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Editor's Note: Former § 30-17, Employee conduct,
and § 30-18, Employee disciplinary action, were repealed
.4-11-2019 by Ord.
No. 19-03.
[Amended 4-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-03]
Statement of policy:
A.
Suspension is the temporary removal of an employee from the Borough
service. A suspended employee shall not receive pay, nor shall he
be permitted to use or accrue any privileges or benefits during the
suspension period.
B.
Any employee may be suspended without pay for reasons of misconduct,
negligence, inefficiency, disloyalty, insubordination, repeated unauthorized
absence or other offenses.
C.
Suspension procedure. The Borough Administrator/Clerk or department
head, including the person acting as such in the case of absence or
vacancy, may recommend to the Mayor and Council the suspension of
an employee in the department of which he is head for such period
as he may deem appropriate and for such cause as he may deem sufficient.
The Borough Administrator/Clerk may temporarily suspend an employee,
without pay, pending a meeting of the Mayor and Council. An employee
who is charged with a criminal offense or who has been recommended
for dismissal may be recommended for suspension on said basis. Any
person recommended for suspension under the foregoing provisions shall
be given written notice of such recommendation for suspension, which
notice shall state the reason for such recommendation for suspension
and shall advise such employee of his right to be present at any hearings
or proceedings before the Mayor and Council. The employee recommended
for suspension, if he is a permanent employee, shall have the right
to appear and to be represented by counsel. The Mayor and Council
shall accept, reject or modify such recommendation or order suspension
for such period as it may deem advisable.
[Amended 4-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-03]
Statement of policy:
A.
All discharges will be in accordance with law as well as applicable
collective bargaining agreements. The procedure set forth in this
section shall apply to all officers of the Borough and to all permanent
full-time or part-time employees. However, the Borough Administrator
is authorized to terminate temporary, seasonal, probationary, full-time
and part-time nonunion, nonstatutory employees without the consent
and/or decision of the Mayor and Council.
B.
A department head, including the person acting as such in the case
of absence or vacancy, may recommend to the Mayor and Council that
an employee be dismissed when such action is deemed by said department
head to be in the best interest of the Borough. Such dismissal recommendation
shall be in writing and shall state the reasons therefor. The Mayor
and Council will ensure that the employee concerned has been accorded
the right to appear and to be represented by counsel in all proceedings.
C.
An employee who is recommended for dismissal under the provisions
contained herein shall be given written notice of such recommendation,
which notice shall state the reason for such recommendation and shall
advise the employee of his right to appear and to be represented by
counsel in any hearing or proceedings before the Mayor and Council.
A copy of such notice shall be transmitted at the same time to the
Mayor and Council.
D.
A permanent employee may tender his resignation prior to the hearing
before the Mayor and Council, in which event the dismissal shall become
final after such resignation shall be accepted by the Mayor and Council.
E.
The Mayor and Council, after reviewing the recommendations of the
department head in a dismissal case and conducting such further investigation
and hearings as it may deem necessary, shall render a decision thereon
within a reasonable period of time. The decision of the Mayor and
Council in all dismissal cases shall be final.
[Amended 4-11-2019 by Ord. No. 19-03; 12-9-2021 by Ord. No. 21-20]
Statement of policy:
A.
An employee who intends to resign must notify the Administrator,
in writing, at least two weeks in advance. After giving notice of
resignation, employees are expected to assist their supervisor and
coworkers by providing information concerning their current projects
and help in the training of a replacement. No vacation time will be
afforded during the two-week period.
B.
Employees must return all keys and equipment prior to their last
day of employment.
