as
prescribed by the provisions of the Town Charter.
Any person who shall have successfully completed the six-month
probationary period and who shall not be subject to dismissal, suspension,
demotion, transfer or layoff, except for cause, and who shall be entitled
to the appellate procedures provided for in Sec. 16-10 of the Town
Charter.
The class or designation of a position; the minimum qualifications
necessary for such position; the duties, responsibilities and type
of work required by such position; and the competitive or qualified
examination required therefor.
The schedule of salary or wages for each position established
by the classification plan including definition for the method of
granting step advancement in pay where a minimum and maximum pay range
is established for a particular position.
Any employee appointed to a position covered by the classified
service and who shall not have completed the six-month probationary
period and who shall be subject to dismissal by the appointing authority
during the probationary period without appeal to the Town Council,
according to the provisions of Sec. 16-7 of the Town Charter.
An appointment to a vacant position in the classified service
where no certified list of persons eligible for appointment thereto
is available at the time of the temporary appointment.
This chapter shall be known as the “Position
and Pay Classification Plan,” which may hereinafter be referred
to as the “Town Civil Service Chapter.”
In the application and administration of this
chapter, no person shall be discriminated against because of any political
belief, marital status, race or color, religion, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, disability, age, or country of ancestral
origin.
There is hereby established a Personnel Position
and Pay Classification Plan for the Town and the declared personnel
policy is as follows:
A.
Employment in the Town government shall be based on
merit and fitness, free of personal and political considerations.
B.
Just and equitable incentives and conditions of employment
shall be established and maintained to promote efficiency and economy
in the operation of the Town government.
C.
Positions having similar duties and responsibilities
shall be classified and compensated on a uniform basis.
D.
Appointments, promotions and other actions requiring
the application of the merit principle shall be based upon systematic
test and evaluation and in accordance with, and subject to, all applicable
provisions of the Town Charter.
E.
High morale shall be maintained by fair administration
of this chapter and by every consideration of the rights and interests
of employees consistent with the best interests of the public and
the Town.
F.
Work in compliance with the provisions of the Town
Charter.
The Personnel Board shall recommend rules and
regulations to the Town Council for adoption, which rules and regulations
shall prescribe hours of work; conditions and length of time for which
leaves of absence with pay and leaves of absence without pay may be
granted. Such rules shall cover, among other matters, vacations, sick
leaves and leaves for military service.
