02/12/1990 PERSONNEL BOARD Minutes

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Personnel Board Minutes Meeting of February 12 , 1990 Page 2 Article Review , Cont . that she would be willing to adjust her hours from July through December from 37� hours weekly to 35 hours so that there would be enough money in the budget to change the weekly hours to 40 hrs . in January : Note : The Personnel Budget is worked up on 371i hours weekly for the Personnel Assis- tabt as. currently appro"ved. by, Town Meeting . The Board briefly discussed the fact that' they' had been given the opportun- ity to review the upgrade of some P .A . P . positions with the exception of the upgrade of the Administrative .Assistant ( a P .A .P . position ) . This upgrade was recommended in the Selectmen ' s budget ; however , should follow the same process as other requests . The Board said that they would discuss this with Kevin Harrington when he attended their meeting on February 26 . Upon review of Joyce Mason ' s personal service contract , Chairman Sullivan ad- vised the Board that the contract of the Administrative Assistant will end on February 13 , -which is thirty days after the new Executive Secretary com- menced on the payroll . Town Report Board members were given a copy of the Town Report submitted to the Board of Selectmen . Chairman Sullivan advised the Board that he worked up a good por- tion of the report with help from the Personnel Assistant . He commented that - he tried to center on public relations . Leo Turo moved to accept the town report as submitted . Jane Stockbridge seconded _ All in favor . Secretarial- Absence e Board reviewed a memo dated February 9 from E . S . Virgilio , Director of the D . P . W. requesting temporary help of Mary Coomey while his secretary Nancy Cannata is away on vacation during the period of March 8 through March 20 . The Board pointed out that the Town may have to pay time and one half to this employee where she currently works 8 hours weekly for the Harbormaster assum- ing the request is for 37� additional hours . The Board had no objection with Mary Coomey working as a temporary employee for this period of time provided that there are monies in the budget . An additional request to have Mary Coomey work periodically during the Spring and Summer months at the D .P . W . was considered by the Board . Ben Lofchie asked the Personnel Assistant to check into where the monies would come from . Personnel Procedures The Board , was advised that Chairman Sullivan sent the Executive Secretary a memo asking him to direct employees to the Personnel Board with their re- quests prior to getting the Executive Secretary ' s approval on Personnel mat- ters . The Board was apprised of a situation where the Town Accountant had received- the approval of the Executive Secretary for her and the Assistant Town Accountant to attend a six-week computer seminar in Marlborough to learn UMAS , the municipal accounting system . The cost of this seminar would amount to $800 and would be paid aul.tof the Education Account . Ben Lofchie asked that a memo be sent out to remind people that their request for tuition reim- bursement must receive Personnel approval prior to enrolling in a course .