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Personnel Board ' Meeting of Sept . 11 , 1989 Page 3 r Meeting With Selectman Carter- _ Special contracts given by Board, of Selectmen . for Beach Superintendent and Administration Assistant+ and the special contract granted by the Finance Committee for the Assistant Animal Control Officer as well as special rates for Lifeguards giving swim instruction were discussed with Selectman Carter . The concern of the Board of the Beach Superin- tendent and. Assistant Animal Control Officer was that these positions were not created through Town Meeting . - Selectman Carter was advised that this, was an established policy created by the Board of Selectmen ' s office when creating new positions . With regard to the Administrative Assistant ' sQ,',special contract , Selectman Carter was advised that the P .A .P . had an established rate differential of which he was given a copy . With regard to the Beach Superintendent , Chairman Sullivan expressed con- cern that swim markers weremissingfrom John ' s Pond and the other markers were left out in the water and that the lifeguard was told to leave them there . He asked if the town would be liable if anything happens? Select- man Carter asked to be reminded to contact Mark Mason regarding the swim markers..,stating that the town is always liable to some extent _ - With regard to the Pay Differential of the Personnel Administration Plan , Selectman Carter commented .that they .were not disregarding the P . A .P . ; just going a different route . Ben Lofchie discussed the advertising of positionsat a high salary as of- fered with personal service contracts stating that the town would attract a better caliber of candidates . Selectman Carter said that the Board of Selectman relies on the Executive Secretary for all negotiations and hiring recommendations . He suggested that the Personnel Board bring in the next Executive Secretary and advise the new person of the Personnel Board ' s guidelines . He said in that way the Board would know ifthe- Executive Secretary is not following the Board ' s wishes . Chairman Sullivan said that there has been a lot of stuff that the Personnel Board has taken the wrap for and that it has not been personnel . Selectman Carter said that Joe Murphy was not a big advocate of the Board . Manuel Glickman suggested giving the Personnel Board more authority . He said that if the Board members were not good enough to have this authority , the Selectman should replace them instead of having theburden of problems fall on their shoulders . The Board also discussed with Selectman Carter the problem created by his department in giving benefits for part-time help (less than 20 hrs . ) . Chairman Sullivan said that the Board is working to define. benefits for part-time and temporary persons . Jane Stockbridge said that temporary and part-timehelpare not mutually exclusive . Selectman Carter asked that the Board send him a memo regarding benefits for the Floating Clerk as the Board advised him that she was not eligible for sick time and they had to stop the . payroll .