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.