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PERSONNEL BOARD MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 24 , 1990 MASHPEE TOWN HALL - The following members of the Personnel Board were present for tonight ' s meeting : Chairman Robert Sullivan , C . Ben Lofchie , Manuel Glickman and Jane Stockbridge . Chairman Sullivan convened the meeting at 6 : 051p .m . - Regular Monthly Meeting Night 1 - Jane Stockbridge moved that the Personnel- Board hold regular meetings on the third Monday of each month , with additional meetingstobe called as needed according to the open meeting policy rules . Ben Lofchie seconded the motion . Manuel Glickman asked why Jane moved for regular monthly - meetings and wondered if the change was brought about because. of the new regime . Manny commented that he thought the Board accomplished quite a bit : He said that the needs of the Personnel Board have been cut down and wondered if the Board has reached apoint .that they are not important enough . Jane Stockbridge commented that some times you can wait . a little while to do some of the things . Manny replied that even when the Board met fre- quently, they did not have enough time such as reviewing salaries from other towns as to whether we are high or low . He said that it is bother- ing him regarding the weak ,position that the Board has got themselves into . Little by little , we are weeding out the Personnel . Board . The Personnel Assistant reports to the Board and the Executive Secretary . He wondered if he is wasting his time . Jane Stockbridge asked if he felt that was bad? Manny replied "no , but that he is trying to bring out what is happening and if it is good for the Town . " He said that . it seems that they lost too much authority without causing friction between them and the Executive Secretary . Manny commented that he planned to vote in favor of the third Monday of each month . Bob Sullivan commented that the Board met twenty-six times last year . He told the Board that he was leaving for Florida in October . He said that he would like to start having the third Monday meetings in January . Ben commented that Jane could take over while he was away . Jane Stockbridge asked if it was harder to remember the third week instead of the first week . She commented that the Board should meet at least once a month . All in favor of the third Monday of the month . Position Classification Study Jane Stockbridge advised the Board that we are going to re-do all job descriptions for P . A . P . employees. She would be coordinating it with the Personnel Assistant helping . She said that they would look at every posi- tion and re-evaluate it and when it comes to decide , the Board will -have to have extra meetings . Jane advised the Board members that she sent out a position description questionnaire .