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PERSONNEL BOARD _ MINUTES OF AUGUST 7 , 1989 MASHPEE TOWN HALL The following members of the Personnel Board were present for tonight ' s meeting : Chairman Robert W. Sullivan , C . Ben Lofchie , Leo Turo and Jane Stockbridge . Chairman Sullivan. convened the meeting promptly at 6 :00 p .m . Personnel Board Minutes C . Ben Lofchie moved to accept the Personnel Board minutes of July 31 . Jane Stockbridge asked that acorrection be made on page 2o the minutes under the section entitled Memo from Library Trustees . Mrs . Stockbridge asked that the minutes read that she met with Mrs . Roberts , Chairman of the Library Trustees , and will meet with the Trustees . C . Ben Lofchie moved that the minutes be approved with the correction . Jane Stockbridge seconded . All in favor . George Costa - Board of Health George Costa , Chairman of the Board of Health met with the Personnel Board regarding increasing the hours of the temporary part-time help in the Bd . of Health office . Mr . Costa explained to the Board that they have con- tracted with a company called Sea Mass which compiles a list for the Board of Health to bill private contractors . He told the Board that they charge $2 a ton extra for man power services. George Costa explained that Mr . & Mrs . Greelish made up a program to re- lieve the agents of this . extra workload and that they would like to util- ize the services of Denise Sullivan and change her position from 18 hours weekly to 35 hours weekly . - Chairman Costa said that they do not have the funding at the present time ; however , they will be meeting with the Finance Committee and wants the blessing of the Personnel Board . In addition to the above , they will also be requiring the full-time person to change th.ousands 'of files to add house numbers explaining that the Board of Health has to change every single file . Chairman Costa explained that he .sent a memo to the Interim Executive Secretary requesting permission to. obtain' a person for a ten-week period with the intention of taking the funds from the' Board of Health expense account and the Building Department expense account . The Executive Secre- tary advised him that he did not feel he could do this . Chairman Sullivan suggested that there be some follow-up with Town Counsel and that the Board will go with whatever is legal . Chairman Costa told the Board that they submitted two articles for Town Meeting ; however , they would only keep one in for the 35 hour position and withdraw the other for the part-time position,, if the support was there . Ben Lofchie commented that the Selectmen should have supported five depart- ments which are understaffed , but , instead the Selectmen went out in favor of survey .