The Council may, by ordinance, abolish, increase, decrease or
modify the terms and compensation of any office of the Borough, except
that no office shall be abolished where such office has been or is
created by general law. Except where an office is abolished, no increase,
decrease or modification of its terms and compensation shall affect
any incumbent holding such office for the duration of the term for
which he was appointed.
A. Qualifications. Original appointments to fill vacancies
or for new positions shall be limited to qualified persons who have
been interviewed or tested concerning such factors as education, experience,
aptitude, knowledge, character and physical and mental fitness.
A. Preference to Borough employees and residents. Provided that they
are qualified for the positions for which they have applied, preference
shall be given in appointments to vacancies and new positions first
to employees of the Borough and secondly to persons who are residents
of the Borough at the time of their appointment. The Council may,
by ordinance, provide that all officers and employees shall be residents
of the Borough.
B. Application for appointment. Applicants for Borough employment shall
apply on forms provided by the Clerk and which have been designed
to obtain pertinent information concerning the applicant's education,
training, experience, character and other factors necessary to determine
his fitness and qualification for service to the Borough. All applications
shall be filed with the Clerk.
C. Processing. The Clerk shall be charged with processing all applications
for appointment to vacancies or new positions and reporting thereon
to the Council. Where it appears that an applicant is otherwise qualified
for Borough employment, the Clerk shall require that the applicant
furnish evidence that he is physically fit for the position for which
he seeks employment.
D. Grounds for rejection of an applicant. An applicant for Borough employment
may be rejected where he:
(1) Is not qualified for appointment to the position for which he has
applied.
(2) Is physically unfit to perform the duties of the position for which
he has applied.
(3) Is addicted to the habitual or excessive use of drugs or intoxicants.
(4) Has been convicted of any crime or offense, including disorderly
persons offenses involving moral turpitude.
(5) Has received other than an honorable discharge from the Armed Services
of the United States.
(6) Has been dismissed from previous employment for delinquency, insubordination
or misconduct.
(7) Has practiced or attempted to practice any deception or fraud in
his application or in furnishing other evidence of eligibility for
appointment.
(8) Is not within age limits that have been established for the position
for which he seeks appointment.
Every person appointed to a new position shall be deemed to
be on probation in the position to which he has been appointed for
a period of six months, but such probation shall not affect permanent
status of any other Borough employment that such person may have achieved.
Prior to completion of the probationary period, such employee or officer
shall be evaluated by the Council to determine whether he shall be
granted permanent status or dismissed. The Council may require reports
and recommendations from immediate superiors and department heads
for this purpose.
The Clerk shall initiate a personnel file for each new employee
of the Borough, and all records of such employee concerning qualification,
permanent status, work history, accumulated vacation and sick leave,
leave time and the like shall be maintained in this file. The Clerk
shall make such files available for inspection by the employee on
a reasonable basis.
All employees shall be subject to the rules and regulations
set forth in the current edition of the Borough's Policies and Procedures
Manual.
It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Borough to recognize
and encourage meritorious actions on the part of its officers and
employees. To this end, letters of commendation concerning Borough
employees from their superiors and from members of the public with
whom they deal shall be directed to the attention of the Council and
then recorded in the employee's personnel file. In addition,
the Council may, of its own motion, commend the work of particular
officers and employees and cause such commendation to be inserted
in their personnel files.
[Added 12-20-1993 by Ord. No. 93-19]
All persons under contract shall be exempt from this chapter.
[Added 1-23-2003 by Ord. No. 2003-04]
A. Any and all employees shall be entitled to medical benefits upon
retirement, provided that the employee shall have been employed by
the Borough of Wallington for a period of twenty-five-year service.
B. Employment for any other governmental body, other than the Borough
of Wallington, shall not count toward the twenty-five-year service
required for the Borough of Wallington.