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r \� PERSONNEL BOARD MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 16, 1991 MASHPEE TOWN HALL The following members of the Personnel Board were present for tonight ' s meeting : Chairman Robert Sullivan, C. Ben Lofchie and Leo Turo. Chairman Sullivan convened the meeting at 6 : 05 p . m . Update of D. P.W. Director' s Position Ben Lofchie, liaison to the Department of Public Works, advised the Board that he attended the Board of Selectmen ' s meeting on September 11 in follow up to the Personnel Board ' s recommendation for a D. P.W. Director. The Selectmen voted unanimously to appoint R. Gregory Taylor as the Director of Public Works ( as recommended by the Personnel Board ) . Note : A pre-employment physical will be scheduled with the town ' s physician . Mr. Taylor will commence work on September 26 . Update of Firefighter' s Examination Process Chairman Sullivan advised the Board that the entry- level firefighter ' s examination was administered to thirty-three candidates on September 7 with the help of the Personnel Assistant, the Deputy Fire Chief and the Fire Department ' s Administrative Secretary . Those candidates which passed the written portion of the testing process went on to be tested for physical agility, a mile and a half run and swimming . Leo Turo advised the Board, that. as liaison to the Fire Department, he sat with an interviewing panel on September 9 to interview the eighteen candidates that passed the whole testing process held on Saturday, Sept . 7 . The Personnel Assistant was also present . The panel consisted of Fire Lieutenant Costello, Firefighter Healy, a Paramedic from the Town of Falmouth, Alden Cook, as well as Leo Turo . Leo mentioned that the inter- viewing process went smoothly and out of eighteen candidates interviewed, three or four were rated outstanding; one candidate is a Paramedic ( which the department greatly needs ! ) . An eligibility list is to be established which will remain in effect for two years from the date of establishment . Background checks will be conducted and a second interview will be granted by the Fire Chief to those candidates listed in the outstanding category. Update of Senior Clerk Positon Chairman Sullivan advised the Board that as liaison, he sat with an inter- viewing panel on September 10 which consisted of the Director of Assess- ing, the Assistant Assessor, the Chairman of the Board of Assessors and himself. They interviewed candidates for the full -time position of Senior Clerk for the Assessing Department . After the interviews, the panel narrowed down the selection process to Karen Schuster, Marilyn Mungo and Denise Sullivan . The interviewing panel was in favor of recommending Karen Schuster as their first choice . Chairman Sullivan indicated that he would have chosen someone else for his second choice; however, he agreed with the interviewing panel to recommend Marilyn Mungo, second; and Denise Sullivan, third .