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Page 2 Personnel Board Minutes Meeting of June 25 , 1990 Manny Glickman explained that the Board- has worked hard to bring the . interviewing in line-. He explained that atone time favoritism was being given for positions . , He suggested that Kevin find out what they are doing wrong . You commented that he may get himself .into a mess if he takes the interviewing away from the Board . Manny suggested that Kevin call Joe Murphy and ask him if the Board should. be relieved of . what they are doing . Manny said- that -- he would resign . Kevin asked if he would resign over the- interviwing? Manny commented that he may be biting off more than he can shew_ Manny commented that the Selectmen are more apt to choose someone they know for a position and that if Kevin feels he is qualified , he should make the selection . _ Kevin said that it would require . more than something than he could do . Kevin asked if the ,issue was with the Selectmen makingdecisionson hiring? Ben commented that the Personnel Board should meet and interview as they � have in the past . The Department Head sits with the Personnel Board and we interview candidates and the Department H eads give their opinion . At the end of the interviews , . we go through a process of eliminating as well as the Department Head . The Board usually goes along with the Department Head , He saidthatthe five Board. members have different opinions and it gives a good form of interviewing . Kevin commented that the issue is the selectionof all employees . Ben commented that he .knows he will be losing .Pat Hicks in January . The Board of Assessors would ask the Personnel Board to help do the interview- ing . Bob commented that the interviewing process in the past consisted of people having been promised the job . He said that it is easy for the Personnel Board to submit names to him . He said that the Board received- a letter from the Board of Health regarding the interviewing process . The Board of Health has been very satisfied with the process and stated that they will be stick- ing with the Personnel , Board ; - Bob asked if Marilyn Farren would stay working for the Board as their secre- tary for meetings. Kevin nodded "yes " . 1 ; Bob commented that if you want to do interviewing , it is fine -- the more the merrier . He commented that the , Personnel Board 'asks personnel related questions . He said that the I Personnel Board should -be doing the interview- ing . Leo Turo said that it is , in .the P .A . P ... Kevin said that he will try toworkthis out . He said that he is also in- terested in directing the area of personnel management . Bob commented that other matters have come up and the Board has solved them . He said that the Board has written to town counsel about the lawregardingspecial contracts . The Board feels that there should be only twopersonnelcon- tracts and everyone comes under the P .A . P . and they should not have other personal contracts . Ben Lofchie commented that he did hiring and firing of thirty-forty people and that was the part of the job he liked . At this point in the meeting , Kevin Harrington had to attend Board of Selectmen ' s meeting and the Board asked that he be rescheduled for July 9 .