[Amended 1-9-1978 by Ord. No. 77-64]
The Township Manager shall periodically make
or cause to have made an analysis of the duties and responsibilities
of all full-time positions in the Township except his own position.
He shall thereupon recommend to the Council appropriate modifications
to the Position-Classification Plan of March 18, 1974, which is in
effect upon the adoption of this provision. Within 30 days after the
adoption of any position-classification plan or amendment thereto
by resolution of the Council and, where appropriate, after approval
in accordance with the terms of any collective bargaining agreement,
the Township Manager shall assign each position to an appropriate
class in accordance with the approved position-classification plan.
Each position shall be assigned or allocated
to an appropriate job classification on the basis of the kind and
level of its duties and responsibilities to the end that all positions
in the same classification shall be sufficiently alike to permit the
use of a single descriptive title, the same tests of competence and
the same salary range, thus carrying out the basic principle of classification
which is equal pay for equal work. A job classification may contain
one position or a number of positions. The Township Manager shall
from time to time review the job classifications and submit a report
thereof to the Council.
A.
The classification plan may be amended from time to
time by the Township Council. Such changes may result from the need
of creating new positions, changes in organization or changes in assigned
duties and responsibilities.
B.
The Township Manager shall review all requests for
the creation of new positions, the abolition or consolidation of present
positions, reclassification of positions to different job classes
or the reallocation of positions to new salary ranges. In such review,
he shall study the current duties and responsibilities of the position
concerned and take the appropriate action necessary to ensure the
correct classification and allocation of the position.
C.
Each department head shall report to the Township
Manager any changes in his organization or assignment of duties and
responsibilities to a given employee which result in changes in the
position-classification plan or in the classification of any of the
positions in his department.
D.
An employee may submit a request in writing to the
Township Manager at any time for a review of the duties and responsibilities
of his position. Such a request shall be submitted through his department
head and shall include the employee's own description of his current
duties and responsibilities. The Township Manager shall then make
an investigation of the position to determine its correct allocation.
He shall report his findings in writing to the Council and shall furnish
a copy to the employee requesting the review and to his department
head. With respect to employees who are subject to a collective bargaining
agreement, the methods of review, if inconsistent with the provisions
of this subsection, shall be those set forth in the collective bargaining
agreement.
[Amended 1-9-1978 by Ord. No. 77-64]
A position may be abolished or the number of
personnel reduced by the Township Council for reasons of economy or
for reasons of a reorganization within a department or departments.
In such an event, every effort shall be made by the Township Manager
to reassign any affected permanent employee to another position in
the Township service for which the employee may be qualified. If no
such position is available immediately, the name of the affected employee
shall be kept on file, and he shall be offered employment should a
vacancy occur in a position for which he is qualified, prior to taking
applications for the vacancy.
