No employee shall be suspended, removed, demoted or reduced in position
except for the following reasons:
A.
Physical or mental disability affecting his/her ability
to continue in service.
B.
Neglect or violation of any official duty.
C.
Violation of any law which provides that such violation
constitutes a summary offense, misdemeanor or felony.
D.
Inefficiency, neglect, intemperance, disobedience of
orders or conduct unbecoming his/her position.
E.
Engaging, participating in, or conducting any political
or election campaign otherwise than to exercise his or her own right of suffrage.
F.
Unsatisfactory work as documented by the employee's evaluations.
G.
Violation of authorized departmental rules and regulations
which specify the duties and obligations of its employees.
H.
Deliberate damage to borough property.
I.
Provoking, instigating or being involved in a fight on
borough property or carrying out acts of violence or threatening violence
to an employee, supervisor, borough official or visitor.
J.
Falsification of records of reports.
K.
Use, possession, selling or passing of hallucinogens,
depressants, stimulants, other drugs or controlled substances, except the
use and possession of drugs as prescribed by a physician.
L.
Refusal to be examined by a borough authorized physician
when directed.
M.
Possessing intoxicants or reporting to work under the
influence of intoxicants.
N.
Acceptance of gratuities.
O.
Gambling on borough property.
Q.
Refusal to discontinue outside employment that conflicts
with the interests of the borough.
Any employee who is suspended, removed, demoted or reduced in rank shall
have the right to appeal to the Personnel Board, except those employees having
grievance procedures in collective bargaining contracts, which deal with suspension,
removal, demotion or reduction in rank.
If it shall be necessary for the borough government to reduce the number
of paid employees, such reductions shall not be subject to appeal to the Personnel
Board.
