resolution 03-2023 - charter amendment section 703 unclassified and classified service

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,]] 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