The administrative service of the Town is hereby divided into the classified
and exempt service as follows:
A. The classified service shall be comprised of all positions
now existing or hereafter created in the Town service not specifically excepted
from the classified service by the Town Charter. All officers and employees
in the classified service shall be appointed, promoted and removed solely
on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination or other evidence
of competence.
B. The exempt service shall be comprised of elective officers
and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices; members of boards
and commissions and other officers appointed by the Council; professional
employees of the Board of Education and Library Board; persons employed in
a professional capacity to make or conduct a temporary or special inquiry,
study or investigation; and persons employed for a temporary period not exceeding
three months.
The Personnel Director, hereinafter referred to as "the Director," shall
be in known sympathy with the merit system principles. The Director shall
be selected and appointed in the classified service by the Town Manager on
the basis of training, experience, qualifications and fitness in personnel
administration. The Town Manager shall serve as the Director until such time
as the Director is appointed.
The Personnel Director shall be responsible to the Town Manager and
shall have the authority and be required to:
A. Hold competitive examinations for appointments in the
classified service.
B. Give publicity to all announcements of competitive examinations.
C. Develop and conduct or coordinate programs for the training,
safety, counseling, health, welfare and morale of employees.
D. Report, at least annually, to the Town Manager and Town
Council on the operation of the classified service system.
E. Prepare and recommend to the Town Manager such rules
as he may consider appropriate to carry out the provisions of Article IX of
the Town Charter.
F. Maintain or direct the maintenance of all records pertaining
to personnel.
G. Prepare classification and compensation recommendations
for consideration and approval by the Town Manager and Town Council.
H. Serve as a representative of the Town Manager in negotiations
with employees' representatives.
I. Advise and assist supervisors of personnel in disciplinary
problems and other matters of personnel management which are the responsibility
of line supervision.
J. Prepare rules for the administration of personnel and
amendments thereto for approval by the Town Manager.
K. Advise the officials of the Town on all matters pertaining
to the administration of personnel.
L. Perform such other duties as may be required by the Town
Charter, the Town Council or the Town Manager.
The Personnel Director shall prepare for approval by the Town Manager
rules and any amendments thereto for the administration of a merit system
for the classified service. The Town Manager shall approve or reject the rules
and any amendments thereto, wholly or in part, or may modify them and approve
them as so modified. The rules approved by the Town Manager shall become effective
upon being filed by the Director with the Town Clerk.
Any person who shall willfully or through culpable negligence violates or conspires to violate any provision of this chapter or of any ordinance, resolution or rule made pursuant thereto for which no punishment is provided therein, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof in any court of competent jurisdiction, shall be punished as provided by §
1-6 of this Code. The conviction of any employee of any such offense shall operate automatically to terminate his services and to vacate his position.
[Added 11-13-1990; amended 1-27-2004
by Ord. No. 0305-1]
Any regular full-time employee who is a reservist in the United States Armed
Forces (to include Connecticut Armed Forces) and who is called
to active duty due to any local, state, or national emergency shall receive
the differential in the gross monthly salary provided by the United States
Armed Forces and the gross monthly salary being earned from the Town of Newington
at the time the reservist is called to active duty, provided that the salary
paid by the Town is above the level of total military pay received. This differential
payment will be provided no longer than 90 calendar days per call-up. The
Town Council may, by majority vote, extend differential payment beyond 90
calendar days per call-up. The period, however, shall not exceed the actual
number of days served on active duty and shall be for the period of the emergency
only.