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Beach Superintendent Submitted by, Lifeguards (9) Gate Attendants (10) .Personnel Board: Sticker Sales (4) Robert W. Sullivan Leo Turo The Personnel Board Chairman served on an oral Joseph Dellagala interview Board to assist with filling three Police Marcia Lindsey Sergeant positions. Other promotional positions Schuyler Wires which the Board interviewed candidates for were: Marilyn Farren, Personnel Administrator Police/Fire Dispatcher Adm. Secretary -Leisure Services Report of the The department assisted with the hiring of a Firefighter/Paramedic and a Firefighter and two Conservation Commission g Special Police officers. A competitive examination process for Public Safety Police/Fire Dispatcher was held in April which To the Honorable Selectmen and the Citizens of the included a written exam and radio testing. Also, a Town of Mashpee: competitive written examination process for Special Police Officer was held in October.Durin the latter Nature has relaxed its fury of damaging storms that g have wreaked havoc to waterfront properties in part of the year, the process for selecting a new Assistant Town Planner was .be unMashpee. Though nature has "given us a break" to a g significant degree, that relief to our workload was 4 g � } A r I _ negated, however, by the extension (for another two esu t of the extensive compensation study con da was the submission of Years} of the State Chapter 91 Waterways Amnesty ducted by Jane Stockbridge Program affecting licensing of docks and piers. The three articles for the May Annual Town meeting war- g g roblem thusly remains the shortage of staff/hours rant. The articles, which recommended upgrades fastaff/hours to pg carry out the full range of our duties mandated b law. three positrons (Personnel Administrator, �' Administrative Secreta to the Appeals Board, and The Commission would like to spend more time with pp public assistance, site supervision/inspections of on- Program Supervisor) were passed. , going projects and other activities that would ensure In Fe thorough protection of our wetland resources. bruary, C. Ben Lofchie resigned from the Although Board after nine ears of service. In Jul Jane ough still lacking in capacity to do all that should y y' be done, with the addition of a Clerk position, ably Stockbridge resigned after four years of service. Also p y in July,Chairman Rita Sousa resigned after almost two filled by Aqua O'Hara, and the valuable volunteer years of service.The resignation of these Board mem- help of Commissioners Nonnie Ferriday and John ` g bers Johansen, our agent Bob Sherman has been able to was a huge loss to the department and the com_ devote more time to other critical tasks munity. The Personnel Board and the Personnel Administrator would like to take this opportunity to = thank each one for their dedication and service. The Past polling of Mashpee citizens affirmed their con- y cerns and values of what they feel is one of our com- are greatly missed. munity,s most valuable assets, our wetlands. The In October enormity of the task of administering the rules and , Joseph Dellagala, Marcia Lindsey, and regulations to protect this asset is best visualized when Schuyler Wires were appointed to the Board. Joe g p , Della ala and Marcia Lindsey fill unexpired terms comparing the fact that Mashpee's 23.56 square miles g y p of area includes over 26 miles of coastline; two estu- until the end of June. Schuyler Wires was given a arses, Waquoit and Popponessett bays, four great three-year appointment. ponds of over 100 acres, Ashumet 203 ac., T Mashpee/Wakeby 729 ac., John's 317 ac. and Santuit The Personnel Board has begun a review of the smaller ands under 100 acres• four ( Town's Personnel Administration Pian P.A.P.). We 172 ac., eighteen sma p , rivers, Child's, Mashpee, Quashnet and Santuit; three expect the review of olicies and rocedures to be a p • p p brooks, Abigail's, Quaker Run and Red Brook; Seven mayor.effort in 1994. other planned activities include cedar swamps;• four significant coastal lain and improving the performance evaluations stem,recom- p ' g p• p Mending/evaluating y . . shores; four AnadromouslCatadromous fish runs; endinglevaluating improvement to the hiring marshes; numerous vernal pools; four Process, and analysis of town ositions, fourteen salt ma p , y p barrier beaches; nine significant woodland communi- 97