§ 16-117. Responsibilities of appointing authorities and supervisors in the classification process.

(a)

The responsibilities of appointing authorities and supervisors with respect to the County's classification system shall be as follows:

(1)

To develop, in consultation with the Director of Human Resources Management, accurate and current position descriptions for all positions under their jurisdiction;

(2)

To review and, where necessary, update, the position descriptions developed under paragraph (a)(1), above, on at least an annual basis;

(3)

To provide incumbents of all positions under their jurisdiction with current copies of said incumbents' applicable position descriptions as developed and maintained under paragraphs (a)(1) and (2), above;

(4)

To periodically review the status of positions under their jurisdictions and to promptly initiate allocation and reallocation requests where believed to be necessary;

(5)

To insure that an adequate and accurate presentation of facts is made to the Director of Human Resources Management at the time of any review of a position or positions under their jurisdiction;

(6)

To be sufficiently familiar with the classification process in order to discuss pertinent facts with position incumbents at the time of any proposed position classification action;

(7)

To insure that position classification actions are not proposed solely as a means to reward a position incumbent or as a means of disciplining a position incumbent; and,

(8)

To insure that the assignment of duties, tasks, and responsibilities to any position incumbent:

(A)

Is within the scope of the incumbent's applicable class specification, except as specifically provided otherwise under the provisions of this Subtitle; and

(B)

Can be supported in the budget in the event that a reallocation to a class of work with a higher grade is determined to be warranted.

(CB-1-1976; CB-22-2000; CB-91-2003)