Ala. Code § 45-49-120.07

Current through the 2024 Regular Session.

Section 45-49-120.07 - Personnel director

The board shall elect and fix the salary of the director who shall hold office at the will of the board. The board shall prescribe qualifications as to residence, education, and experience as may be necessary in its opinion to fill the position of director. The director, as executive head of the department, shall direct and supervise all its administrative and technical activities. It shall be the director's duty to:

(1) Attend all meetings of the board and provide for recording its official actions, but he or she shall not have a vote.

(2) Appoint from the employment register employees of the department, and experts and special assistants as may be necessary to carry out effectively this part. Upon approval by the board, the director may employ a deputy personnel director outside of the merit system who shall serve at the director's pleasure. The deputy director may be employed at a salary not to exceed 75 percent of the salary of the director.

(3) Prepare and recommend rules and regulations for the administration of this part.

(4) Recommend, and on its adoption, establish, administer, and execute a classification plan for the classified service.

(5) Submit to the board a pay plan for all positions in the classified service.

(6) Conduct tests, formulate employment registers, and certify persons qualified for appointment; devise and administer employee service ratings.

(7) Audit all payrolls or other compensation for personal services within the classified service as the director deems necessary, with authority to disapprove, from time to time, any item or items thereof, and no items so disapproved in writing by the director shall be paid or authorized for payment.

(8) Establish and maintain a roster of all of the officers and employees in the classified service.

(9) Make reasonable investigations pertaining to personnel, salary scales, and employment conditions in the classified service as may be requested by the board, the committee, or by the governing bodies of the county or any city therein.

(10) Make investigations concerning the administration and effect of this part and the rules made thereunder and report his or her findings and recommendations to the board.

(11) Make an annual report to the board.

(12) Perform any other act or acts required of the director under this part or required of the director by the board which may be necessary or proper to carry into effect its purposes and spirit. The director may join or subscribe to any association or service or publication having as its purpose the interchange or dissemination of information relating to the improvement of personnel administration.

(13) The director and deputy director shall be eligible to participate in the same pension plan to which the other employees of the personnel department are members.

Ala. Code § 45-49-120.07 (1975)