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program. We have recently completed the process of
<br /> Report of the recruiting a Police Chief, a Finance Director, a Clerk
<br /> Personnel Department for the Town Clerk's Office, an Administrative Clerk
<br /> for Leisure Services, and a Mini-Van Driver.
<br /> To the Honorable Board of Selectmen We also coordinated the hiring for approximately
<br /> fifty seasonal employees for Leisure Services the
<br /> and the Citizens of the Town of Mashpee: Y
<br /> D.P.W., the Town Clerk, and the Harbormaster/
<br /> The Personnel Department's mission is focused Shellfish Departments.
<br /> on a commitment to serving others, helping with The personnel staff administered a Public Safety
<br /> recruitment and employment, training, placement, Dispatcher examination, a Police exam, a Firefighter
<br /> compensation and development programs for employ- p g
<br /> ees. exam, and a promotional exam for Police Sergeants.
<br /> The Personnel Department serves all of the Other Department activities included research
<br /> employees of the Town that are appointed by the for review and update of job descriptions, grading of
<br /> Board of Selectmen, the Town Manager, the Fire positions, assisting with problem resolution and medi-
<br /> Chief,the Police Chief,the Board of Library Trustees, ation, and being a contact for reporting of discrimina-
<br /> and the Town Clerk. The purpose of the department is tion or harassment. We tracked performance
<br /> to administer the Town's compensation and benefits appraisals and probationary reports, assisted with bud-
<br /> programs. Additionally, the department deals with a get information, prepared the town's unfunded liabil-
<br /> wide variety of issues relative to quality of life in the ity report, processed and checked employee change of
<br /> workplace and seeks to improve the effectiveness of status forms, coordinated entry-level and annual phys-
<br /> town services by recruiting the best employees. icals and Department of Transportation Testing,
<br /> attended grievance hearings, Safety Meetings,
<br /> We are a resource department that provides Affirmative Action Committee Meetings, Americans
<br /> assistance and support to all managers and employees. With Disabilities Act Committee Meetings and
<br /> Our department is designed to help managers and Department Head Meetings.
<br /> employees do their jobs more efficiently and effec-
<br /> tively. We act as internal consultants with regard to In addition, the Personnel Department staff helps
<br /> policies and laws affecting employment. to administer benefits and coordinate open enrollment
<br /> for the Town's health insurance, life insurance and
<br /> The Personnel Department's workload is directly dental insurance programs, and the flexible spending
<br /> impacted by the activities in other Town departments plan. We also assist with unemployment claims. We
<br /> in terms of the recruitment process and personnel deci- process employment verification requests and provide
<br /> sions that occur throughout the employee's tenure and statistical information for State and Federal EEO/AA
<br /> up until the time they leave employment with the reports.
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<br /> With the settlement of Town Contracts, we pre-
<br /> The department handled personnel transactions pared new salary tables and processed rate changes for
<br /> relating to eighty positions. This includes retirements, all employees.
<br /> resignations, promotions, vacancy postings and adver-
<br /> tisement, interviewing, selection, and enrollment of The Personnel staff continues to take advantage ;
<br /> of professional development opportunities by attend-
<br /> new employees. The Town had thirty-five new hires in
<br /> 2004! ing seminars to stay abreast of the laws relating to
<br /> Personnel. The Personnel Administrator coordinated
<br /> training through the Employee Assistance Program,
<br /> Full-time and part-time year-round hires
<br /> attended Safety Training, wellness clinics, and health
<br /> included a Technical Services Librarian, two
<br /> Firefighters, four Police
<br /> insurance seminars. We also assisted with the enroll-
<br /> Circulation Assistants, three Officers, two Public Safety Dispatchers, a Treasurer, ment of employees into Professional Development
<br /> an Assistant Treasurer/Assistant Tax Collector, a courses offered by Barnstable County.
<br /> Board Secretary, a Building Inspector, a Local
<br /> Inspector, a Director of Assessing, an Assistant In addition to keeping up with the day-to-day
<br /> operations of the department, a major focus has been
<br /> Assessor, an Assistant Conservation Agent, a Sr.
<br /> Clerk/Bookkeeper, an Administrative Assistant, a on the conversion of employee leave benefits into the
<br /> Temporary Clerk, and employees for the Kids Klub Town's new M.U.N.LS. program. Countless hours
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