resolution 03-2023 - charter amendment section 703 - unclassified and classified service
Other February 2, 2023 · 2 page(s)
Resolution 03-2023 (Town Council of Centreville) amends Town Charter Section 703 to revise which offices and positions are in the unclassified versus classified civil service—deleting language that identified the Town Manager, Town Attorney, and heads of offices/departments as unclassified and specifying that members of town boards and commissions and positions designated as volunteers are unclassified, and listing temporary positions, probationary employees, contractual employees, and subcontractors in the unclassified service. The resolution also sets the amendment to become effective 50 days after passage unless a referendum is filed within 40 days, requires continuous posting at Town Hall and specified weekly newspaper publication (DATE+7, +14, +21, +28) until DATE+40, and directs submission of amendment records to the Department of Legislative Reference when effective.
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TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE RESOLUTION 03-2023 A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF AMENDING THE TOWN CHARTER TO REVISE THE UNCLASSIFIED AND CLASSIFIED SERVICE FOR THE TOWN WHEREAS, the Town Council has the authority under Article XI-E, Section 4 of the Maryland Constitution which allows for the adoption of a new charter, the amendment of any charter or local laws, or the repeal of any part of a charter or local laws; and WHEREAS, the Town Council has the authority under Section 4-301 et. seq. of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland, which describes the process of charter amendment by resolution; and WHEREAS, the Town Council wishes to amend Section 703 of the Charter of the Town of Centreville to revise the provisions regarding unclassified and classified service; and WHEREAS, the Town Council of Centreville concurs with the recommendations of this Resolution; NOW THEREFORE, Section 1. BE IT RESOLVED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE, that Section 703 of the Centreville Town Charter be amended as follows, with deleted language shown in double bold faced brackets [[ ]] and added language shown in bold and underlined: Section 703. Unclassified and classified service. The civil service of the town shall be divided into the unclassified and classified service. (a) Unclassified service. The unclassified service shall comprise the following offices and positions which shall not be included within the merit system: (1) The council members, and persons appointed to fill vacancies in these positions. (2) [[The Town Manager, the Town Attorney, heads of all offices, departments and agencies,]] [[m]]Members of all town boards and commissions, and [[any]] other positions [[in which the incumbent shall be officially designated as an officer]] designated as volunteers of the town. (3) [[Part-time,]] [[t]]Temporary positions, probationary employees, contractual employees, and subcontractors [[and unpaid offices and positions]]. (b) Classified service. The classified service shall comprise all positions not specifically included by this section in the unclassified service. All offices and positions included in the classified service shall be subject to any merit system rules and regulations which may be adopted. Section 2. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the date of passage of this Resolution is DATE, 2023, and the amendment of the Charter of the Town of Centreville hereby enacted shall become effective upon DATE +50, 2023 (the fiftieth day after passage), unless a proper petition for referendum hereon shall be filed with the Town Council on or before the fortieth day after passage in the form and in the manner prescribed in Section 4-304(d) of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. Section 3. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Manager shall cause a full and exact copy of the Resolution to be continuously posted on the bulletin board of the Town Hall until DATE +40, 2023 (the fortieth day after passage) and that the Town Manager shall further cause a fair summary of the charter amendment enacted by this Resolution to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Centreville at weekly intervals in each of the weeks of DATE+7, 2023, DATE+14, 2023, DATE+21, 2023 and DATE+28, 2023 and that the Town Clerk shall cause to be affixed to the minutes of this meeting appropriate certificates of publication and posting. Section 4. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Council of Centreville is hereby authorized and enjoined to declare this Resolution to be effective by affixing their signatures hereto in the space provided on the effective date hereof. Section 5. AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT as soon as the Charter Amendment hereby enacted becomes effective (whether as herein provided or by referendum), the Town Manager shall cause to be delivered to the Department of Legislative Reference all the information regarding the Charter Amendment, this Resolution and any referendum held thereon as may be required by Sections 4-109 and 4-308 of the Local Government Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland. ATTEST: THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE Carolyn M. Brinkley Steven K. Kline, President Town Clerk Ashley H. Kaiser, Esq., Member Eric B. Johnson, Jr., Member Daniel B. Worth, Member Jim A. Beauchamp, Member