The Mayor shall also cause to have prepared a set of personnel
rules which shall provide, among other things, for the method for
determining the merit and fitness of candidates for appointment or
promotion, administration of the classification plan, probationary
periods of employment, hours of work, vacations, sick leaves and other
leaves of absence, attendance regulations, provisional appointments,
inservice training programs, grievance procedures, including procedures
for the hearing of grievances by the Town Council which shall render
final decisions based on its findings to the Mayor with a copy to
the aggrieved employee; periodic supervisory performance valuation;
removals; and such other rules as may be necessary to provide for
the handling of the personnel affairs of the Town. Such rules and
any amendments thereto shall become effective upon approval by resolution
of the Town Council. Copies of such rules and any amendments thereto
shall be distributed to all employees of the Town. The said set of
rules shall contain a provision for the adoption of the sexual harassment
policies pursuant to the provisions of Section 46a-60 of the Connecticut
General Statutes, as amended, and any other harassment policy authorized
under the Connecticut General Statutes.
Any elected or appointed Town official, or any Town employee,
who has a financial interest, direct or indirect, in any matter to
be acted upon or coming before his board, commission or office, shall
make full record disclosure in writing of that interest which shall
be incorporated in the minutes of the particular board, commission,
or office, and a full copy of such minutes shall be filed in the office
of the Town Clerk, and he shall be disqualified to act in any way
upon such matter. Violation of this section with knowledge, express
or implied, of any person or corporation participating in such matter
or decision shall be an additional ground of appeal which will nullify
the action of such board, commission, or office, upon appeal to the
appropriate court under the statutes applicable to appeals from such
boards, commissions, or offices. Violations of provisions of this
section by any officer or employee shall constitute grounds for dismissal.
Nothing contained herein shall be intended to limit the scope or applicability
of the Code of Ethics to be adopted by ordinance of the Town Council
pursuant to the provisions of § C308 of this Charter.
The Town Council may provide by ordinance a system of retirement
allowances for the Town's regular, full-time paid employees,
and for contributions by employees and the Town to a fund from which
such allowances shall be paid. The Town may enter into contract with
any company or institution authorized to do business in this state
for the purpose of insuring the whole or any part of its retirement
plan; elect to participate in the Connecticut Municipal Employees'
Retirement Fund; elect to participate in the old-age and survivors'
insurance system under Title II of the Social Security Act, in accordance
with provisions of Part II of Chapter 113 of the General Statutes,
as amended; or elect any combination thereof. The Town Council may
authorize the transfer of the management and investment of the Town's
pension funds to any fiduciary institution chartered or licensed to
operate in the State of Connecticut under the provisions of the General
Statutes, as amended.
No Town employee, appointed official, or applicant for employment
by the Town shall be employed, promoted, reduced, removed, or in any
way favored or discriminated against because of his race, religion,
political affiliations, national origin, sex, marital status, or any
other reason unconnected with the performance of the duties of the
position.
The Town Council shall approve all salaries and benefits and
changes of salaries and benefits of all employees in the classified
and nonclassified services of the Town of Montville. Boards and commissions
may recommend to the Town Council for approval, salaries and benefits
or changes of salaries and benefits for all administrative employees
appointed by or directly responsible to said boards and commissions.
The salaries and benefits must be in conformity with a systematic
pay and benefit plan for the positions involved; provided nothing
herein shall be construed to limit the power of the Board of Education
to fix compensation of professional employees of the school system.
All members of the classified service shall have all of the
political rights and shall be subject to all the political prohibitions
as set out in Connecticut General Statutes § 7-421, as amended.