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CITY OF PORTSMOUTH CLASSIFICATION AND PAY PLAN SECTION 1. THE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM It is the policy of the City of Portsmouth that a fair and uniform personnel management system be established for its employees in order to ensure the most effective delivery of services to the citizens of Portsmouth. It shall be the policy that: * Employment and classifications will be made without regard to sex, race, religion, national origin, disability, age, or political affiliation. * City employees shall be paid in relation to the value of work they perform based on a market-based pay The specific objectives of the City's Personnel Management System shall be to: * Establish and maintain a salary structure which will attract and retain qualified employees. * Establish and maintain salary ranges which will ensure inter- nal equity of compensation based on a systematic evaluation of each job. * Maintain the salary structure in proper relation to competi- tive pay practices in the local labor market in which the City competes. The City Manager has overall authority for administration of the City's Classification and Pay Plan, and may make adjustments and modifications as needed. Under the direction of the City Manager, the Director of Personnel is responsible for the daily administration of the Classification and Pay Plan. SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS a. The Classification & Pay Plan is the City's approved system of grouping positions into appropriate classes, and includes the Alphabetical Listing of Job Titles and the rules for administration. b. For position classification purposes, a position is a group of currently assigned duties and responsibilities requiring the full or part-time employment of one person. A position may be occupied or vacant.