(A) Authority of Board. The Board of Trustees may appoint such officers and employees, other than the Clerk-Treasurer and Health Officer, as it deems desirable and determine their compensation by motion or resolution, and may demote, suspend, lay off or remove all such personnel in compliance with due process and other requirements of law.
(B) Right to appeal; hearing; Board decision.
(1) Employees or officers on probationary status may be laid off, suspended without pay, demoted or removed at any time without the written statement, hearings and procedures required in this section.
(2) An employee or officer who, after a probationary period as set by the Town Board, is laid off, suspended without pay for more than ten days, demoted or removed may appeal in writing to the Town Board. The appeal must be filed with the Town Clerk-Treasurer for transmittal to the Board within ten days after receipt of notice of the layoff, suspension, demotion or removal. As soon as is practicable thereafter, the Board shall conduct a hearing on the appeal or give an adequate opportunity therefor, and shall report in writing its findings and recommendations and make its final decision in writing regarding the appellant’s layoff, suspension, demotion or removal.
(3) If the Board finds that the layoff, suspension, demotion or removal was incorrect, then it shall veto the layoff, suspension, demotion or removal and order the reinstatement of the employee or officer.
(4) Any proceedings of the Board shall be subject to open meeting laws and to applicable exceptions provided for executive sessions.
(Prior Code, § 1-7-1)