10/28/1985 PERSONNEL BOARD Minutes

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Personnel Board Meeting Minutes of October 28, 1985 Page 5 from his office and that perhaps the Executive Secretary should address that question. • Ben Lofchie said that it was in the bid proposal which was given out at the meeting in which the consultants were interviewed. Chairman Sullivan said that the Personnel Board and two Selectmen were in attendance at that meeting of which they reviewed the towns they were going to compare (previously listed in the bid proposal) . Mike Smith said that they have a contract signed by the town andincluded in the contract are listed the five towns to be specifically studied. Doug Boyd said that last year Mashpee was third in the State in building permits (Boston, Barnstable, and Mashpee) . This year, next year dnd for the next ten years, we will stay that way. He asked why they didn't do a study with the City of Boston. He said no con- sideration was given to the growth. Ben Lofchie said that at the time of the proposal those towns were given by the Executive Secretary. They were accepted by the Personnel Board and the Selectmen who were present. Anita Tekle said that she would be hard-pressed for her to be convinced that the Building Inspector's role in Mashpee would be comparable to the Building Inspector in Boston. Doug Boyd replied that it is not and asked how they could say that his role is comparable to the Building Inspector of Bourne? Anita Tekle said that the number of permits does not determine the salary. She said that it is a staffing issue and not a level of responsi- bilityv Doug Boyd said that as the town grows, responsibilities grow. He said that the job descriptions have not kept up with the level of responsibilities. Anita pointed out that the salary that the M.M.A. is recommending is somewhat higher than what the average _ is as that was taken into consideration. Anita Tekle said that the level of detail in • his job can come out when he is interviewed. Doug Boyd stated that the job descriptions should be brought up to the current status. Carrie Saunders commented that she did not think the purpose of the study was to do a complete job analysis. She said that would be a separate study. Mike Smith said that when a pay and classification is done, they normally rewrite job descriptions and then start with the process. He said that they assumed that the material was up to date. In comparing the Fire Chief and the Police Chief position, Chief Hartin said that both positions have comparable jobs in that they both manage a public safety department, they have budgetary responsibilities, they supervise personnel and so forth. He said that there is one difference between the two jobs in that. he was appointed under M.G.L 4 ,s.42 and that he has the responsibility of hiring of personnel, promotion of personnel and a level of autonomy in the operation of the department which is not present in other muni- cipal departments within the town by law. He said the issue of comparable pay grades between the Police Chief and the Fire Chief and the Fire Chief and the Executive Secretary was not addressed in that he has the same general responsibilities. The salary grade at which he was placed was below the Police Chief and the Executive Secretary. Chief Hartin said that, at the present time, his top step is lower than the mean bottom step for the towns which were surveyed. The bottom step (which includes the three full- time Chief in the Town of Barnstable which were not in the study) was $33,192 and his is current top step is $32,251 . He said that in looking at the proposal given by M.M.A. , their bottom step is only a slight amount more than what he is making at the present time and is $3,000 below the lowest step within the mean of those communities. The top step is still lower than the top step of the mean. Another issue of Chief Hartin's is returning him to step 1 of his pay grade. He said that it is his understanding of what step you were in was based on years of service and whether your performance is satisfactory, as evaluated by your supervisor.