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Personnel Administration Plan, and that the Town significant level of overtime, and provide another vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from available investigation section employee to follow up on an funds $732.88, with said funds to be allocated to the ever increasing level of important criminal cases. It Police Part Time Salary P.A.P. Account. will also coordinate with community policing liaison Submitted by the Chief of Police officers on follow up of long term community polic- ing efforts and form a stronger community policing Explanation: This upgrade more accurately reflects partnership with the investigation section, patrol sec the duties and responsibilities of the position. The tion, and the community. In addition to the funding action on this article will promote both internal and requested (25%) for these three positions, a pending external equity and is forwarded as a result of a study Federal grant "Cops Universal Hiring" will provide of the position by consultants of the Massachusetts 75% of the three officers' salaries over a three year Municipal Association and the Town of Mashpee period. The 75% Federal contribution for the three Personnel Board. positions over the three year period amounts to a sum Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends of approximately $215,857. In contrast, the Town's 25% of the salary contribution for the same period approval. amounts to approximately $106,043. Motion made by Nancy Caffyn. Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends Motion: I move the Town vote to upgrade the posi- approval. it tion of Police Department Records Clerk, effective Motion made by Curtis Frye. July 1, 1997, from Grade 2 to Grade 4 of the Personnel Administration Plan, and that the Town Motion: I move the Town vote to hire and equip vote to raise and appropriate $732.88, with said three additional full time police officers and fur- !! funds to be allocated to the Police Part Time Salary ther the Town vote to raise and appropriate P.A.P. Account. $43,554, with said funds to be apportioned as fol- lows: $18,735 to the Police Patrolman Salaries Motion passes 8:19 p.m. Account, $7,500 to the Police Expense Account, Article 23: To see if the Town will vote to hire and $108 to the Group Insurance Account, $16,443 to equip three additional full time police officers and that the Employee Medical Insurance Account, and the Town vote to raise and appropriate or transfer from $768 to the Medicare Account. available funds $43,554, with said funds to be appor- Motion passes 8.22 p.m. tioned as follows: $18,735 to the Police Patrolman Salaries Account, $7,500 to the Police Expense Article 24: To see if the Town will vote to raise and Account, $108 to the Group Insurance Account, appropriate or transfer from available funds $18,000 $16,443 to the Employee Medical Insurance Account, from the Cranberry Bog Reserved Receipts Account and $768 to the Medicare Account. to the Conservation Lands Maintenance and Improvement Account. Submitted by the Chief of Police Submitted by the Conservation Commission Explanation: The three additional police officer posi- tions will be assigned to the Mashpee Police Explanation: This will fund maintenance and Department Operations Division, Patrol Section, to improvement of existing Conservation Land, or pur accomplish general law enforcement and community chase of new Conservation Land. policing duties as assigned. Two of the new officers Recommendation: Finance Committee recommends will be assigned to new overlap shifts providing over approval. j lap coverage for better service to the citizens and for times when a shift is busy in its roll call periods. Two Motion made by Nancy Caffyn. of the additional police positions will allow two veter- Motion• I move the Town vote to appropriate and an officers to be assigned collateral staff duties as transfer from the Cranberry Bog Reserved community policing coordinators, training officers, Receipts Account $18,000 to the Conservation citizen police academy instructors, directors of a Lands Maintenance and Improvement Account. police liaison officer program,and establishment of an Office of Community Policing which will coordinate Motion passes 8:22 p.m community services and problem solving initiatives. Article 25: To see if the Town will vote to raise and The third officer will be assigned as needed on the appropriate or transfer from available funds $1,700 day, evening, or midnight shifts so a veteran police from the Conservation Reserved Receipts Account to officer presently assigned to the patrol section can be the Conservation Trust Fund. reassigned to the investigation section as a detective scheduled to work the afternoon shift. This detective Submitted by the Conservation Commission assignment will provide better coverage to reduce a 66