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Town Council Adopts Personnel
Ordinance For Town Employees
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(Continued From Pag* 1. Section 1)
and service rating plans, and he
shall establish and make avail-;
able for review by the Board of,
Councibnen and i nspection by |
town employees and the public
such personnel rules, plans and
procedures necessary or desir-1
able to implement the provisions,
of the chapter and carry out the
intent of the Board of Council- (
men. „ J
Section 3. Classified Service.
Classified service shall include
all regular full time employes of
the Town of Edenton.
Article 3. Appointments and
Conditions ot Employment
Section 1. Qualifications for
Appointment. Appointments to
positions within the city service
shall be made on the basis of
merit and fitness, and in accord
ance with the provisions of this
chapter and any rule which may
be established under its author
ity. All persons considered for
appointment must be citizens of
the United States of America and
must meet the minimum entrance
qualifications established for the
class of position for which they
apply. The personnel officer
may prescribe general qualifica
tions for all positions within the
town service, or specific qualifi
cations for any class of posi
tions. which will promote the ef
fectiveness of the service, to in
clude but not be limited to re
quirements of education, resi
dent, age, sex, relationship to
other municipal employee by
blood or marriage, physical
standards, criminal record and
ability to furnish surety bond
and may use any of these re
quirements as a basis for re
jecting or refusing to examine an
applicant. The personnel officer
shall prescribe the form of ap
plication and the information to
be contained thereon, and may
utilize such test, examinations,
and investigation as he deems
necessary to determine the fit
ness of an applicant for a par
ticular position.
Section 2. Probationary Per
iod. All original and promo
tional appointments shall be for
probationary period of six (6)
months. An employee serving
the probationary period for an
original appointment may be dis
missed by the appointing auth
ority at any time. An employee
serving the probationary period
for a promotional appointment
may be demoted by the appoint
ing authority to the class of po
sition or similar class from
which promoted.
Section 3. Suspension, Demo
tions and Dismissals.
(a) The appointing authority,
for disciplinary purposes may '
suspend an employee without
pay for not more than thirty (30)
days during any fiscal year, or
may assign additional work
without additional compensa
tion.
(b) During the investigation,
hearing or trial of an employed
on any criminal charge, or dur
ing the course of any civil ac
tion involving an employee, and
if in the opinion of the appoint
ing authority, a suspension would
be in the best interest of the
town, the appointing authority
may suspend the employee with
out pay for the duration of the
proceedings as a non-disciplin
ary measure. Back pay shall not
ordinarily be recoverable, but
where the suspension is termin
ated by full reinstatement of the
employee, the Board of Council
men may authorize full recovery
of pay and benefits for the en
tire or for any lesser period of
the suspension.
(c) The appointing authority
may demote or dismiss any em
ployee where, in his opinion,
the best interest of the town, or
the effectiveness of the town
government will be served. In
the event a reduction in force
becomes necessary, consideration
shall be given to the quality of
service as well as the seniority
in determining those employees
to be retained.
Section 4. Political Activity.
No town employee shall take
part in, nor contribute in any
manner, directly or indirectly,
in any election or function in
volving the election of a candi
date for office in the Town of
Edenton, other than casting his
secret ballot.
Section 5. Dismissal Because
of Outside Employment. The
work of the town should have
precedence over the other occu
pational interests of employees.
All outside employment for sal
ary, wages or commission and all
self employment must be report
ed to and approved by an em
ployee’s department head and
the administrator. Conflicting
outside employment shall be
grounds for dismissal.
Article 4. Grievances
It is the policy of the town,
insofar as possible, to prevent
the occurence of grievances and
to deal promptly with those
which occur. When any griev
ance comes or is directed to any
department head. he shall
promptly discuss all relevant
circumstances with the employee
and remove the causes of the
grievance to the extent that he
deems advisable and possesses
authority. Failing resolution the
grievance shall be carried to the
administrator and to the Coun
cilman in charge of the depart
ment until a satisfactory solu
tion has been reached or auth
ority to deal with the situation
has been reached and exhausted.
5. Resignation*
Section 1. Notice Required.
In order to resign in good stand
ing, an employee shall give at
least two weeks’ notice of his
intention to resign.
f£2ES Any
town employee may be laid off
without reflection on his stand
in for lack of work or funds.
Where possible at least two
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ficer shall establish, administer 1
[and maintain a current plan of
classification of all positions of <
the classified service, and shall i
allocate and re-allocate positions <
to classes on the basis of kind <
land level of duties and responsi
bility. (
I Article 8. Compensation ]
; Section 1. The annual budget
i adopted by the Board of Coun- ]
'cilmen and amendments thereto, •
together with appropriation, :
shall constitute the approval and i
control by the Board of salaries ;
and compensation. i
Article 9. Vacations, Sick Leave,
Holidays and Hours of Work
Section 1. Vacations. Vaca- i
tions shall be calculated on a
calendar year (January-Decem
ber) basis and shall be consid
ered as earned by the employee
at the rate of one working day
per each full month of service
and shall at no time accrue to
more than the following days:
(a) Street Department—Seven
days.
(b) Administrative Depart
ment —Seven days.
(c) Police Department Fif
teen days. \
(d) Fire Department—Fifteen j
days. I
(B) Policemen, firemen, plant
operators and other employees
j who. by the nature of their work
are required to work on Sundays
. and holidays shall be allowed 15
. days annual vacation.
I Vacations shall be taken at a
' time approved by the department
jhead and administrator.
(C) Vacations will not be
’' calculated during probationary
period for new employees.
\1 Section 2 Sick Leave.
(a) Sick leave with pay (cal
’l culated on a calendar year basis)
* is not a right for which town
employees may make demands
; but is a privilege granted by the
’ Board of Councilmen. Where
circumstances warrant, sick leave
with pay may be granted by the
administrator for each full time
employee at the rate of one
. working day for each full cal
endar month of service cumula
. tive up to 60 days. Provided
further that in the case of em-
L ployee receiving workmen’s
compensation, leave must be ex
, tended for the period covered by
workmen’s compensation and
: further provided that the amount
' of workmen’s compensation pay
ment shall be included in the
computation of full pay.
(b) Sick leave which has al
ready been accumulated to the
credit of the employee as pro
vided in Section 2. (a) Above
may be allowed the employee in
case of serious illness or death
of any member of the family or
dependent of such employee
when, approved by the depart
ment head and administrator;
but such sick leave granted un
der this paragraph ‘shall in no
jease exceed 12 days.
(c) To be eligible for sick
leave with pay an employee
must: (1) Report promptly to
NOTICE!
DOG AND BICYCLE
LICENSES ARE NOW
ON SALE
Dog Licenses Are on Sale at the Town
Office and Bicycle Licenses Are on Sale
at the Police Station. The Fee for Each
Male Dog is SI.OO and $2.00 for Each
Female. The Fee for Each Bicycle is 25
Cents.
The Code of Ordinances Requires the
Arrest of Any Dog Owner Who Fails to
Purchase Licenses for His Dogs by
August 15th.
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THE CHOWAN HERALD. EDENTON. NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, JULY 18. 1964.
his department head the reason
for bis absence; (2) Keep his de
partment head informed of his
condition; (3) Present * doctor’s
certificate when required to do
so by the department head or
administrator. Claiming sick
leave under false pretenses shall
be cause for dismissal.
(d) Separated employees who
either resign, retire or are dis
missed from town employment
shall not be paid for accrued
sick leave.
(e) Sick leave will not be
calculated during probationary
period for new employees.
Section 3. Holidays. Legal
holidays observed by the city |
shall be as follows: New Year’s!
Day Easter Monday, Independ
ence Day, Labor Day. Veterans
Day. Thanksgiving Day. Christ
mas Day.
Section 4. Holidays Falling on
Sunday. When one of the holi
days enumerated above falls on
Sunday, the following Monday
will be observed as a holiday.
Section 5. Hours of Work.
The town administrator shall ;
prescribe the office hours of the
town government and the de- ■
partment heads shall prescribe
the hours of work for all de
partmental employees.
Article 10. Leave o< Absence
Section 1. Jury Leave. Any
full-time employee of the town
who is called for jury duty shall
be granted leave of absence with
/pay.
I Section 2. Civil Leave. A
municipal employee called as a
witness for the federal on state
governments or a subdivision
thereof shall be entitled to leave
■ with pay for such duty during
I the required absence. The em
ployee may keep all witness fees
received in addition to his regu
lar compensation. However, law
enforcement officers may not
receive or keep any witness fees
for appearing in a criminal court
in connection with their official
duties.
Section 3. Maternity Leave.
Sick leave shall not be granted
for maternity leave purposes.
Article 11. Miscellaneous
Regulations
Section 1. Physical Examina
tion Required. Any employee of
the Town of Edenton driving
town vehicles will be required
to pass a physical examination
prescribed by the administrator
and approved by the Council
each year. Failure to pass this
examination satisfactorily will
constitute cause for transfer to
some other position not requir
ing the handling of town ve
hicles and equipment.
Section 2. Personal Indebted
ness. It is expected that each
employee of the town will keep
his personal affairs arranged in
such away that the town will
not be embarrassed by excessive
personal indebtedness.
Section 3. Payroll Advances.
It is the town’s policy to make
payroll advances only in cases of
serious illness, death or extreme
emergencies. individually . ap
proved by the department head.
Section 4. Town Vehicles.
Town vehicles will be provided
to certain personnel for town
business only. Town vehicles
are not to be used for personal
purposes. If a town vehicle is
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involved in an accident, either I
on public streets or private'
property, do not move the ve-1
hide and notify the police end
town administrator’s office im
mediately.
Arncie 12. Application and
Effective Dal*
Section 1. The above rules
and regulations shall apply to all
paid employees of the town of
Edenton.
Section 2. Effective Date. This
ordinance shall take effect and
be in full force from and after
July 9, 1964.
JEHOVAH WITNESSES BACK
i FROM RICHMOND MEETING
j Edenton delegates have re
turned from a four-day district
convention of Jehovah’s Wit
nesses held in Richmond, Va.
According to Raymond Weath
ers, presiding minister here, the
convention attendance reached
12,473 at the principal session
Sunday, when N. H. Knorr,
Watchtower president, spoke oii
the subject “Peace Among Men
of Good Will or Armageddon—
Which?”
W earners said the four days
wore filled with lectures, pane,
discussions and stage dramatiza
tions on the assembly theme
“Fruitage of the Spirit.”
Delegates saw the ordination
of 218 new ministers in a bap
tism service cn Friday of the
convention.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
“I shall not <ne, but live, and
declare the works of the Lord”—
this verse from Psahns is part
of the Golden Text that will in
troduce the Bible lesson to be
heard at Christian Science
churches this Sunday. The sub
ject is “Life” and begins a
scries on names which belong
to God.
Readings will include* the fol
lowing lines from the Christian
Science- textbook: “Because Lift
is God, Life must be eternal
self-existent. Life is the ever
lasting I AM, the Being who
was and is and shall be, whom
nothing can erase.” (Science
and Health with Key to the
Scriptures, by Mary Bakei
Eddy, pp. 289, 290).
Commissioners’
Proceedings
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The Board of County Commis
sioners met in regular session
Monday. July 6, at 9 o’clock
A. M. with all members present
including W. E. Bond, chairman,
C. J Hollowell. Dallas Jethro,
Jr.. J. Clarence Leary and T. O.
Asbell.
The minutes of the previous
meetings were read and ap
proved.
On motion of J. Clarence Leary <
'seconded by C. J. Hollowell and 1
I Hhlv carried that bills be paid as ‘
follows: !
Election expenses, $385.68;
Edenton Office Supply. $3.09; •
Edenton Construction Co., $142.80, *
Edenton Construction Company, ]
$142.80; Postmaster, box rent, ■
$6.00; Ward Hoskins, farm cen- J
sus. $37.00; T. D. Berryman, farm •
census, $54.00; Henry Bunch,
farm census. $67.60; Bertram J
Byrum, $7.91; W; E. Bond, ex-,
penses to Chapel Hill, $31.11; -
Edenton Office Supply, $16.07;
Peoples Bank & Trust Co., with- .
holding tax, $538.70; Lena M. ‘
Leary. $56.25; A. P. Bateman, 1
$15.00; Mrs. Ima H. Asbell, j
$62.40; Bass Bros. Sunoco Sta
tion, $0.05; Blair Funeral Home,
$100.00; Bertha B. Bunch. $50.50;
Carolina Overall Corp., $3.30; •
Onnie S. Charlton. $15.96; Bert
ram Byrum, $362.28; Pauline
Calloway, telephone bill. $15.70;
Chowan Herald. $66.75; Chowan
Hospital, $400.00; Commercial
Printing Co. $22.25; J. H. Con
ner & Son, $14.47; Owen "G.
Dunn Co., $63.73; Eastern Eleva
tor Service. $88.00; Eastern N. C.
Sanatorium, $49.05; Eastern Of
fice Equipment Co., $4.77; Econ
omy Typewriter Co., $22.92;
Sdenton Office Supply. $19.61;
3d wards & Broughton, $67.18;
Hazel S. Elliott. $18.52; Earl
Goodwin, Sheriff, $870.63; Hol
towell’s Rexall Drug Store,
$24 41; Herbert Hollowell, $50.00;
vVard Hoskins. $35.00: Sarah
Margaret Harrell. $10.00; H. A.
Perry, $10.00; Walter Jernigan,
54.25; W 11. King Drug Co.,
$116.65; Lena M. Leary. $98.25;
Mitchener’s Pharmacy, $5.00; N.
1. Dept. Conservation and De
velopment, $312.67: Nor. & Car.
Tel & Tel Co.. $108.00: Nor. &
Car Tel. & Tel. Co., $15.26; Or
kin Co.. $6.00; P & Q Super 1
Market. $36.00; Permastamp Ca-i
'•olina Marking Devices. $23.70;
Tom Shepard. $60.00: State Com
mission for the Blind. $82.95;
C. W. 'Overman, telephone,
$23.09; Ricks Laundry, $4.08;
Rowsom Funeral Service, $90.00;
Sinclair Refining Co.. $13.83;
Taylor’s Gulf Service. $5.75;
3. & W. Dept., $171.01; Town of
Sdenton, Civil Defense. $10.98;
Post Office, box rent. $6.00; sal
ines for June. $5,716.56.
On -motion of J. Clarence
Leary, seconded by Dallas Jet.h
--•o. Jr. and unanimously carried
that William P. Jones be reap
pointed tax supervisor for a
period of one year.
When the Board of Equaliza
tion and Review met March 16,
1964, it was agreed to refund
one-half value of the Chesson
house on West Church Street
purchased by Graham White if
said house was torn down by
July 1, 1964. On motion made,
seconded and duly carried that
a refund of one-half value of the
Thesson house be granted R.
Graham White. Full value of
douse. $3,935; one-half value,
$1,920.00.
On motion of Dallas Jethro,
; Jr., seconded by J. Clarence
Leary and duly carried that the
-esolution passed at the June 22
meeting as to the Center Hill-
Cross Roads Fire Department
budget for 1964-65 for SI,BOO be
rescinded.
On motion made, seconded and
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duly carried that the 1964-651
budget for Cross Roads-Center j
Hill Fire Department be $2,200.00
same as last year.
On motion of T. O. Asbell,
seconded by Dallas Jethhro. Jr.,
and duly carried that the con-,
j tract to furnish fuel oil for the
I jail and county offices be award- •
ed to J. H. Conger & Son. for the
year 1964-65.
The meeting was adjourned In 1
order to hold a joint meeting!
with the Board of Education to
[ appoint a member on the ABC
Board. 'On motion of G. B. Pot
ter, seconded by O. C. Lons Jr.,
and duly carried that R. F. El
the ABC Board for a period of
liott be reappointed a member of
three years.
There being no further busi-1
ness, the meeting was ad-,
journed.
The County Commissioners re
convened their regular meeting. 1
On mottion of J. Clarence
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I Leary, seconded by Dallas Jeth-t
ro, Jr., and duly carried that
John A. Mitehener be appointed
a member of the AADA Planning
Committee.
On motion of J. Clarence
Leary, seconded by Dallas Jeth
ro, Jr., and duly carried that
the 1964-65 budget be adopted
[with a tax rate of $1.58 per SIOO
property valuation, plus a 10-
1 cent rate for fire protection for
! Property owners outside the city
limits,
me Commissioners discussed
the need of repair and painting
the interior of the Court House,
the Clerk of Court’s office and
| the Register of Deeds’ office. A,
motion was made by J. Clar
lence Leary, seconded by C. J.
I Hollowell and duly carried that
. this work be done in late fall.
The following reports were
accepted and ordered filed:
I Fletcher F. Lassiter, Negro
County Agent; Onnie S. Charl-
ton, Negro Home Economics Ex
tensionrsAgent; County Welfare
Department, County Service Of
ficer. Kfletiton Fire Department
reportfffor month of June and
annual report. C. W. Overman,
Harry ‘Venters, Pauline Calloway
and Fiances McCaskill, Exten
sion Department.
There being no further busi
ness. the meeting was adjourned.
■ W. 1 E. BOND, Chairman:
BERTHA B. BUNCH. J Clerk.
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