943.05 PAYROLL AND PERSONNEL.

   (a)    It shall be the primary responsibility of the Board of Governors to provide for a hospital Chief Executive Officer, (also known as the chief administrative officer), a professional staff and such other administrative and supportive personnel as it deems necessary. The Board may delegate to the Hospital Chief Executive Officer and such other individuals as it deems necessary, responsibility for maintenance and control of a system of personnel and payroll which is operated in compliance with the Charter, ordinance and general law requirements.

   (b)   It will be the responsibility of the Board of Governors to make recommendations to Council as to the ranges of compensation of all Hospital employees.

   (c)   It will be the responsibility of the Board of Governors to establish such fringe benefits and other conditions of employment for hospital employees, as the Board deems appropriate.

   (d)   The Board of Governors will have the authority to establish payroll grade classifications within the ranges approved by Council.

   (e)   The Hospital Chief Executive Officer will have the authority to hire new employees and upgrade current employees into payroll grade classifications which are determined to be warranted.

   (f)   It will be the responsibility of a designated Hospital officer, acting in the position of Vice-President of Fiscal Services, to monitor the payroll personnel system to insure that Hospital employees are reimbursed for actual services rendered.

   (g)   The Vice-President of Fiscal Services shall monitor the payroll system to insure that all payroll tax and fringe benefit calculations and the corresponding deductions are performed accurately and in compliance with state and federal regulations.

   (h)   The Vice-President of Fiscal Services shall inform the Board of Governors on a timely basis of all changes in State and federal regulations affecting the calculation of payroll taxes and fringe benefits.

   (i)   The Vice-President of Fiscal Services shall properly approve and authorize all payments for compensation including wages, salaries and fringe benefits.

   (j)   All documents related to the payment of Hospital payroll shall be considered as public records and, as such, are to be stored and maintained in the designated Hospital records depository.

   (k)   The payroll personnel system may be periodically audited by the Director of Finance for compliance with applicable Charter, ordinance and general law requirements.

(Ord. 2006-4. Passed 3-20-06; Ord. 2021-04. Passed 1-19-21.)