[HISTORY: Adopted by the Township Committee (now Township Council)
of the Township of Pohatcong 2-6-1973 as Ch. 10 of the
1973 Code. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The following classes of positions, duties of which are set forth as
part of this chapter by reference to the three separate and distinct schedules[1] prepared by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, are hereby
created.
[1]
Editor's Note: The schedules referred to are on file in the office
of the Township Clerk. They include the following:
A. Schedule 1: A list of employees in the jurisdiction with their
dates of appointment, salary and title; and their proposed status, title and
divisional classification.
B. Schedule 2: Class specifications in alphabetical order, including
definitions, examples of work, educational and experience requirements and
knowledge and abilities.
C. Schedule 3:
(1) An alphabetical list of titles of full-time positions in the classified
service with proposed salary ranges and divisional classifications.
(2) An alphabetical list of titles of part-time positions in the classified
service with divisional classifications.
(3) A schematic list of titles of full-time positions in the classified
service with proposed salary ranges.
(4) A descending list of titles by proposed salary ranges divided
into salary increments of full-time positions in the classified service.
(5) An alphabetical list of titles in the unclassified
service, with the statutory or other provisions placing the position in the
unclassified service.
The salary ranges setting forth annual increments specified in the attached
schedules are hereby adopted as and for each and every class of position mentioned
in said schedules, and the increments specified in the attached schedules
are hereby adopted as and for each and every class of position mentioned in
said schedules. The increment payments contained therein are contingent on
the availability of funds.
The Township Committee reserves the right to pay a salary to any new
employee at any figure given in the schedules affecting said new employee,
and not necessarily the first figure of said schedules.
The adoption of this chapter shall not operate so as to decrease the
present pay of any officer or employee, anything in said schedules to the
contrary notwithstanding.
The adoption of this chapter shall operate to provide increments only
to those employees who have satisfactorily performed the duties of their positions.
The above-prescribed increments for employees in said jurisdiction shall
be effective as of a date to be determined by the Township Committee.
[Added 10-2-2007 by Ord. No. 07-14]
Residents of the municipality and veterans who are duly qualified shall
be accorded preference in municipal hires to the extent permitted by law.