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THE CHARTER OF THE CITY OF BOSTON
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11-3.1   Department, Commissioner, Term.
   There shall be in the city a Department known as the Neighborhood and Human Services Department (hereinafter called “the Department”) which shall be under the charge of an Officer known as the Commissioner of Neighborhood and Human Services (hereafter called “the Commissioner”) who shall be appointed by the Mayor for a term expiring on the first Monday of the January following the next biennial election at which a Mayor is elected.
(Ord. 1979 c. 22; Ord. 1980 c. 6; CBC 1985 11-3.1)
11-3.2   Duties of Commissioner.
   The Commissioner shall have direct responsibility for the organization, administration and operation of the Department, and the Agencies included within the Department, and shall receive such salary as may be fixed, from time to time, by ordinance. The Commissioner may, in accordance with applicable law, and within the limits of the funds appropriated therefor, appoint and remove such subordinates as the work of the Department may require and may make such expenditure, within the limits of the funds appropriated therefor, as may be necessary to execute effectively the purposes of the Department and the Agencies included within the Department.
(Ord. 1979 c. 22; Ord. 1980 c. 6; CBC 1985 11-3.2)
11-3.3   Purpose of the Department.
   It shall be the purpose of the Department to administer the Agencies included within it and to conduct continuing observation, study, an evaluation of such Agencies with a view to making specific annual recommendations to the Mayor and Boston City Council as to whether such Agencies are meeting the needs of the people within the city neighborhoods, and as to any changes in the number of organizations of such Agencies so as to better serve the people of such neighborhoods.
(Ord. 1979 c. 22; Ord. 1980 c. 6; CBC 1985 11-3.3)
11-3.4   Agencies Within the Department.
   Any Agency, purporting to exist as a City Agency on July 1, 1978, which was funded by a Council appropriation order as a City Agency separate and apart from the Mayor’s Office, even though such Agency might bear the words “Mayor’s Office of” in its title, except the Office of Fiscal Affairs, which is hereby created and placed within and made a part of the Administrative Services Department, and the Office of Property Equalization, which is hereby created and placed in and made a part of the Assessing Department, and except the so called “Mayor’s Office of Communications”, which is hereby abolished, which is funded to an extent of less than 50% of funds received by the city from the United States of America, which was not created by law or ordinance, and which continues to exist on the date on which this Section is in force, is hereby created and shall be on the date on which this Section is in force, is hereby created and shall be in and subject to the administrative control of the Department. All such Agencies in the future shall not bear the words “Mayor’s Office of” in their title.
(Ord. 1979 c. 22; Ord. 1980 c. 6; CBC 1985 11-3.4)
11-3.5   Agencies Not Created by Law or Ordinance Abolished.
   Any Agency, purporting to be an Agency of the City, which was not expressly created by law or ordinance, and which is not in this Department or in the Department of Federally Funded Agencies (as created by Section 5-2, when this Section is in force), shall be and hereby is abolished.
(Ord. 1979 c. 22; Ord. 1980 c. 6; CBC 1985 11-3.5)
11-3.6   Annual Report.
   On or before October 1, 1980, and on or before October 1 of each succeeding year, the Department shall report in writing to the Mayor and City Council. Such reports shall include, but not be limited to, a report on all Agencies within the Department, setting forth, in narrative style, their activities for the previous fiscal year, the goals for the succeeding year, which of its goals, as contained in its previous annual report were achieved, and which were not, and the reasons for any failures. The report shall also contain the number of employees, their salaries, job title and names, as well as any other information that might be of relevance in judging the costs and benefits of the Department to the taxpayer.
(Ord. 1979 c. 22; Ord. 1980 c. 6; CBC 1985 11-3.6)
11-3.7   Subordinate Positions.
   (A)   If for any reason any appointment to a position with the Department, excepting that of Commissioner, is not made in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 31, it shall be the responsibility of the Department to forthwith establish and promulgate, subject to approval of the City Council, rules and regulations which shall:
      (1)   Ensure that for all appointments to positions within the Department made after June 30, 1978, every responsible effort shall be made to guarantee any resident of the city, who is qualified for any such position, timely notice that such position is available, reasonable opportunity to apply for such position and equal opportunity with all qualified applicants for appointment. All positions established and all appointments to positions in Agencies within the Department, excepting that of Commissioner, made after June 30, 1978, are hereby abolished and cancelled as of July 1, 1979, and if reestablished and new appointments made, such appointments shall be made in accordance with this Section;
      (2)   Ensure that all employees have equal opportunity for promotion, pay increases or other job related benefits based on their work performance as such employees;
      (3)   Ensure that any employee is protected in his or her employment against any inequitable threat of demotion, loss of pay, job termination or other unfair labor or discriminatory practice; and
      (4)   Ensure that any employee is given an opportunity to join a collective bargaining unit, if he or she so chooses, without interference from any official or employee of the city.
   (B)   In addition, it shall also be the responsibility of the Department to forthwith establish and promulgate, subject to approval of the City Council, job descriptions for all positions within Department which are not filled in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. Chapter 31.
(Ord. 1979 c. 22; Ord. 1980 c. 6; CBC 1985 11-3.7)
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