All officers and employees in the classified service of the Town, as described in § C9-2 below, shall be appointed on the basis of merit and in conformity with recognized principles of public personnel administration.
The classified service shall include appointees
to all positions now or hereafter created except the following: elective
officers and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices;
members of boards and commissions; officers appointed by the Council;
professional employees of the Board of Education; persons employed
in a professional capacity to make or conduct a temporary and special
inquiry, study or investigation; and persons employed for a temporary
period not exceeding three (3) months. It shall be the duty of the
Manager 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 appointment 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 Manager, 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 the recommendation of
the Manager. A pay plan for all positions in the classified service
shall be similarly prepared, adopted and amended. The Manager 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 leaves 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 any amendments thereto shall become
effective upon being approved by the Council and filed by the Manager
with the Town Clerk. Copies of such rules and any amendments thereto
shall be distributed to all members of the classified service.
