A.
This chapter shall be known as the "Personnel Ordinance."
B.
It is hereby declared to be the personnel policy of
the Town of Milton:
(1)
That initial employment and continuation of such employment
by the Town of Milton shall be based on merit and fitness, free of
personal and political considerations.
(2)
That just and equitable incentives and conditions
of employment shall be established and maintained to promote efficiency
and economy in the operation of the Town.
(3)
That positions having similar duties and responsibilities
shall be classified and compensated in a uniformly fair manner, giving
due regard for such factors as hours worked per week and seniority.
(4)
That appointments, promotions, and other actions requiring
the application of merit principle shall be based on systematic tests
and/or performance evaluations.
(5)
That the tenure and amount of compensation of the
employees shall be subject to good behavior, satisfactory performance
of work and/or the availability of funds. (NOTE: Position and salary
schedule as may be enacted by ordinance.)
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Charter Reference: Power to establish and regulate merit system for employees, Section 29.
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A.
All offices and positions of the Town are divided
into the classified service and the exempt service.
B.
The exempt service shall include:
(1)
All elected officials, persons serving solely as members
of committees, and Council.
(2)
Volunteer personnel and personnel appointed to serve
without compensation.
(3)
Engineers, counsel, and other consultants rendering
professional service.
(4)
Such positions involving temporary or part-time employment
as may be placed in the exempt service by the Council.
C.
The classified service shall include all other positions
of the Town that are not specifically placed in the exempt service
by the provisions of this chapter. The classified service shall be
further divided into management personnel and other personnel.
(1)
The Town Clerk, Chief of Police, Chief of Maintenance
Department and other positions that the Mayor and Council so create
and designate shall be deemed management personnel. An integral part
of their duties and responsibilities as management personnel is to
attend each monthly regular Council meeting and to report to Council
on the activities of their area of responsibility. Higher standards
of expertise and managerial professionalism are expected of management
personnel than of other personnel.
(2)
The members of the classified service not hereinabove
designated as management personnel shall be deemed "other personnel."
D.
Upon the effective date of this chapter, each person
whose work performance has been satisfactory and who then holds a
position included in the classified service shall:
(1)
Have permanent status if he has held his present position
for at least six months immediately preceding the effective date of
this chapter; or
E.
Each temporary
employee in the exempt service who shall have served six months on
a full-time basis shall be notified that he will either become part
of the classified service with permanent status or be continued on
a temporary basis.
