The Clerk-Treasurer shall serve as Clerk to the Council. He
shall attend every meeting of the Council and keep a full and accurate
account of the proceedings of the Council. He shall keep such other
records and perform such other duties as may be required by this Charter
or the Council.
The Mayor with the approval of the Council may appoint a City
Attorney. The City Attorney shall be a member of the bar of the Maryland
Court of Appeals. The City Attorney shall be the legal adviser of
the City and shall perform such duties in this connection as may be
required by the Council or the Mayor. His compensation shall be determined
by the Council. The City shall have the power to employ such legal
consultants as it deems necessary from time to time.
The City shall have the power to 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 City government.
The City 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 Council shall have the power to 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 City 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 City shall have the power to 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 City.
[Amended 6-9-1999 by Res. No. 288]
The compensation of all officers and employees of the City shall
be determined by the Mayor with the approval of the Council subject
to the restrictions imposed upon establishing the salaries of the
Councilmen and Mayor and to budgetary limitations.
[Amended 5-12-1999 by Res. No. 286; 12-8-2010 by Res. No. 383]
The City is authorized and empowered to provide for or participate
in hospitalization or other forms of benefits or welfare programs
for its employees and to expend public moneys of the City for such
programs.