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Note: For Charter provisions as to Personnel
Board, see Charter Sec. 16-1 et seq.
The members of the Town Personnel Board shall
be persons of good repute in their respective businesses, professions
or trades and who are known to be in sympathy with the merit principle
as applied to public employment. They shall also not belong to any
national, state or local committee of a political party, or be an
officer in any partisan political club or organization. With all these
qualifications and regulations set forth in Sec. 16-1 of the Charter
only persons whose first thought is to serve the Town as best that
they are able and having civic pride in their community, in the best
interest of all concerned, shall be appointed to this Board.
Pursuant to Sec. 16-2 of the Town Charter, the
Personnel Board of the Town shall receive no compensation during their
term of office as specified in the Charter of the Town.
The personnel classification program established
by this chapter shall be administered by a Personnel Board appointed
by the Mayor, in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 of the
Town Charter.
A.
The terms, qualifications and duties of the members
of the Personnel Board shall be as provided in Article 16 of the Town
Charter.
B.
The Personnel Board shall administer all provisions
of this chapter, and all rules and regulations adopted pursuant to
the provisions of this chapter and the Town Charter and shall, in
addition, prepare and recommend revisions and amendments to the personnel
rules.
C.
The Personnel Board may enter into arrangements with
any governmental agency, quasi-governmental agency, or educational
institution for determining qualifications of employees and applicants
for employment in the classified service, and for aid in the preparation
of the personnel regulations.
D.
Compensation to members of the Personnel Board shall
be determined by the Town Council by ordinance.
E.
The Town shall provide funds for all reasonable and
necessary expenses of the Personnel Board.
In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere
in this chapter, or in the Town Charter, the Board shall:
A.
Advise the Mayor and the Town Council on matters of
personnel policy and problems of personnel administration, including
the development of personnel rules, a job classification plan and
a uniform pay plan.
B.
Represent the public interest in the improvement of
personnel administration in the Town service.
C.
Make any inquiry which it may consider desirable concerning
personnel administration in the Town service, and make recommendations
to the Mayor or the Town Council with respect thereto.
D.
Examine all payrolls at least twice a year covering
classified employees for the purpose of determining that all persons
to whom payments are to be made are properly employed and have been
approved and certified to the appointing officers by the Personnel
Board as to eligibility.
E.
Draft such rules, and amendments thereof, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter and the Town Charter. Such rules shall be submitted for adoption by ordinance of the Town Council and shall, upon adoption, have the force and effect of law. In addition to Council approval and adoption, where such rule and regulation affects the control and operation of any department or administrative officer of the Town within the jurisdiction of the Mayor, it shall be necessary for the Mayor to approve such rule and regulation in order for such rule and regulation to become effective in accordance with the provisions of Sec. 4-3 of the Town Charter.
The Personnel Board shall keep and maintain
records of its official proceedings, recommendations, rules and regulations.
In addition, the Personnel Board shall maintain and keep adequate
employment records of all employees in the classified service.
