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Al also requested�that` one 'administrative assistant's. hours be cut back. ` <br /> Deidre is not in favor of an administrative assistant getting paid over <br /> 'time. <br /> 'Al also're£ers-to.page 3D'regarding vacation time and sick time. There should <br /> be no sick time buy backs. <br /> Dan asked whether the'iFinance, Committee could make recommendations to the <br /> contract negotiators. <br /> Tony responded by saying .that we 'cannot negotiate, cannot change it, ,but we <br /> can make recommendations. <br /> Al questioned why they_ need $182,000 in over-time: <br /> Tony°states that the over-time budget needs to be cut. Although we 'cannot <br /> change the contract, we can make :recommendations. Over-time is written . <br /> right into the contract. „ r <br /> Deidre mentions that by sending a fireman away to school to be trained as <br /> .an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT),-you are' paying for his schooling,' <br /> for him to bel.there. and for coverage for his hours, ,while he is away at <br /> school. And finally,;you will pay him a higher salary, once he becomes an,EMT. <br /> 'Tony states that this is.all written into the contract. Recertificationis .,. <br /> ,. contractual. <br /> Deidre then also explains that if,a patrolman goes to the firing range and. <br /> it isnot their regular sh°ift, tthey will get_'paid time and a half. Most . <br /> patrolmen do elect to,go times other than regular shifts. Therefdre, because <br /> certification is a,requirement of the fob, then they ',ar"e"� paid to do it. <br /> John states ihat�this seems abit?unfair, .considering it is not the same way <br /> for the medical field- 6fjhe teaching field. eThey .have to .pay for their own <br /> Dan again asks whether the"Finance Committee should be making recommendations ' <br /> ori the,contracis. <br /> ,Tony states that many,.things can be: recommended, but nobody. knows what goes <br /> on at .-the negotiations. : r ^ <br /> ,Dan inquires as to whether:Al*Polsi could talk to the Board of Selectmen <br /> about the contracts "and would' thBy be willing to accept a recommendation <br /> from'the,Finance Committee?a <br /> Tony responded that a letter has previously been sent to the Board of _ <br /> Selectmen recommending that no compensatory time be given to any department.' ' <br /> They will negotiate it.' 'We' can onl write what we think. <br /> y. <br /> Deidre mentions that the Finance Committee needs to make sure that all of, , <br /> the figures are accurate. ' ". <br /> Al responds that is £arras he knows, ,they are. The Town Accountant and, the <br /> Personnel Board both reviewed them and made their corrections. , ' <br /> 3 <br />