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.