Staff proposes townwide pay-classification study; board tables for September workshop

Aug 21, 2026

Town staff presented an RFP to create a structured pay scale and job-classification system covering roughly 78 employees (excluding police and fire), citing legal defensibility and retention concerns; the board agreed to discuss the vendor selection in a September workshop.

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Staff told the board the town has about 78 employees and lacks a clear, structured pay scale for positions outside police and fire. The staff-recommended vendor, selected from four proposals, will produce a job classification and pay-scale study intended to be transparent and legally defensible. "We don't have that now," staff said, adding that without clear pay progression staff worry employees will leave for other jobs.

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