The Town Manager shall prepare Personnel Policies and Procedures for personnel administration which he shall review annually. Such Personnel Policies and Procedures shall be subject to review and approval by the Board of Selectmen at least once every four years or more frequently as necessary. Said Personnel Policies and Procedures shall cover all employees of the Town, but shall not affect the following: elected officials and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices; members of boards and commissions; 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 those under contract.
The Town Manager, subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, shall prepare a statement of the duties and responsibilities of each position covered by the Personnel Policies and Procedures and of the minimum qualifications for appointment to such position.
The Personnel Policies and Procedures shall provide for the method of holding competitive examinations, probationary periods of employment, hours of work, vacations, sick leaves and other leaves of absences, removals and such other rules as may be necessary to provide adequate and systematic procedures for the administration of the personnel affairs of the Town. Such rules and any amendments thereto shall become effective upon being approved by resolution of the Board of Selectmen and filed with the Town Clerk. Copies of such rules and any amendments thereto shall be distributed to all Town employees.
The Town Manager shall submit annually a proposed pay schedule for those employees covered under Section 1001 of this Charter for approval by the Board of Selectmen. Said pay schedule shall be reviewed annually and amendments may be adopted by the Board of Selectmen from time to time upon recommendation of the Town Manager. For purpose of C.G.S. § 7-467 et seq., as amended, the Town Manager shall have sole authority to recognize the exclusive bargaining agent for any unit of Town employees and shall act as the bargaining agent for the Town. Such contracts shall become effective upon approval by the Board of Selectmen.
The Town shall provide a system of retirement benefits for regular full-time employees. The Town may operate its own retirement plan, may enter into a contract with any financial institution authorized to do business in this state, may elect to participate in the Connecticut Municipal Employees Retirement Plan, may elect to participate in the old age and survivor insurance system under the Federal Social Security Act or may choose any combination thereof.
All officers and employees as may be required to do so by the Board of Selectmen shall, before assuming their respective official duties, execute to the Town, in the form prescribed by the Board of Selectmen and approved by the Town Attorney, and filed with the Town Clerk, a surety company bond in a penal sum to be fixed by the Board of Selectmen, conditioned upon the honest and faithful performance of such duties. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Board of Selectmen, if it deems it to be in the best interests of the Town, from prescribing a name schedule bond, a schedule position bond or blanket bond, or from prescribing which departments, officers, agencies, boards or commissions shall be covered by a specific type of the aforementioned bonds. Premiums for such bonds shall be paid by the Town.