7/28/1986 PERSONNEL BOARD Minutes

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Personnel Board- Meeting Minutes of July 28 , 1 i � � Page t Step Increase D. F omelmeyer The Board reviewed the yearly evaluation o-f Diane , Iomelmeyer., Assistant Town Accountant . Based on the favorable evaluation , the Board unanimously voted to grant a step increase in pay from Grade 8 , Step 1 to Grade 8j Step 2 which i $338 .06 eel ly . ' The Board noted that educational courses 4 were being suggested by her Supervisor -and commented that they- felt that was a wise recommendation . The Board also noted the Town Accountant ' s comment under the section of the evaluation form of, "Personal Appearance " stating that she believes this should not be on the work sheet as it does not have anything to do with per- formance . er- formance . The Board disagreed with the Accountant ' s c6mmen t asked that memo be sent stating that every employee should be perfectly attired for busi- ness . Hearing of P .A .P . Changes At ip .m . Chairman Sullivan convened the hearing of the changes of the Personnel Administration Plan . In attendance were ; Selectwoman Jean Thomas ) Chief Frye and Deputy Chief cooper . The first change proposed was the Vacation Policy , page 12 of the Plan . Chairman Sullivan asked i'f everyone present was satisfied with the new changes being proposed . Deputy Chief Cooper said that he was satisfied with -Section 1 and Section 2 with the suggestion that the month breakdown be included under the Length of Employment the same as in the Police ContractY . Caroline Gilligan asked if - Sections 2 & 3 could be labelled 1 a and 1 b'�for clarification purposes as these tie into Section 1 . The Board agreed to this change . Deputy Chief Cooper discussed buy-back of vacation time similar to what the police officers received under- their contract. He explained the history be- hind the reason 'why changes were made' in the police contract . Chief Frye agreed with the Deputy stating that there should be some kind of buy-back : He commented that a year ago June )'- he was forced to take time off when he did not need it . Chairman Sullivan asked if there should be a separate thing for management? Leo Turo explained that in his job there were different contracts for manage- ment , professional and clerical employees . electwoman Thomas inquired into how they would get around not offering it to the lonely laborer? The Board said that they could take a look at it . Belectwoman. Thomas commented that Fire Chief Hartin and Deputy Fire lnief hong are looking for contracts ,and negotiating for buy-back . Chief Frye said that he had been satisfied with the P .A .P . but cannot be{ any longer when other department heads are receiving more with personal service contracts . elect man Thomas said that she felt that the Personnel Administration. Plan should be the main thrust of what an employee gets for benefits . She said then there could be the addendums for the little extras . s The Board agreed to review vacation buy-back for management . They voted to f add the month breakdown under Length of Employment as suggested by Deputy Cooper .