The Town Manager shall serve as Clerk to the Board of Commissioners. He shall attend every meeting of the Commission and keep a full and accurate account of the proceedings of the Commission. He shall keep such other records and perform such other duties as may be required by this Charter or the Commission, including the duties prescribed by §
DC5-1 hereof.
[Amended 5-10-1982 by Res. No. 29-1982]
The Mayor, with the approval of the Commission,
may appoint a Town Attorney, who shall serve for a period of two (2)
years. The Town Attorney shall be a member of the Bar of the Maryland
Court of Appeals. The Town Attorney is the legal adviser of the town
and shall perform such duties in this connection as may be required
by the Commission. His compensation shall be determined by the Commission.
The town has the power to employ such legal consultants as it deems
necessary from time to time.
The town may employ such officers and employees
as it deems necessary to execute the powers and duties provided by
this Charter or other state law and to operate the town government,
and this authority may be exercised through and delegated to the Town
Manager to the extent permitted by law.
The town may provide by ordinance for appointments
and promotions in the administrative service on the basis of merit
and fitness. To carry out this purpose, the Commission may adopt such
rules and regulations governing the operation of a merit system as
it deems desirable or necessary. Among other things, these rules and
regulations may provide for competitive examinations, the use of eligible
lists, a classification plan, a compensation plan, a probation period,
appeals by employees included within the classified service from dismissal
or other disciplinary action and vacation and sick leave regulations.
The town may request and avail itself of the facilities of the Commissioner
of State Personnel for the administration of its merit system, as
provided in state law.
The town may do all things necessary to include
its officers and employees, or any of them, within any retirement
system or pension system under the terms of which they are admissible
and to pay the employer's share of the cost of any such retirement
or pension system out of the general funds of the town.
[Amended 5-10-1982 by Res. No. 32-1982]
The scale or range of compensation of all officers
and classification employees of the town shall be set from time to
time by an ordinance passed by the Commission, subject to the restrictions
imposed upon establishing the salaries of the Mayor and Commissioners,
and the Town Manager shall be authorized to pay salaries within said
scale or range without further action of the Commission.
The town by ordinance may provide for or participate
in hospitalization or other forms of benefit or welfare programs for
its officers and employees and may expend public moneys of the town
for such programs.