[Amended FCB 1-1-2006]
There is established in the City a municipal department to be known as the "Personnel Department." It shall be composed of a Personnel Director, who shall be the department head and appointing authority, a Personnel Policy Board, an Assistant Personnel Director and such other administrative assistants as may be necessary from time to time to perform the work of the Department.
The Personnel Director shall be specially fitted by education, training and experience to perform the duties of his office. The Personnel Director shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall devote his entire time to the duties of his office.
[Amended 7-19-1989]
A. 
The Personnel Director shall be the executive head and appointing authority of the Personnel Department, and shall supervise and direct all of the activities of the Personnel Department.
B. 
The duties of the Personnel Director shall be as follows:
(1) 
To establish and maintain impartial and uniform personnel policies applicable to City employees regardless of job level and consistent with law.
(2) 
To review and report, from time to time, on job classification, relationship and compensation of all positions, including department heads.
(3) 
To review and report, from time to time, on the effectiveness and adequacy of the City's uniform sick leave policy.
(4) 
To review and report, from time to time, on a uniform leave of absence policy for City employees.
(5) 
To establish and maintain in cooperation with the City Auditor timely and positive sick leave and absentee reports for all personnel purposes.
(6) 
To administer and maintain and propose budgets for such insurance or self-insurance plans, including health, accident, life and other forms of insurance as are authorized by law and are not designated by law to be the responsibility of another officer or employee of the City; provided, however, if the plans are designated by law to be the responsibility of another officer or employee of the City, the Personnel Director shall recommend in writing to such officer the amounts to be proposed in the budget for such insurance in any fiscal year, and subject to appropriation shall administer and maintain such insurance at the request of said officer or employee.
(7) 
To administer and maintain the workmen's compensation program for the City.
(8) 
To administer and maintain the unemployment compensation program for the City.
(9) 
To assist the Mayor on all matters relating to affirmative action.
(10) 
To adjust employee grievances, unless otherwise provided by a collective bargaining agreement, which are not adjustable by department heads; provided, however, that such adjustment shall not involve an expenditure of money in excess of appropriation.
(11) 
To establish and maintain a job orientation and accident prevention program for employees.
(12) 
To prepare and disseminate to employees an abstract of the personnel policies of the City.
(13) 
To establish and maintain a uniform system for public recognition of employees with long and meritorious service to the City.
(14) 
To make all reports to the City Council concerning the creation of a new office, position or employment or any increase in compensation or change in classification of any existing office, position or employment, or for the performance of any duty of any existing office, position or employment.
(15) 
To obtain, in the performance of such duties, information concerning personnel matters from all department heads by interview or written report.
Department heads shall notify the office of the Mayor 24 hours in advance if they are to be absent from the City for a period exceeding one working day.
A. 
Unless otherwise provided by law, no new or additional office, position or employment nor any increase in the compensation or change in the classification of any existing office, position or employment or for the performance of any duty shall be authorized without the authorization of the Personnel Director and the approval of the Mayor and the Chief Financial Officer.
B. 
A request to the Personnel Director by a department head for a review of the compensation or change in classification of any position within his department shall be reported on to the department head within 60 days from the date the request is received by the Personnel Director. If no formal report is submitted within the period provided, the department head may petition the Mayor for any changes in compensation or classification considered necessary for such position within his department.
The power to appoint and employ persons in any department of the City shall remain in the officer, board, commission or department head as now authorized by law.
A. 
The purpose of this section is to acknowledge the need of those municipal employees who are not otherwise included in any employee bargaining unit. Those employees, whose wages, hours and conditions of employment are not within the jurisdiction of a collective bargaining unit, shall meet with the Mayor or his designee or submit their requests or proposals concerning wages and other conditions of employment during the month of October, annually.
B. 
Every other year, the Personnel Director will conduct a survey of wages and other conditions of employment of those employees whose interests are not within the jurisdiction of a collective bargaining unit. Such survey shall consist of a study of wages and such other conditions of employment that prevail for like occupations or professions with governmental employers as well as private employers locally and in the northeastern region. The results of such study shall be submitted to the Mayor and to the Chief Financial Officer during the month of October.