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r, <br /> Al also requested�that' orie 'administrative assistant's. hours be cut back. <br /> Deidre is not in favor ,of an administrative assistant getting paid over- <br /> time. <br /> 'Al alsowrefers-to,page 3D~regarding vacation time and sick time. There should. <br /> be no- sick time buy backs. <br /> Dan asked whether the'MFinance- Committee could make- recommendations to the <br /> contract negotiators. <br /> Tony responded uby saying .that we 'cannot negotiate, cannot change it, ,but •we <br /> can make -re commendat ions. „ <br /> Al questioned why ,they_ need $182,000 in over-time'. <br /> Tony states that the over-time budget needs to be cut. Although we °cannot <br /> change the contract, -we can make :recommendations. Over-time is written . <br /> right into the contract. _ <br /> Deidre mentions that by "sending .a fireman 'away .to' school to be trained as <br /> -an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT),`you are' paying for his schooling,' <br /> for him to be lthere. and;`for coverage,for his hours, ,while he is away at, <br /> school. And finally,`„you will pay him a higher salary, once he becomes an.EMT. <br /> 'Tony states that this is.all written into the contract. recertification- is <br /> contractual. <br /> Deidre then galso�expla}ns�that if=a patrolman-goes,to the firing range '"andf - <br /> it is'not }theeir sregula�r�shift, they iaill get"paid. time and a half. Most - <br /> patrolmen do elect to.go times other than-regular shifts. Therefore, because <br /> certification is .a requirement of the.. job, ,then they {;ar"a``"`� paid to do it. <br /> John,states .that this "seems a bit unfair, considering 'it is not the same way <br /> " for the Medical.field- or the teaching field. They -have to .pay for their own <br /> courses'Faazdtrainzng ► x'= i r +'�s , <br /> : 7 <br /> .. � i;Al^� s6 Q ♦ ! � aiy{{ 1.. y - - - <br /> Dan again asks whether the -Finance Committee should be making recommen s dation <br /> on'' the-.,contracts.+ <br /> wTo4 states that.many.,.things can. be recommended, 'but nobody.knows what goes' ` <br /> on'.-at she inegotiations r <br /> .,Dan inquires ,as to whether.-Alk-Polsi_ . cbuld talk to the Board of ,Selectmen <br /> about the cantrac_ts and, would' they.be willing to accept a recommendation r <br /> from the,Finance Comrgittee? <br /> Tony responded that a .letter has previously been sent to the Board .of .. <br /> Selectmen recommending that no compensatory time be given' to any e' partment.- <br /> They will .negotiate it.,. We, can- only,write what we think. <br /> Deidre mentions that' ihe Finance Committee needs to make sure that all of, - <br /> the figures are accurate. <br /> Al responds that is far,as he knows,.,t hey ,ate. The Town Accountant and the f <br /> Personnel Board both reviewed- them arid,made .their,corrections. , i <br />