[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting 5-17-1986 as Art. 30.
Amendments noted where applicable.]
There shall be a Personnel Board which shall
consist of five members to be appointed by the Town Moderator, with
the Chairman of the Board of Selectmen to serve as ex officio member.
The terms of the members shall be for three years, so arranged that
the terms of as nearly 1/3 of the members as possible shall expire
each year.
In making appointments, the Moderator shall
give consideration to the personal qualifications of these citizens
who will best meet the responsibility of the Board to represent both
town employees and taxpayers. If possible, the appointees will include
citizens who are familiar with the principles of labor relations and
personnel administration. No person, other than the Chairman of the
Board of Selectmen, who is in the paid employ of the town shall serve
on the Personnel Board; neither shall any person who is employed by
or otherwise represents, directly or indirectly, any collective bargaining
unit of public employees so served.
A.
The Personnel Board shall be responsible for the development
of personnel policies that will be consistent for all town agencies.
These policies shall include, without limitation, job classification
and salary/benefit programs.
B.
The Board shall maintain a complete file of job descriptions
and supervise the maintenance of personnel records.
C.
The Board shall make recommendations to the Town Meeting
and the Board of Selectmen on changes necessary to implement and maintain
fair and consistent personnel policies at least annually.
D.
The Board has the authority to interpret the Personnel
Bylaw and to decide all questions relating to its application.
The Board shall act as a grievance committee
to hear grievances not covered by formal collective bargaining agreements.
Before being considered by the Board, each such grievance shall have
been presented to and considered by the employee's superior.
The Board shall establish wage/salary rate ranges
for each job classification. The range shall reflect reasonable compensation
for the complexities of the job in relation to other job classifications
maintained by the Board. The Board shall review these rate ranges
at least annually and shall adjust ranges to reflect both economic
and competitive factors. Recommended rate ranges shall be established
before the date for budgets to be submitted for the next Annual Town
Meeting.
The Board shall review all job classifications
under its jurisdiction and shall also make an evaluation of the performance
of all persons coming within the same at intervals of not more than
one year. No new job classifications shall be established without
a report from the Board. The Board shall establish new job classifications
as conditions warrant.
The Town Coordinator[1] shall be responsible for the day-to-day administration
of the personnel system in accordance with the policies of the Personnel
Board.
[1]
Editor’s Note: The Annual Town Meeting voted 5-1-2010
by Art 30 to authorize the Board of Selectmen to appoint a Town Administrator
to replace the position of Town Coordinator.
