§ 20-6. Duties of merit system and personnel administration director.

The duties of the merit system director shall be to:

(1)

Attend all meetings of the merit system council and act as secretary to the council.

(2)

Establish and maintain a listing of all employees of the board of commissioners, including merit and nonmerit, which will set forth the names of employees, their class titles, their pay grades, their salaries or pay statuses, their employment statuses and other appropriate data deemed pertinent by the director.

(3)

Select a staff of assistants in accordance with this chapter and to assign and direct their work.

(4)

Advise and consult with the department heads in the development of a variety of training programs to improve performance of employees at all levels as needed and to coordinate the planning and scheduling of such training programs for efficient administration.

(5)

Assist the department heads in the development of a system of periodic performance appraisal of employees under the merit system to be administered by the department heads.

(6)

Make annual reports and such special reports as deemed advisable regarding personnel administration under the merit system, and to make recommendations for improvement therein.

(7)

Be responsible for the preparation and maintenance of the classification and compensation plans and, after consultation with department heads, to prepare and present to the board for adoption, class specifications and amendments thereto.

(8)

Recommend amendments to this chapter and to cause all rules and regulations to be published and copies thereof to be given to the department heads and the board, and to maintain copies in the office of the merit system department.

(9)

Prepare for review and approval by the chief executive, job classification and compensation, administrative procedures to be followed by employees, department heads and other officials in processing appeals and in carrying out other assigned responsibilities under this chapter.

(10)

Prepare annual budgets covering all the costs of operating the merit system, for adoption by the board.

(11)

Maintain all registers of eligible persons for appointment and to make certification from such registers.

(12)

Act as custodian of all records and properties in the office of the merit system director.

(13)

Make such regulations and other administrative memoranda as deemed necessary, not inconsistent with this chapter, relative to matters involved in the administration of this chapter.

(14)

Be responsible for overseeing an equitable and uniform system of discipline, administering the internal grievance and appeal procedure and maintaining the centralized records and coordinating the activities associated with appeals.

(Code 1976, § 2-3018)