The Personnel Board consisting of five (5) members,
one (1) of whom shall be a member of the Finance Committee, is hereby
established.
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15]
Initially, one (1) member will be appointed
for a term of four (4) years, one (1) member for a term of three (3)
years, one (1) member for a term of two (2) years and one (1) member
for a term of one (1) year. Subsequently, one (1) member of said Board
shall be appointed annually for a four-year term by the Selectboard
in the month of March. The Finance Committee shall appoint one (1)
of its members to the Board annually.
All members of said Board shall be residents
of the Town and shall serve without compensation.
No officer or employee of the Town shall be
eligible to serve on this Board.
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15]
Any vacancy in the membership of said Board
shall be filled by the Selectboard for the remainder of the unexpired
term.
It shall be the duty of the Board to make a
study from time to time of the work and compensation of all employees
of the Town subject to the provisions of this chapter.
The Board shall present to the Town Meeting
such amendments to the Classification-Compensation Plan as it deems
desirable.
The Board shall report to the Town Meeting its
recommendations as to all articles in the warrant pertaining to the
Classification-Compensation Plan.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said plan is included as an attachment to this chapter.
[Amended 6-12-2021 ATM by Art. 15]
The Board shall file a copy of its annual report
with the Selectboard and the Finance Committee on or before the date
required for inclusion in the annual report.
The Board shall hold a hearing upon all proposed
amendments to this chapter and the Classification-Compensation Plan[1] and shall give due notice thereof to all persons interested.
[1]
Editor's Note: Said plan is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The Board shall keep such records of all employees
of the Town subject to this chapter as it deems desirable.
Upon the recommendation of a board or a head
of a department supported by evidence in writing of special reasons
and exceptional circumstances, the Board may authorize an entrance
rate higher than the minimum rate set forth in the Classification-Compensation
Plan.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Said plan is included as an attachment to this chapter.
The Board may employ such clerical and other
assistance and make such expenditures as it deems necessary, subject
to appropriation thereof.
The Board of the Town shall constitute the Personnel
Relations Review Board of the Town, and in that connection, shall
have the powers and duties, and perform the functions, assigned to
such Personnel Relations Review Boards by MGL c. 40, § 21B;
and said Board shall, in the performance of its duties as Personnel
Relations Review Board, be subject to the limitations imposed by MGL
c. 40, § 21B, and by the bylaws of the Town.
When sitting as a Personnel Relations Review
Board, the Board shall keep a separate record of its proceedings,
which shall not be open to the public inspection as may otherwise
be required by state law.
