(A) The Manager shall be responsible for the administration and maintenance of the position classification plan so that it will accurately reflect the duties performed by employees in the classes to which their positions are allocated.
(B) Department heads shall be responsible for bringing to the attention of the Manager the need for new positions and material changes in the nature of duties, responsibilities, working conditions or other factors affecting the classifications of existing positions.
(C) New positions shall be established only with the approval of the Council, after which the Town Manager shall either allocate the new position to the appropriate class within the existing classification plan or recommend to the Council that it amend the position classification plan to establish a new class to which the new position may be allocated.
(D) When the Manager finds that a substantial change has occurred in the nature or level of duties and responsibilities of an existing position, he or she shall:
(1) Direct that the existing class specification be revised;
(2) Reallocate the position to the appropriate class within the existing classification plan; or
(3) Recommend that the Council amend the position classification plan to establish a new class to which the position may be allocated.
(E) The Council may, upon the recommendation of the Manager, add classes of positions to or delete them from the position classification plan.
(1981 Code, § 3-11)