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for unemployment claims and hearings, employment Report of the change of status, coordinating entry-level and annual Personnel Department physicals and Dept. of Transportation Testing, attend. ing grievance hearings, Safety Meetings, Affirmative Action Committee Meetings and Department Head To the Honorable Board of Selectmen and Meetings. the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee In addition, the Personnel Department staff orien- We continue to be an extremely busy department tates new employees, handles fringe benefit adminis offering support and daily assistance to all other town tration, coordinates open enrollment for the Town's departments. Our department is designed to help man- health insurance, life insurance and dental insurance agers and employees do their jobs more effectively. programs, researches wage information for the We are focused on servicing others, to help with Barnstable County Retirement Board, handles the recruitment, training, placement, compensation and reporting of new hires to the Department of Revenue, developmental programs for employees. unemployment claims, and submits State and Federal EEO/AA reports. During the year,we recruited,screened and selected candidates for twenty-two full and part-time employ- The Personnel Administrator coordinated several ees and twenty-six seasonal employees, and assisted workshops for staff which consisted of Understanding with the promotion of five employees and the transfer and Appreciating Diversity (two half-day sessions), of one employee. Applications and resumes were Deferred Compensation, Conflict of Interest Seminar screened and interviews were conducted to fill the fol- by the State Ethics Commission and Customer Service lowing positions: training. � Administrative Secretary—Town Clerk The Personnel Administrator attended the Annual Clerk—Town Clerk's Office Mass. Municipal Association Workshop and various Administrative Clerk—Personnel Dept. meetings and seminars to stay abreast of the laws I Office Manager—Treasurer/Tax Collectors relating to Personnel. The department's new Senior Clerk II—Treasurer/Tax Collectors Administrative Clerk, Jaye Tirimacco, attended a spe- Sr. Clerk/Bookkeeper—Accounting Dept. cialized computer training program on Access and a gFull-Time Firefighters—(4) workshop on orientating new hires. She also trained to a` Call Firefighters— (4) use the new Automatic Data Processing System which Asst. Health Agent consists of a new payroll processing cycle, entering new employee information,pay information,transmit Administrative Secretary—Bd. of Health Full-Time Police Dispatcher ting payroll data, verifying checks and report writing. Principal Clerk- Assessing Interpretive Tour Guide—Conservation Dept. During the summer months, the department spon- Temporary Clerk—Historic Commission sored an intern from Germany who assisted with for Alternate Wiring Inspector malizing a program for orientation of new employees. He also helped to computerize many personnel forms: Temporary Sr. Clerk—Building Dept. 'i Mini-Van Driver(1)—C.O.A. Mini-Van Alternates (3) —C.O.A. For the upcoming year, some of our major activities Temporary Laborers (2)—D.P.W. will include coordinating more town-sponsored train- Waterway Assistants (2) ing and development programs, continuing to take a Board Secretaries (3) leadership role in updating work rules,policies,and to Lifeguards be more involved with benefits management. I,along Head Lifeguards with the Affirmative Action Committee, will also be Gate Attendants taking part in the No Place For Hate statewide cam- Sticker Sales paign by getting Mashpee involved in setting a com- munity standard of respect for diversity and anti-bias Other Department activities included research for efforts. I look forward to the many new challenges review and update of job descriptions,grading of posi- ahead. tions, conducting entry-level examinations for call firefighter and police officer positions,tracking of per- Respectfully submitted, formance appraisal and probationary reports, assisting Marilyn Farren, Personnel Administrator with budget information, preparing the town's unfunded liability report, verification of information 134 i~