[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town
of Townsend 6-2-2009 by
Art. 13. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be a Facilities Maintenance Department.
Consistent with Section
3-2(d) of the Town Charter, the Board of Selectmen shall appoint the proposed Facilities Maintenance Coordinator and any other employees of the Facilities Maintenance Department.
A. As of July 1, 2009, the Facilities Maintenance Department is hereby
established.
B. As of July 1, 2009, all custodial and cleaning personnel working
in any Town facility, including but not limited to the Town Hall,
Police Station, and Library, shall be transferred to the Facilities
Maintenance Department. All such transfers of employees shall be made
without loss of pay, and without change of rating, seniority, retirement
or pension rights, or any other privileges under any provision of
law or bylaw; provided, however, that this provision shall not be
deemed to preclude the Town from eliminating, on or after July 1,
2009, current custodial and cleaning positions, creating the new position
of Facilities Maintenance Coordinator, or outsourcing routine cleaning
tasks, subject to Town Meeting appropriation.
C. All budgetary amounts for those custodial and cleaning personnel
and/or routine cleaning services described in Paragraph B, above,
shall be consolidated into the Facilities Maintenance Department budget,
subject to Town Meeting appropriation. Additionally, budgetary expense
amounts for maintenance/repair, utilities, custodial and building
supplies, and rent for certain Town facilities, in particular for
the Memorial Hall, Memorial Hall Annex, new Library/Senior Center
Complex, Hart Memorial Free Library, and the Old Senior Center (the
lease of which will be terminated in early fiscal year 2010), shall
be consolidated into the Facilities Maintenance Department budget,
subject to Town Meeting appropriation.