§ 23.6-603. Personnel System.

 A. Department Heads shall appoint, suspend or remove subordinate Township employees with the approval of the Township Manager.

 B. All appointments and promotions of Township employees shall be made on the basis of merit and fitness demonstrated by examination or other evidence of competence.

 C. Council shall adopt, by ordinance, personnel rules necessary to the administration of the Township’s personnel system, including, as a minimum, methods for determining the merit and fitness of candidates for appointment or promotion, policies regulating disciplinary action and grievance procedures.