§ 515-5. Classification plan.

A. 

Authority. This section establishes the classification plan of the Town within the meaning of MGL c. 41, § 108A.

B. 

Classification of existing positions. All positions in the service of the Town, except those filled by popular election, those governed by collective bargaining agreements, and those under the direction and control of the School Committee, are hereby classified by titles in groups as set forth in Appendix A, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof.

C. 

Classification of new positions. Whenever a new position is established or the duties of an existing position are so changed as in effect to create a new position, the Board, upon receipt of satisfactory substantiating data, shall allocate such new or changed position to its appropriate class. No position shall be reclassified until the Board has determined that such reclassification will be consistent with the classification and compensation plans.

D. 

Title of class. The title of each class, as established by the classification plan, shall, except as otherwise provided herein, be the official title of every position allocated to the class and the official title of each incumbent of a position so allocated, and shall be used to the exclusion of all others on payrolls, budget estimates and other official records and reports pertaining to the position. If, in the case of any position subject to the Civil Service Law, a different title for the position shall be established by the Director of Civil Service, such title shall be the official title of the incumbent of the position and shall be used in lieu of the title established in the classification plan.

E. 

Classification descriptions and qualifications. The Board shall establish, maintain and amend from time to time, as it deems necessary, written definitions or job descriptions for each class of positions established by the classification plan. Said definitions or job descriptions shall describe the essential character of the duties and responsibilities of positions properly allocated to the class with illustrative examples of work, where desirable, setting forth the minimum qualifications for entrance to positions of the class. Such definitions or job descriptions shall be descriptive only and, except as provided herein with respect to minimum qualifications, not restrictive. They shall serve to define the scope of the several classes and not to prescribe in detail the duties or lines of promotion of any individual position. In the case of classes of positions subject to the Civil Service Law, the minimum qualifications of employment shall be those approved by the Director of Civil Service. In the case of all other classes of positions, the minimum qualifications for allocation thereto shall be prescribed by the Board and shall be based upon the following:

(1) 

The minimum qualifications recommended to the Board for classification purposes by department heads.

(2) 

An examination by the Board of the work content of positions allocated to the class.

(3) 

The Board's study of comparable positions in private employment, in the service of other municipalities and in the state service.