(a) Employment at will. An employee appointed by the Anne Arundel Soil Conservation Board of Supervisors is an employee in the exempt service, serves at the pleasure of the Anne Arundel Soil Conservation Board of Supervisors, and may be dismissed at will.
(b) Pay plan. The Personnel Officer shall formulate and maintain a pay plan for all employees appointed by the Soil Conservation Board of Supervisors to positions in the exempt service, which shall include job titles, pay grades, and pay scales.
(c) Approval. The pay plan shall be approved annually by ordinance of the County Council.
(d) Posting. The pay plan shall be posted on the County website and available to County employees and the public.
(e) Pay upon initial hiring. An employee in the Soil Conservation District Employees’ Pay and Benefit Plan shall be hired at the minimum pay of the grade except that, upon finding and certifying in writing that extraordinary circumstances exist, the appointing authority may hire an employee at a rate of pay within the grade higher than the minimum pay of the grade.
(f) Employment benefits. An employee in the Soil Conservation District Employees’ Pay and Benefit Plan is entitled to all employment benefits applicable to classified employees provided sufficient appropriations exist.
(1985 Code, Art. 8, § 2-102.1) (Bill No. 52-02; Bill No. 66-02; Bill No. 75-02; Bill No. 67-03; Bill No. 34-04; Bill No. 41-05; Bill No. 43-06; Bill No. 41-07; Bill No. 51-07; Bill No. 51-08; Bill No. 57-13; Bill No. 35-14; Bill No. 45-15; Bill No. 47-16; Bill No. 58-17; Bill No. 56-18; Bill No. 58-19; Bill No. 45-21; Bill No. 51-22; Bill No. 44-23; Bill No. 4-24)