Officials and employees in the classified services of the Town
as described in § C-902 below shall be appointed, promoted
and removed solely on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated
by examination or other evidence of competence. The Council shall,
by ordinance, establish a classified service system, including a grievance
procedure, for all Town employees, except the following: elected officials
and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices; members
of boards and commissions and other officials appointed by the Council;
certified employees of the Board of Education; persons employed in
professional capacity to make or conduct a temporary or special inquiry,
study or investigation; part-time personnel and persons employed for
a temporary period not exceeding three months.
The classified service shall include appointees to all positions
now or hereafter created except those noted in § C-901.
It shall be the duty of the Personnel Director to cause to be prepared
a statement of the duties and responsibilities of each position in
the classified service and of the minimum qualifications for appointments
to such positions. These statements shall comprise the classification
plan of the Town, which shall become effective upon approval by resolution
of the Council and which may be amended, upon recommendation of the
Personnel Director, by resolution of the Council. New or additional
positions in the classified service may be created and changes in
the duties and responsibilities of existing positions may be made
by resolution of the Council upon recommendation of the Personnel
Director. A pay plan for all positions in the classified service shall
be similarly prepared, adopted and amended. The Personnel Director
shall also cause to have prepared a set of personnel rules which shall
provide, among other things, for the method of holding competitive
examinations, administration of the classification plan, probationary
periods of employment, hours of work, vacations, sick leave and other
leaves of absence, removals, and such other rules as may be necessary
to provide an adequate and systematic procedure for the handling of
the personnel affairs of the Town. Such rules and amendments thereto
become effective upon being filed by the Personnel Director with the
Town Clerk. Copies of such rules and any amendments thereto shall
be distributed to all members of the classified service.
The Personnel Director shall be the Manager or, when the Council
shall so determine, a person qualified in personnel administration
shall be appointed by the Manager, in accordance with this article.
The Personnel Director shall be responsible for administering the
personnel affairs of the Town and for making recommendations respecting
personnel matters to the Council and the Manager.
Except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification
or need, no Town employee or applicant for employment by the Town
shall be appointed, promoted, reduced, removed, or in any way favored
or discriminated against for reasons set forth in Connecticut General
Statutes or because of any reason unconnected with the performance
of the duties of the position.
The 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 this 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
the provisions of the Connecticut General Statutes; or elect any combination
thereof. The 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 Connecticut General Statutes.
Any elected or appointed Town official, or any Town employee,
who has a personal or financial interest in any matter to be acted
upon or coming before his/her 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 such person shall be disqualified to act in
any way upon such matter. Violation of this section with knowledge,
expressed or implied, will make said decision voidable.[1]
