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PPPDATE, JUNE 20, 1994 <br /> TO: BOARD OF SELECTMEN <br /> 605 <br /> FROM: NANCY J. CAFFYN, SELECTMA-� <br /> ON FRIDAY, AN INTERVIEW WAS HELD BY MR. WHRITENOUR, MR. THOMAS POTTS, CHAIRMAN, <br /> ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, MR. JOSEPH DELAGALL4, CHAIRMAN, PERSONNEL BOARD AND <br /> MARILYN FARREN, PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATOR WITH LORI DONOVAN, 327 REDBROOK ROAD, <br /> MASHPEIE, FOR THE POSITION OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR. NO NOTICE OF THIS <br /> MEETING HAD BEEN GIVEN TO THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN . <br /> IN SPEAKING TO MR. WHRITENOUR AFTER THE INTERVIEW, HE STATED THERE HAD BEEN <br /> ONLY ONE RESPONSE TO THE JOB(MS. DONOVAN)AND THAT HE HAD ADVERTISED THE JOB FOR ONE <br /> DAY IN ONE NEWSPAPER. I QUESTIONED WHY THE AD HAD BEEN IN FOR ONLY ONE DAY AND IN <br /> ONLY ONE NEWSPAPER; INDICATED MY DISAPPOINTMENT THAT ONLY ONE PERSON HAD RESPONDDED; <br /> AND ASKED WHY THE SELECTMEN'S OFFICE AND NOT PERSONNEL HAD BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR <br /> ADVERTISING THE POSITION. HE TOLD ME IT FELL UNDER THE PROCUREMENT OFFICERS <br /> RESPONSIBILITIES. I ASKED HIM TO COPY ME THE AD AND THE JOB DESCRIPTION AND I WOULD COME <br /> IN AND PICK IT UP. <br /> I CONTACTED MARILYN FARREN TO FIND OUT WHAT THE TOWN'S ADVERTISING PRACTICE <br /> IS. SHE STATED SHE GENERALLY ADVERTISES IN TWO TO THREE NEWSPAPERS FOR TWO DAYS - <br /> SUNDAY AND A WEEK DAY. FURTHER SHE POSTS THE POSITION AT TOWN HALL AND FORWARDS A <br /> COPY TO THE MASHPEE TRIBAL COUNCIL, <br /> AT 3 O'CLOCK ON FRIDAY, I CALLED TO SEE IF THE INFORMATION REQUESTED FROM MR. <br /> WHRITENOUR WAS READY FOR ME TO PICK UP. MRS. MASON TOLD ME THAT IT APPEARED THE <br /> POSITION HAD NEVER BEEN ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER AND MADE A COMMENT THAT IT WAS <br /> THOUGHT MRS. DAMI HAD TYPED A LETTER WITH THE AD BUT A COPY OF THIS LETTER COULD NOT BE <br /> FOUND EITHER. MR. WHRITENOUR DID NOT CALL TO EXPLAIN THE SITUATION. <br /> I CALLED MR, DELLAGALA, CHAIRMAN OF THE PERSONNEL BOARD, TO SEE 1F HE HAD BEEN <br /> MADE AWARE THAT THE POSITION HAD NOT BEEN ADVERTISED, HE DID NOT. IN FACT, HE EXPRESSED <br /> PUZZLEMENT OVER HAVING BEEN ASKED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE INTERVIEW WHEN THERE WAS ONLY <br /> ONE PERSON BEING CONSIDERED. , HE SUGGESTED THAT HE, MR. WHRITENOUR AND MYSELF MEET <br />