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PERSONNEL BOARD r , MASHPEE TOWN HALL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 26 , 1990 ' r The following Personnel Board members were present for tonight ' s meeting : Chairman Robert Sullivan , C . Ben Lofchie , Leo Turo and Jane Stockbridge . Chairman Sullivan convened the meeting at 5 : 30 p .m . for the purpose of discussing proposed changes of the Personnel Administration Plan . and a Performance Evaluation System for P .A . P . Employees with the new Executive Secretary , Kevin Harrington . Personnel Board Minutes C . Ben Lofchie moved to accept the Personnel Board minutes of February 12 , Jane Stockbridge seconded . All in favor . Proposed Changes of the Personnel Administration Plan The Executive Secretary listed several concerns in a memo dated February 13 to the Personnel Board of which the Personnel Board re- sponded ( see attached correspondence ) . Kevin Harrington advised the Board that he was looking for consistency on the language throughout the Personnel Administration Plan . - He asked about a seasonal employee and what classification they would fall into . Chairman Sullivan advised the Executive Secretary that a seasonal employee is a temporary employee . With regard to the new proposed language on the appointment of Board members , Kevin asked that the language be more generic as he is working on a broad policy to standardize_ the appointments for all . He spoke of a recent problem on the appointment to the Conservation Commission . Chairman Sullivan told Kevin that the Personnel Board got a policy ac- cepted by the Board of Selectmen because of a problem that the Personnel Board had when a ''vacancy occured . There were two candidates applying for the vacancy and the Personnel Board was only aware of one candidate . Jane Stockbridge spoke about the term of office for Board members and that the appointments should be staggered which has not been the case . Other items discussed were clarification on 780 hours (which is 15 hrs . weekly times 52 weeks ) , a one-year probationary period , language on employee education and what a regular employee is versus a part-time employee and a temporary employee . Comments from Jane Labute on the proposed changes were also reviewed by the Board with regard to census and election workers as to what category they would fall into . The Personnel Assistant advised the Board that she had talked with Jane Labute and that the census workers would fall under temporary help (as they always have ) and the election workers would be classifiedunderan Appendix C , which would be a referral sheet . Kevin Harrington asked about the status of a hearing date for these changes . The Personnel Assistant advised that the hearing would be . scheduled for March 12 . Chairman Sullivan commented that responses or concerns were due in by February 28 . The Personnel Assistant mentioned ' that the effective date of implementation of these changes was still not determined .