06/28/1982 PERSONNEL BOARD Minutes

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PERSONNEL BOARD MINUTES • MEETING OF DUNE 28, 1982 MASHPEE TOWN HALL The following members of the Board were present for the meeting: Caroline Gilligan, Curtis Woodbury and Dick McDonald (arriving late). Selectwoman Thomas and the Executive Secretary were also present at the meeting. Acting Chairperson Gilligan called the meeting to order at 6:45 p.m. Attendance of Board Meetings Curtis asked the Executive Secretary and Selectwoman 'Thomas where the Board stood if a member were missing several meetings? Selectwoman Thomas said that if an individual were not attending and participating in meetings that the Board of Selectmen, the ap- pointing authority, should be notified with a letter from the Board. Discussion was also made on whether a person appointed on the Board would have to be a registered voter. The general consensus was that the person would have to at least live in the town or own property in the town. The secretary was asked by .Curtis to schedule discussion on attendance of meetings at the next Personnel Board meeting: Services Subscribed To By The- Town • The Executive Secretary and Selectwoman Thomas met with the Personnel Board to advise them of services subscribed to by the town such as the Automated Labor Relations Service (ALRIS) sponsored by Mass. Municipal Assosiation. He explained that ALRIS is an agency for which towns could purchase their services in order to get a handle on personnel labor relationships. Its primary purpose is that information is available on wages or benefits for various categories of employees throughout the State. He also explained that ALRIS has hired experienced employees% who have gone through labor contracts and who could ana- lyze data and then put information through a computer: Joe suggested that the Personnel Board do a comparable study of salaries with other towns on the Cape similar to Mashpee in order to help them in their review of salary levels paid to department heads, etc. He also mentioned that Civil .Service publishes a book which lists job descriptions. Curtis asked how often would the information have to be updated once you have' the job descrip- tions and comparable salaries completed? Selectwoman Thomas stated that she felt it was an on-going thing. The Executive Secretary stated that it should be done every two to three years in his opinion. Another service that the town.has joined i.s, the International Personnel Management As- sociation which was briefly discussed. At this point in the meeting, Mr. McDonald arrived. He was brought up to date on what was discussed. Selectwoman Thomas asked him if he had any intention of moving from the town. Mr. McDonald asked who indicated that he were. leaving Mashpee. Caroline .stated that she had. Discussion was made on the subject. Curtis requested that the Acting Chairperson bring the meeting. back. to order. • Fire Chief Testing The Executive Secretary informed the Board that the testing will be conducted on the two finalists for the Fire Chief position and that background checks were being per- formed and that interviews have been scheduled for July 6 with the Board of .Selectmen.