The Personnel Board shall consist of five members who shall
be appointed by the Board of Selectmen and shall serve without pay;
the original appointees shall be appointed for the following terms
of office: two for three years, two for two years and one for one
year. No regular employee or elected or appointed official of the
Town shall be eligible for appointment to the Board. Except as provided
in the next section, the term of each appointee shall commence on
the first day of July in each year and as the terms of the respective
members expire, the Board of Selectmen shall make appointments to
fill the vacancies. Except for the original appointees, all members
shall be appointed for a term of three years.
If any member of the Personnel Board shall resign or otherwise
vacate his/her office before the expiration of his/her term, the vacancy
so created shall be filled by the Board of Selectmen in accordance
with MGL c. 41, § 11. Each member of the Board shall serve
until his/her successor has been appointed and qualified.
At the first meeting of each fiscal year, the Personnel Board
shall meet and organize and elect its own Chairman and Vice Chairman
and appoint a regular monthly meeting date and shall notify the Board
of Selectmen, Town Accountant and Town Clerk of the results of said
election.
The Board shall be authorized to obtain the services of a Clerk,
with the approval of the Town Administrator, who shall keep a record
of its official proceedings and actions. The Board, subject to the
appropriation therefor, may make such expenditures as may be necessary
or appropriate for the performance of its duties.
The Personnel Board shall meet regularly (once a month in at
least 10 months of every year) for the transaction of business under
this bylaw, and it shall hold such special meetings as may be called
by the Chairman, or directed by vote of the Board.
A majority of the total membership of the Board shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of the business of the Board, and the
vote of a majority of the members attending and voting shall be necessary
for any official act of the Board.
The Selectmen shall furnish the Personnel Board with such meeting
space as it may require for the performance of its duties. Such meeting
space can be comprised of any available meeting room that is available
temporarily during Planning Board meeting times.
The Board may serve in an advisory capacity to the Town Administrator
in all matters relating to salary, rate or classification changes
for any position subject to this bylaw and other such matters as the
Town Administrator may decide.
During the budget cycle of each year, the Personnel Board Chairperson
and the Finance Committee shall meet jointly to review the financial
effects of the recommendations of the Personnel Board budget, if requested.
The recommendations of the Personnel Board shall be provided
to the Town Administrator for his/her guidance.