A Personnel Board shall be established in accordance
with Article IX, Section 9.20, of the Charter.
The Personnel Board shall be composed of three
members who shall be appointed by the Town Council. Not more than
two of the members of the Board shall be members of the same political
party.
The first three members of the Personnel Board
appointed by the Council shall be appointed as follows: one member
shall be appointed for a term expiring June 1, 1974, one member shall
be appointed for a term expiring on June 1, 1975, and one member shall
be appointed for a term expiring on June 1, 1976. Thereafter, each
appointment shall be for a term of three years.
The Council shall, within 45 days, fill any
vacancy which may occur in the membership of the Personnel Board,
for the unexpired term.
The members of the Personnel Board shall serve
without compensation.
The Personnel Board shall elect its Chairman
from its members, and the term of office shall be for one year. The
Board shall also elect a Secretary in the same manner as the Chairman.
Regular meetings of the Personnel Board shall
be held at least once each month on such dates as shall be fixed by
the Board. Special meetings shall be held as often as the Board shall
determine necessary. A quorum for the transaction of business at all
regular and special meetings shall be two members.
The Personnel Board shall adopt rules for the
transaction of its business and shall keep a record of all of its
resolutions, transactions, findings, determinations and recommendations,
and all of the records shall become public records.
It shall be the duty of the Personnel Board,
within one year of its appointment, to recommend rules and regulations
for:
A. The classification of all Town positions, based on
the duties, authority and responsibility of each position, with adequate
provision for reclassification of any position whenever warranted
by change of circumstances.
B. A pay plan for all Town positions.
C. Methods for determining the merit and fitness of candidates
for appointment or promotion.
D. The policies and procedures regulating reduction in
force and removal of employees.
E. The hours of work, attendance regulations and provisions
for sick and vacation leave.
F. The policies and procedures governing persons holding
provisional appointments.
G. The policies and procedures governing relationships
with employee organizations.
H. Policies regarding in-service training programs.
I. Grievance procedures, including the procedure for
the hearing of grievances by the Personnel Board, which may render
advisory opinions based on its findings to the Town Manager, with
a copy to the aggrieved employee.
J. Other practices and procedures necessary to the administration
of the Town personnel system.
The Personnel Board shall submit its recommendations
to the Town Manager, through the Director of Records and Personnel.
The Manager shall forthwith submit the recommendations of the Personnel
Board, together with his comments and recommendations, to the Town
Council.
The Personnel Board shall have only those powers
specifically conferred by this article and any amendment thereto.