11/5/1984 PERSONNEL BOARD Minutes

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SHPEE TOWN HALL - PERSONNEL BOARD MINUTES MEETING of NOVEMBER 5, 1984 The following members of the Personnel Board were in attendance at tonight's meeting: Chairman Robert W. Sullivan, Caroline M. Gilligan, Manuel Glickman and Ben Lofchi e, Chairman Sullivan convened the meeting at 6:00 p.m. Meeting with Executive Secretary re: Req. toCo-Sponsor Article Joe Murphy met with the Board to advise them that there is a discrepancy in the way the town is paying the three non-union secretaries versus the pay which they are paying the five union secretarial positions covered under Local 254. He said that it stemmed from the most recent labor~ negotiations and the fact that the Union rates are on hourly rates and the P.A.P salary schedule is based on 40 hours a week. He presented a schedule to the Board outlining the.'di f fei,'aces--. His proposal is that the town upgrade the administra- tive secretaries covered under the P.A.P. from a Grade 11 to a Grade 12 in order to bring therm in line. Manny Glickman asked how much the union dues were? The executive secretary commented that union clues should be secondary in this consideration. Berg Lofchie rade reference to the Town of Brookline's negotiations. He said that prior to the union people getting a raise, they give the non-union help their raise which makes the non-union people happy in that they don't have to negotiate for an increase and the union people tend to settle more quickly. The Executive' secretary said that the contrary is true in Mashpee. The union people want to start from the percent given to non-union people and not from %. Bob Sullivan said that the Board has in the past fought for their non-union personnel. He made reference to the additional steps on the union pay scale. Joe Murphy said that the clerical union is. the only union with 7 steps in their salary scale. Bob asked what hap- pens p pens when secretaries in the P.A.P. are at the top of their pay scale with the union people still being able to .ga'ir-ladditional increases. Joe Murphy commented that the Board would not have to address that issue until. FY.. 186 and that a lot could happen between now and then with negotiations taking place. The Executive secretaryugges't d that 'the Board look Oat the P.A.P. wage scale because percentage wise it is all over the place. Manny Glickman commented than it happened when the Board plugged people into i t. The Board was in agreement, however, that some refining should be done. r . The Executive Secretary asked the Board if they were willing to co-sponsor the article a the Board of Selectmen are willing to sponsor the article. He said that they Mould be asking for a minimum of $1200 to be put into the Personnel Board and Selectmen's account. The money would be retro-active to July 1 as they had given the union personnel. Ben Lof hie asked about other positions? The Executive secretary commented that there was one other~ clerical position in the building, which did not have an impact. ,Manny Glickman said that the Board should study what has been put before there. The Execu- tiv'e secretary asked for a decision by next Tuesday as to whether the Personnel Board's name would be with the article co-sponsoring it or if a member of the Board would stand up at Town Meeting in favor of it. After further discussion, Manny Glickman roved to support the article by co-sponsoring it. Caroline Gilligan seconded. All in favor.