06/16/1992 FINANCE COMMITTEE Executive Session

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I MASHPEE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES ECECUTIVE SESSION JUNE 16, 1992 Members Present: Deirdre Greelish, Chairperson; Tony Gallo; Ed Baker; Roger Dunivan and Denise Sullivan. i Tony Gallo MOTIONED that for the purpose of discussion contract negotiations, the meeting should be in executive session. Denise Sullivan seconded the motion. Members voted Deirdre Greelish in favor, Tony Gallo in favor, Roger Dunivan in favor, Denise Sullivan in favor and Ed Baker in favor. Ed Baker handed out a proposal that he prepared for the Finance Committee with their possible recommendations for contract negotiation. Members discussed eliminating police and fire double holiday pay. Mr. Baker also handed out a sheet explaining holiday pay change. He felt that the committee should go with the time and a half table to the Board of Selectmen, which would give the fire department 4, 290 hours, the police 3 ,740 hours for a total of 8,030 hours. We would lose 220 in police hours but make up 990 in fire hours. Members also discussed elimination of longevity payments. Mr. Baker felt that the progression of employees should be that when they reach the top, they should either be promoted or given a raise. He does not agree with longevity payments. Ms. Sullivan also felt this way. Members also discussed eliminating police department compensation time. Mr. Baker explained that there are two categories of policemen. The first is a patrolman who works 4 days on and 2 days off, which is equivalent to 17 fewer days that an officer who works 5 days 8 hours per day. The second category is an officer not assigned to patrol duty. They are given 17 days compensation time to make up for the fact they are not asssigned to patrol duty. Members agreed that their comments would be directly handed to Nancy Caffyn, Chairperson Board of Selectman, by Deirdre Greelish. She then could make copies and distribute to other Board of Selectmen members if she desired. This would protect the members on the Finance Committee from being criticized for distributing copies out needlessly. The meeting adjourned at 9:20 PM. Minutes recorded by Jean M. Mooney, Recording Secretary. The next meeting will possibly be on June 30th or July 1st.