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Town of Digby
Administrative Policy # 2016-003
Council/Staff Relations Policy
Preamble:
Town Council recognizes that a council /staff relationship is important to the viability and
sustainability of the town.
Purpose:
This policy emphasizes the position that in a Council/Chief Administrative Officer system,
council directs the organization through the Chief Administrative Officer.
Policy:
Council directs the Chief Administrative Officer to achieve outputs. Direction is given
through Council's goals/objectives. The action plans created by the Chief Administrative
Officer to achieve the outputs are governed by the policies of council.
The Chief Administrative Officer interprets council's policies within the scope of
council's policies (as interpreted by the Chief Administrative Officer). The Chief
Administrative Officer has the authority to develop action plans to achieve
goals/objectives. Where there are multiple interpretations, any questions should be
referred back to council for decision.
Council as a whole directs the Chief Administrative Officer. The Chief Administrative
Officer will do his best to accommodate requests from individual members which shall
be made available to all council. However, if these requests are, in the opinion of the
Chief Administrative Officer, onerous or inappropriate and outside the sphere of
Council's goals and objectives then these shall be deferred and discussed by Council.
Council monitors the performance of the organization by monitoring the performance of
the Chief Administrative Officer. As Council's single official link to the operating
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organization, the Chief Administrative officer's performance will be considered to be
synonymous with organizational performance as a whole.
Clerk's Annotation For Official Policy Book
Date of Notice: February 16, 2016
Date of adoption: March 7. 2016
Policy effective date: March 7, 2016
I certify that this Council/Staff Relations Policy was adopted by Council as indicated above.
March 7, 2016
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Clerk
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