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Century Approves Updated Personnel Policy
August 10, 2013
The Century Town Council has approved a 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 previous employment rules and regulations, the mayor was the town’s top boss, but the mayor could not fire an employee without a vote of the town council. And, under those same town rules, the Mayor could not make his termination recommendation known until a special meeting of the town council was underway.
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.
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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