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i Sticker Sales Attendants Strc Report of the Board Secretaries (3) Mini-Bus Drivers 92) Conservation Commission Interpretive Tour Guide Coordinator(10 Interpretive Tour Guides (3) Alternate Plumbing and Gas Inspector To the Honorable Selectmen and the Citizens of the Alternate Wiring Inspector Town of Mashpee: Temporary Clerk-Leisure Services The Commission's workload continued high and Beach Superintendent increased yet again in 1996. There were 223 permit Head Lifeguards applications, an increase of 6%. Site-visits increased Lifeguards by 15%, to a record 773. The increase represents the Gate Attendants Commission's goals of increasing customer assistance Waterway Assistants and monitoring work in progress to see that it con- Temporary Laborers -D.P.W. forms to permit conditions. Other Board activities included supporting the Per- Leaving the Commission in 1996 was Associate sonnel Administrator, Marilyn Farren, with research Commissioner Susana Lannik.As when she was a reg- for salary and benefits information, developing a pro- ular member, Susana was a major contributor to our cedure for centralized documentation and implementa- efforts, providing us with legal expertise. The Com- tion of the Town's Personnel Records Policy, and Affirmative mission was fortunate to have Greg Wirsen,who has a assisting with development of the Town's Af degree in Environmental Science and experience in Action Policy. The Board also worked on updating other town policies, researching requests for upgrades pollution remediation technologies, join us as an Associate member. of positions, reviewing and updating job descriptions, and assisting with the administration of written exam- Officers in 1996 remained unchanged: Jack inations and oral interviews. Fitzsimmons is chairman, Elliot Rosenberg serves as vice-chair and John Johansen serves as Clerk. John The Personnel Administrator developed an internal also chairs our Cranberry Bog SubCommittee and vol- audit and reporting system for EEO/AA reporting, unteers valuable hours in our office, assisting the pub- introduced a new employee-paid dental program, pre- lic and reviewing permit applications (with an eagle- pared and submitted a municipal incentive grant appli- eye!). cation, attended various training sessions and human resource seminars to stay abreast of the laws relating "Mother Nature" turned the tables on us in 1996. to Personnel. Unlike the drought conditions that plagued us in the late Summer and Fall of the previous year, an over- During the middle of the year,two Board members abundance of rainfall caused problems in 1996, with s resigned: Joseph Dellagala and Ronald Levine, who record levels of rainfall and groundwater levels. This are sadly missed. Recording Board Secretary, Mary • Gelsthorpe, accepted assignment to the Personnel exacerbated erosion, with particular problems in �• Board in August when Nancy Peterson accepted afull- Mashpee Pond. Fortunately, the upper Mashpee Rivers banks were stabilized with fiber-rolls and e time position with the Town. plantings this past summer, as part of a Conservation is Commission project. (We had many volunteers for the C For the upcoming year, some of our major activities placement of the fiber-rolls; we exhausted them, but will include coordinating town-sponsored training we are most grateful!) These stabilization measures programs and actively participating in these programs, have held up well in spite of record high river flows, continuing to take a leadership role in updating work rules,policies, continuing with centralized documen- but lower portions of the River have suffered bankero- sion. The Town applied for and received a $5, 000 tation of personnel records to insure compliance with grant (to be matched by an equal sum approved at j the Personnel records law and town policy, updating Town Meeting)from the Mass. Dept. of Environmen- the Town's Employee Handbook, improving the tal Protection to do environmental analysis and per- employee orientation process and becoming more mitting for a Mashpee lake water-level management involved with benefits management. plan. Respectfully submitted, Another significant step was achieved in the path Carole Dunivan, Chairman toward the eventual realization of the Mashpee Norma Kumin, Clerk National Wildlife Refuge,as the Commission acquired Marcia Lindsey (by means of tax title and purchase via Town Meeting Marilyn Farren,Personnel Administrator vote) 77.6 acres of land that will become part of the i 121