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TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE
RESOLUTION 04-2023
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF CENTREVILLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF
AMENDING THE TOWN’S CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND CENTREVILLE POLICE
DEPARTMENT CAREER LADDER TO REVISE THE LIEUTENANT AND SERGEANT
CLASSIFIED POSITION GRADES
WHEREAS, Article VII, Section 702 of the Town Charter established the Town Council may
adopt such rules and regulations governing the operation of a merit system as it deems desirable or
necessary, to include a classification plan; and
WHEREAS, on April 28, 2016, the Town adopted the Centreville Police Department Career
Ladder to provide structured direction for internal growth within the department.
WHEREAS, the Town wishes to amend the Town’s Classification Plan and Centreville
Police Department Career Ladder by amending the Lieutenant’s classified position from Grade 14 to
Grade 15 and the Sergeant’s classified position from Grade 12 to Grade 13; and
WHEREAS, the Town Council of Centreville concurs with the recommendations of this
Resolution;
NOW THEREFORE, be it resolved by the Town Council of Centreville, this day
of , 2023:
1. That the Town’s Classification Plan attached hereto as Exhibit “A” be, and is hereby
adopted and shall replace all previous versions.
2. That the Centreville Police Department Career Ladder attached hereto as Exhibit “B” be,
and is hereby adopted and shall replace all previous versions.
BY ORDER: We hereby certify that Resolution 04-2023 is true and correct and duly adopted by the
Town Council of Centreville, 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

Effective 01.03.2023
Position Classification Plan
New Starting Base
POSITION TITLES Grade Step
Administrative Assistant I 5 Base
Administrative Assistant II 6 Base
Administrative Assistant III 8 Base
Administrative Assistant IV 10 1
Main Street Manager (PT) 9 2
Town Clerk 14 1
Finance Specialist I 6 Base
Finance Specialist II 8 Base
Finance Specialist III 10 Base
Finance Specialist IV 13 1
Finance Officer (Appointed) 16 4
Human Resources Specialist I 6 3
Human Resources Specialist II 8 1
Human Resources Specialist III 10 3
Human Resources Specialist IV 13 1
Human Resources Manager 16 3
Police Officer Uncert. In academy 8 5
Police Officer Cert. no exp. 8 6
Police Officer Cert. up to 2 yrs. exp. 8 7
Police Officer Cert. more than 2 yrs. exp. 8 8
Police Officer First Class 10 Base
Police Corporal 11 Base
Police Sergeant 13 Base
Police Lieutenant 15 Base
Police Chief (Appointed) 17 Base
Utility Worker PT/Seasonal Temp 4 1
Utility Worker I (PT/FT) 4 1
Utility Worker II 5 Base
Utility Worker III 6 Base
Utility Worker IV 8 1
Utility Supervisor (eff. 04/27/21) 10 5
WTP & WWTP Operator I 5 Base
WTP & WWTP Operator II 7 Base
WTP & WWTP Operator III 8 Base
WTP & WWTP Operator IV 9 1
Water/Wastewater Supervisor 11 5
Water/Wastewater Superintendent 12 4
Director of Public Works 17 2
Town Manager (Appointed) 20 5
Town Council ELECTED

Town of Centreville
CAREER LADDER MATRIX
POLICE DEPARTMENT
POSITION Officer Officer First Class Police Corporal Police Sergeant Police Lieutenant Police Chief
(Department Head)
PAY GRADE Grade 8 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 13 Grade 15 Grade 17
EDUCATION High School High School High School High School High School Bachelor’s Degree in
Diploma/GED, Diploma/GED, Diploma/GED, Diploma/GED, Diploma/GED, Criminal Justice, Public
(Must be 21 years required. required. required. required. required. Administration, or a related
old by graduation field, required.
date of Police/Law Successful Successful completion Successful Successful Successful completion
Enforcement completion of of accredited completion of completion of of accredited Master’s Degree in Criminal
Academy Training) accredited Police/Law accredited accredited Police/Law Justice, Public
Police/Law Enforcement Academy Police/Law Police/Law Enforcement Academy Administration, or a related
Enforcement Training, required. Enforcement Enforcement Training, required. field, preferred.
Academy Training, Academy Training, Academy Training,
required. required. required.
EXPERIENCE/ Must possess a valid Must possess a valid Must possess a valid Must possess a valid Must possess a valid Must possess a valid driver’s
CERTIFICATIONS driver’s license. driver’s license. driver’s license. driver’s license. driver’s license. license.
Must possess a valid Must possess a valid Must possess a valid Must possess a valid Must possess a valid Possession of a valid
MPCTC MPCTC Certification MPCTC MPCTC MPCTC Certification MPCTC Certification Card,
Certification Card. Card. Certification Card. Certification Card. Card. preferred.
Successful Successful completion
completion of of MPCTC First Line
MPCTC First Line Police Administrator
Supervisor Police Training.
Training.
EXPERIENCE/ No experience Successful completion Successful Successful Successful completion Ten (10) or more years of
TIME IN GRADE necessary. of two (2) years of completion of five completion of eight of ten (10) years of sworn law enforcement
experience as a (5) years of law (8) years of law law enforcement experience, preferred.
Centreville Police enforcement enforcement service, with eight (8)
Officer, including the experience, with experience, with at of those years being Five (5) years of supervisory
probationary period, three (3) of those least six (6) of those with Centreville Police experience, preferred.
required. years being with the years being with the Department,
Centreville Police Centreville Police
Department, Department, AND
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AND AND Two (2) years of law
enforcement
One (1) year at the One (1) year at the supervisory
rank of Officer First rank of Corporal, experience, preferred,
Class, required. required. with at least one (1)
year at the rank of
Sergeant, required.
PERFORMANCE A minimum rating A minimum rating of A minimum rating A minimum rating A minimum rating of A minimum rating of
RATING of satisfactory/meets satisfactory/meets of satisfactory/meets of satisfactory/meets satisfactory/meets satisfactory/meets
expectations. expectations. expectations. expectations. expectations. expectations.
ADDITIONAL Ability to learn and Considerable Considerable Considerable Advanced knowledge Advanced knowledge of
SKILLS apply police/law knowledge of knowledge of knowledge of of police/law police/law enforcement
enforcement police/law enforcement police/law police/law enforcement principles, practices,
principles, practices, principles, practices, enforcement enforcement principles, practices, methods, techniques and
methods, techniques methods, techniques principles, practices, principles, practices, methods, techniques equipment in daily work
and equipment in and equipment in daily methods, techniques methods, techniques and equipment in daily situations.
daily situations. work situations. and equipment in and equipment in work situations.
daily work daily work Advanced knowledge of
Ability to learn and Considerable situations. situations. Advanced knowledge departmental rules,
understand knowledge of of departmental rules, regulations and town
departmental rules, departmental rules, Considerable Considerable regulations and town ordinances.
regulations and town regulations and town knowledge of knowledge of ordinances.
ordinances. ordinances. departmental rules, departmental rules, Advanced knowledge of
regulations and regulations and Advanced knowledge town geography.
Ability to learn town Considerable town ordinances. town ordinances. of town geography.
geography. knowledge of town Advanced ability to
geography. Considerable Considerable Advanced ability to communicate accurately and
Ability to knowledge of town knowledge of town communicate concisely, both orally and in
communicate Ability to communicate geography. geography. accurately and writing.
accurately and accurately and concisely, both orally
concisely, both concisely, both orally Ability to Ability to and in writing. Ability and willingness to
orally and in writing. and in writing. communicate communicate perform work under adverse
accurately and accurately and Ability and and at times dangerous
Ability and Ability and willingness concisely, both concisely, both willingness to perform conditions, in unpleasant
willingness to to perform work under orally and in orally and in work under adverse environments, during
perform work under adverse and at times, writing. writing. and at times, daytime and nighttime hours
adverse and at times, dangerous conditions, dangerous conditions, and for extended periods of
dangerous in unpleasant Ability and Ability and in unpleasant time.
conditions, in environments, during willingness to willingness to environments, during
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CAREER LADDER MATRIX
POLICE DEPARTMENT
unpleasant daytime and nighttime perform work under perform work under daytime and nighttime Ability to operate, after
environments, hours and for extended adverse and at adverse and at hours and for extended training, issued police
during daytime and periods of time. times, dangerous times, dangerous periods of time. equipment.
nighttime hours and conditions, in conditions, in
for extended periods Ability to operate, after unpleasant unpleasant Ability to operate, Ability to read, interpret and
of time. training, issued police environments, environments, after training, issued follow rules, regulations
equipment. during daytime and during daytime and police equipment. written and oral instructions
Ability to operate, nighttime hours and nighttime hours and and orders.
after training, issued Ability to read, interpret for extended periods for extended periods Ability to read,
police equipment. and follow rules, of time. of time. interpret and follow Ability to establish and
regulations written and rules, regulations maintain effective work
Ability to read, oral instructions and Ability to operate, Ability to operate, written and oral relationships with superiors,
interpret and follow orders. after training, issued after training, issued instructions and other employees and the
rules, regulations police equipment. police equipment. orders. public.
written and oral Ability to establish and
instructions and maintain effective work Ability to read, Ability to read, Ability to establish Knowledge of traffic and
orders. relationships with interpret and follow interpret and follow and maintain effective criminal laws and ability to
superiors, other rules, regulations rules, regulations work relationships apply both as required.
Ability to establish employees and the written and oral written and oral with superiors, other
and maintain public. instructions and instructions and employees and the Ability to operate a
effective work orders. orders. public. computer with knowledge
relationships with Knowledge of traffic of email, Microsoft Word
supervisors, other and criminal laws and Ability to establish Ability to establish Knowledge of traffic and Microsoft Excel.
employees and the ability to apply both as and maintain and maintain and criminal laws and
public. required. effective work effective work ability to apply both as Ability to safely operate a
relationships with relationships with required. motor vehicle during a
Knowledge of traffic Ability to operate a superiors, other superiors, other routine and an emergency
and criminal laws computer with employees and the employees and the Ability to operate a response.
and ability to apply knowledge of email, public. public. computer with
both as required. Microsoft Word and knowledge of email, Ability to train and mentor
Microsoft Excel. Knowledge of Knowledge of Microsoft Word and officers.
Ability to operate a traffic and criminal traffic and criminal Microsoft Excel.
computer with Ability to safely operate laws and ability to laws and ability to Advanced knowledge of
knowledge of email, a motor vehicle during a apply both as apply both as Ability to safely police department
Microsoft Word and routine and an required. required. operate a motor operations and functions.
Microsoft Excel. emergency response. vehicle during a
Ability to operate a Ability to operate a routine and an Advanced knowledge of
Ability to safely computer with computer with emergency response. supervisory theories,
operate a motor knowledge of email, knowledge of email, principles and practices.
vehicle during a Microsoft Word and Microsoft Word and Ability to train and
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routine and an Microsoft Excel. Microsoft Excel. mentor officers. Advanced knowledge of the
emergency response. practices and principles of
Ability to safely Ability to safely Advanced knowledge police leadership and
Ability to qualify operate a motor operate a motor of police department supervision.
with a firearm as vehicle during a vehicle during a operations and
required. routine and an routine and an functions. Advanced ability to plan,
emergency emergency assign and supervise the
Ability to qualify in response. response. Advanced knowledge work of others.
self-defense skills as of supervisory
required. Ability to mentor Ability to mentor theories, principles Ability to utilize resources
less experienced less experienced and practices. and manpower effectively.
officers. officers.
Advanced knowledge Knowledge of Town
Considerable of the practices and budgeting procedures,
knowledge of police principles of police preferred.
line operations. leadership and
supervision.
Knowledge of
supervisory theories, Advanced ability to
principles and plan, assign and
practices. supervise the work of
others.
Knowledge of the
practices and Ability to utilize
principles of police resources and
leadership and manpower effectively.
supervision.
Knowledge of Town
Ability to plan, budgeting procedures,
assign and supervise preferred.
the work of others.
Ability to utilize
resources and
manpower
effectively.
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CAREER LADDER MATRIX
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OTHER Police Officer (Ofc) OFC provides necessary CPL provides SGT provides Lieutenant position This position is appointed
provides necessary training opportunity for necessary training necessary training may be filled through by Town Council and
training opportunity promotion to Corporal opportunity for opportunity for promotion or by reports to the Town
for promotion to (CPL). promotion through promotion through appointment. Manager.
Officer First Class testing to Sergeant testing to Lieutenant
(OFC). (SGT), if vacant. (LT), if vacant.
* Internal Promotions between levels are dependent on the department’s needs, position availability, individual qualifications, performances and demonstration of
progressive advancement of skill and responsibility levels and approval by the Department Head, Human Resources Department, and Town Manager. Descriptors at
each level are intended as general guidelines; they are neither absolute nor complete statements of criteria for the job levels described. Positions and funding must be
available in the respective department for employees to move forward in the career ladder.
** If there are no eligible or suitable candidates for promotion within the Department, the Chief of Police in conjunction with the Town Council, will advertise and hire
a qualified candidate from outside of the Department.
Education Equivalency Policy (Eff. 11/04/21; Resolution 08-2021) – Whereas, three (3) years of experience is equivalent to one (1) year of education, in addition to
any minimum years of experience required for a position requiring a degree, as specified on the career ladders and as outlined in the Personnel Manual.
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