All officers and employees in the classified service of the
Town, as described in Section 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 and other officers appointed by the Town Council;
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 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 Town Council and which may be amended,
upon recommendation of the Manager, by resolution of the Town 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 Town Council upon recommendation
of the Manager. The Manager shall also cause to have prepared a set
of personnel rules which together with any amendments thereto shall
become effective upon being approved by the Town 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.
The provisions of all special acts providing for the retirement
of Town employees in effect on the date of the adoption of this Charter
shall continue in force as though re-enacted by this Charter but shall
be subject to change as provided herein. The Town Council may provide
by ordinance a system of retirement allowances for the Town's regular
full-time paid employees and for contribution by employees and the
Town to a fund from which such allowance shall be paid. The Town may
enter into a contract with any insurance company authorized to do
business in this state for the purpose of insuring the whole or any
part of its retirement plan, may elect to participate in the Connecticut
Municipal Employees' Retirement Fund in the manner provided in Chapter
113 of the General Statutes, or elect to participate in the old-age
and survivor insurance system under Title II of the Social Security
Act in accordance with the provisions of Public Act 277 of 1951.