05/04/1998 Annual Town Meeting - Laserfiche WebLink

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town departments continue to grow and expand, when contracts are settled, when position vacancies occur, when laws are updated and changed, etc. We have gradually assumed more and more responsibilities relating to personnel administration over the years. The Personnel Department is perceived as a support function. Our department is designed to help managers and employees do their jobs more effectively. On a day-to-day basis, we provide a full range of personnel responsibilities in several key functional areas and much more. The Personnel Administrative Clerk's role has grown to encompass: • maintaining employee files (centralizing files in personnel) • monitoring and tracking of attendance and leave usage • monitoring and tracking the performance appraisal process • advertising for town positions and collection of all applications • orientation of new employees • contract administration • distribution of town policies and procedures • assisting with fringe benefit administration • providing assistance in personnel matters to town personnel The demands on the department are difficult to meet with the current staffing of one part-time Administrative Clerk. Approval of this article will increase the hours of the current part-time position from 19 hours weekly to 37 1/2 hours weekly. Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends approval. Motion made by Ken Marsters. Motion: I move Article 9 be voted as printed in the warrant, with the exception of the phrase, "or take any other action relating thereto." Motion passes at 8:24 p.m. Article 10 To see if the Town will vote to create a full-time Floating Administrative Clerk position under the Clerical Union, Grade 2, Step 1, and further the Town vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available funds the sum of $24,363, with said funds to be distributed as follows: $18,577 to the Personnel Salary/Wage Account, $5,481 to the Medical Insurance Account, $35 to the Group Insurance Account, and $270 to the Medicare Account, or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by the Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article funds a floating clerk position to rotate among the various Departments to provide administrative support. This position will be more economical than filling all of the additional staffing requests from Departments this year based on an increased flow of work. Recommendation: Finance Committee supports article being indefinitely postponed. 15