Direction by manager. All departments, offices and agencies
under the direction and supervision of the manager may be administered
by an official appointed by and subject to the direction and supervision
of the manager.
Merit principle. All appointments and promotions of town officials
and employees, subject to the direction and supervision of the manager,
are to be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated
by examinations or other evidence of competence.
Personnel rules. The personnel director shall prepare personnel rules
which the council is to adopt by ordinance with or without amendment.
These rules are to provide for:
The classification of all town positions, based on the duties,
authority and responsibility of each position, with adequate provision
for reclassification of any position whenever warranted by changed
circumstances;