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employee's job performance or job safety. Employees are expected to develop the same familiarity with these publications as with this handbook. Employees are also expected to maintain and update these publications in their employee handbook. In accepting City employment, employees become representatives of the City and are responsible for assisting and serving the citizens for whom they work. An employee's primary responsibility is to serve the residents of Orono. Employees should exhibit conduct that is ethical, professional, responsive, and of standards becoming of a City employee. To achieve this goal, employees must adhere to established policies, rules, and procedures and follow the instructions of their supervisors. The following are a sample listing of the job requirements for every employee at the City of Orono. Each employee's performance obligations include, but are not limited to: • Perform assigned duties to the best of their ability at all times. • Render prompt and courteous service to the public at all times. • Read, understand and comply with the policies and procedures as well as those of their department. • Conduct themselves with decorum toward both the public and staff and respond to inquiries and information requests with patience and every possible courtesy. • Report any and all unsafe conditions to the immediate supervisor. • Maintain good attendance. Employer Authority The City Council retains the full and unrestricted right to operate and manage all personnel, facilities, and equipment; to establish functions and programs; to set and amend budgets; to determine the use of technology; to establish and modify the organizational structure; to select, direct and determine the number of personnel; to establish work schedules; to perform any inherent managerial function; and to amend this handbook at any time. Employment at Will The City Council reserves the right to discharge any employee at any time for any reason or for no reason at all. The provisions of this handbook do not establish terms and shall not be construed as contractual provisions for any City employees. No supervisor or City representative has any authority to enter into any agreement for employment for any specific period of time, or to make any agreement contrary to this provision. Nothing in this handbook, or in other City policies that may be communicated to the employee, constitutes a contract of employment for any City employees. 2 142286x12