Resolution 02-2023 - Charter Amendment - Section 703 - Unclassified and Classified Service
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This resolution amends Section 703 of the Centreville Town Charter to change which town positions are in the unclassified and classified civil service. The amendment removes the Town Manager and the prior wording naming heads of offices, departments, and agencies from the unclassified list, explicitly designates volunteers as unclassified, and keeps temporary positions, probationary employees, contractual employees, and subcontractors listed in the unclassified service while deleting the words "part-time" and "unpaid offices and positions." The resolution reiterates that the classified service consists of all positions not included in the unclassified service (making any positions removed from the unclassified list subject to merit-system rules). It also sets implementation procedures: the amendment becomes effective 50 days after passage unless a referendum petition is filed within 40 days, requires posting on the Town Hall bulletin board and four weekly newspaper summary publications, and directs the Town Manager and Town Clerk to complete required filings and certifications with the Department of Legislative Reference and the meeting minutes.
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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,]] 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