Howard County                                  2821

1.129—Official Copy of the Classification Plan

The Personnel Officer shall be responsible for maintaining an official
copy of the Classification Plan. The official copy shall include regulations
for administration, schematic list of class titles, and class specifications
plus all amendments thereto, which have been approved by the proper
authority. A copy of the official plan shall be available for inspection
by the public under reasonable conditions during business hours.

1.130—Amendments to the Classification Plan

Each time a new class of positions should be established or a current
class of positions abolished, the Personnel Board shall review such a
change and institute the proper procedure as directed by the Howard
County Charter.

1.131—Allocation of Existing Positions

Within three months of legislative action by the Council on the clas-
sification plan, the Personnel Officer shall allocate each position in the
classified service to the appropriate class. ALL EMPLOYEES IN THE
EMPLOYMENT OF HOWARD COUNTY, AS OF THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ACT, SHALL BE CONSIDERED AS QUALIFIED
CLASSIFIED SERVICE EMPLOYEES, POSSESSING ALL MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS PERTINENT TO THE DUTIES AND RESPONSI-
BILITIES OF THE RESPECTIVE POSITION TO WHICH THEY ARE
ALLOCATED AND SHALL BE ENTITLED TO EQUIVALENT CREDIT
FOR SUCH QUALIFICATIONS IN CONSIDERATION FOR PROMO-
TIONAL EXAMINATIONS. Employees shall have a right to appeal such
allocations to the Personnel Board, whose action upon such appeals shall
be final.

1.132—Class Titles

The following classes of positions shall be within the classified service:

Clerical

1.    Clerk-Typist

2.    Senior Clerk-Typist

3.    Clerk Stenographer SECRETARY I

4.    Senior Clerk Stenographer SECRETARY II

5.    Secretary SECRETARY III

6.    Telephone Operator

7.    Duplicating Machine Operator

8.    Printer

9.    Shop Clerk

Administration

10.    Personnel Technician ASSISTANT

11.    Purchasing Technician

12.    Administrative Assistant

13.    Bookkeeping Machine Operator

14.    Account Clerk

15.    Senior Account Clerk

16.    Principal Account Clerk

17.    Sanitary Assessment Supervisor

18.    Accountant

19.    Senior Accountant

20.    Chief Accountant