Personnel - 2.44

There shall be established for the Town a public personnel system consisting of personnel rules, a job classification and salary plan, and an employee performance planning and evaluation system, all of which shall conform to the highest standards of public personnel policy and recognized principles of a merit system.

The Town Administrator has the responsibility for proper and effective personnel administration in accordance with policies established by the board of trustees. He may delegate to department heads authority for those elements of personnel administration most properly carried out at the department level.

The Board of Trustees shall set personnel policies through adopting of personnel rules and shall exercise certain controls over personnel through the adoption of the budget, approval of job descriptions, action on the job classification and salary plan, and approval of new job descriptions.