The Mayor shall establish and maintain, for all Town employees
except employees of the Board of Education, position descriptions,
a pay plan, personnel guidelines, and such other provisions as he
may deem to be appropriate and necessary. Any such descriptions, plan,
guidelines and provisions in effect at the time of adoption of this
Charter shall remain in effect until amended or repealed, upon recommendation
of the Mayor, by resolution of the Town Council.
There shall be a statement of the duties and responsibilities
of each position in the Town service, and a pay plan for all such
positions. Upon recommendation of the Mayor, by resolution of the
Town Council, this statement and pay plan shall be approved, and may
be amended. In the same manner, new or additional positions may be
created and changes in the duties and responsibilities of existing
positions may be made.
There shall be a set of personnel rules which shall provide,
among other things, for the method of holding competitive examinations,
probationary periods of employment, hours of work, vacations, sick
leaves and other leaves of absence, conflict of interest, ethical
standards, removals and such other rules as may be necessary to provide
an adequate and systematic procedure for the administration of the
personnel affairs of the Town. Upon recommendation of the Mayor, by
resolution of the Town Council, such rules shall be approved, and
may be amended. Copies of the rules and any amendments thereto shall
be filed with the Town Clerk and shall be distributed to all Town
employees.
The provisions of the pension plan for Town employees in force
on the effective date of this Charter shall remain in full force and
effect until such time as the plan is amended by ordinance.
