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Page 6® Annual Town Meeting - Mashpee Tuesday March 6, 173 Article 29- ART. 29. To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Highway Department to hire two full-time employes. The `salaries to be left to the discretion of the Personnel Board, or take any other action thereon. Submitted by the;High_ !way Department. NOT RECObZRZE...D. Motion was trade and seconded that Article 29 be accepted as read. Garland® Arose to raise objection to the Article® I am confused® This Article calls for the hiring of two full-time employees whose salaries are to be left open, and yet in the next Article he states, (Mr® Green) , and gives specifics as to the amounts needed for salaries for full-tine men® It is not at all clear® Were these monies and jobs approved by the Per- sonnel Board? Green: Yes. I have a le�ter of authorization from. the Personnel Board® (He here presents a copy of the letter to the Finance Committee. He did this with the remark that the Finance Committee already had a copy of the letter) ® He stated that when he submitted the Article giving the amounts of honey that was needed to cover the salaries at that time he had made a definite study of the amounts needed for gages that had been set by the Personnel Board at that time. From the Floor: What is the date of the letter? Green: January 5, 1972 Claire Gillis : How many frul ", time employes does Mr. Green have? Green; Five® Member of the Finance ® I do not believe the salaries should be left to the discretion of the Personnel Board® The Personnel Board has no way of knowing how mach money there is available to pay them. There is a lack of control over the "Board" (meaning I the Personnel Board) decision® Charles Lawrence ® If the letter was written in January of 1972, why did not Mr® Green cone before the Town last year, instead of a year latex Green® The letter was submitted a little to late® There was not enough time for study® I k