Century To Rework Personnel Policy

July 18, 2013

The Century Town Council is considering an new personnel policy to give the mayor more control and eliminate the need for direct council involvement in some employment issues.

The changes were prompted after May’s termination of a lower level employee by the council in a special called council meeting. The employee was repeatedly late for work.

Under Century’s current employment rules and regulations, the mayor is the town’s top boss, but the mayor can’t fire an employee without a vote of the town council. And, under those same town rules, the Mayor can’t make his termination recommendation known until a special meeting of  the town council  begins.

Under the new policy, the mayor will be able to discipline and terminate employees without input from the council; the employee can then appeal their punishment or termination to the council for a final determination. Similar policies are in place at governmental agencies throughout the area.

The council is set to consider the new personnel policy at their next regular meeting on August 5.

For more information about the public firing of a town employee last May, click here for a previous story.

Pictured top: Four of the five members of the Century Town Council. NorthEscambia.com file photo, click to enlarge.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News