10/28/1985 PERSONNEL BOARD Minutes

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Personnel Board Meeting Minutes of October 28, 1985 Page 4 To sum. it all up, Carrie Saunders said that she felt we could agree that the consultants went with what we presented them and it was accurate at the time. She said that as a • person grows into a position, duties change. If there is a need to change a job descrip- tion, she said that we will address that at the appropriate time. For the purpose of the study, the consultants went with what we presented them. Ernie Virgilio expressed concerns that the report left out that the Director of Public Works also takes care of buildings, rivers and the beaches. He takes care of the Building Inspector's vehicle, the Health Inspector's vehicle and the Dog Officer's vehicle. The most important thing left out was snow and ice. Ernie went on to say that in the past three years, he has averaged 30 hours a week for ten weeks; which is 300 hours he spent aowinter working for the Town of Ma'shpee. He said that he averaged seven weekends out of each winter of not being home at all from Friday to Monday. He is concerned that the statements are in the job description which the Personnel Board has; however, are not in the study.preparedby the M.M.A. or considered. In the .study, Ernie said it states that he receives $2,500 extra for being Tree Warden. The .Tree Warden is a totally separate job and a. very hard job which involves a lot of paperwork. He said that he just started getting $1 ,500 and had always received $1 ,000. Anita Tekle said that snowandice removal is normally the responsibility of the Highway Division of Public Works. Making reference to page 24 of the study, Anita said that she compared in each of the towrs surveyed what divisions come under public works. She said that Mashpeeahas`_a fairly narrow scope of a public works department as water and sewer does: not come under it and the. landfill does not come under it. She said that most Public Works Directors would be responsible for snow and ice removal. Anita went on to • say that if Mr. Virgilio is working 300 extra hours, that may be an issue of staffing as opposed to actual job responsibilities. Anita Tekle said that she was given information that Ernie's stipend for. Tree Warden is $2,500 and if it is incorrect, she would take another look at it. Anita indicated that she believed she got the figure from .Joe Murphy. Chairman Sullivan asked why he wasn't receiving the $2,500 if that was what Joe said he should be receiving. Ben Lofchie asked if he received any other compensation besides being Tree Warden? Ernie replied "no". Anita Tekle said that the!.point in listing information on page 24 of the study is that not every D.P.W. Director has the same level of responsibility. Chairman Sullivan asked if she was saying that a lot of the work was in staffing more than it would be in the job description? Anita Tekle replied "that is correct". Chairman Sullivan said that he needs more help. Selectman Hanson commented that if he has to hire on four more people to accommodate the needs of what is is doing himself, .the reflection of cost would vary from what he is getting right now. Selectman Hanson said that he thought the M.M.A. people, from the information they had to work with, did a good job. He said that the Personnel Board's hands were tied with the information they had to give-nto them. He said that he spent a lot of time reviewing the study and it seems that we are in the need of possibly upgrading job descriptions. • Making reference to the_;:cover letternof1the-1keport-i. Selectman Hanson read that they state it should be noted that five of the towns which were surveyed for salary and benefit infor mation were selected by the Town of Mashpee, and in some cases, are not comparable to Mashpee in terms of population and/or equalized valuation. The inclusion of those towns in the survey may have skewed the salary data. Selectman Hanson asked. who in the town of Mashpee selected the five towns?-," Chairman Sullivan advised Selectman Hanson that it came