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Personnel Board approves reclassification of CMLP finance position to light-plant pay grid
Summary
The Concord Personnel Board voted to reclassify the vacant CMLP financial manager/accountant position from the town pay schedule (grade 12) to the Concord Municipal Light Plant (CMLP) pay grid at grade 13 to improve recruitment and retention.
The Concord Personnel Board voted Feb. 12 to reclassify the town’s vacant municipal light utility finance post, moving the financial manager/accountant position from the town pay schedule (grade 12) to the Concord Municipal Light Plant pay grid at grade 13.
Board members and staff said the change followed months of unsuccessful recruitment for the vacancy that has been open since September 2024. Aaron, a human-resources staff member, described a factor analysis that supported raising the grade. “We found that the job description had an accurate reflection of the role, but the factor analysis... warranted an increase,” Aaron said. Jason Bulger, CMLP director, told the board the position historically belonged on the CMLP pay schedule and that three other CMLP department/division managers are already on the CMLP schedule.
The board discussed pay ranges as part of the review. Staff said under the town structure the prior grade-12 hiring range was presented as roughly “92 to 110,” and the proposed grade 13 was shown as “113 to 135.” Under the CMLP schedule an equivalent grade (12 under that schedule) would have been shown as about “106 to 127.” Staff described the change as intended to better align Concord with comparable municipal light utilities and to strengthen hiring prospects.
Board members asked whether other positions might move to the CMLP schedule; staff said the town manager has prioritized reviewing CMLP governance and pay-schedule placement and that broader changes are under consideration.
A motion to approve the classification change carried unanimously in the meeting roll call. The board directed staff to reflect the reclassification in the pay plan chart for inclusion in the annual town-meeting materials.
The vote came after the board heard that multiple phone screens and interviews had not produced a hire and that the vacancy had persisted for several months. Jason Bulger was on the call to answer questions; he thanked the board after the vote. The reclassification will be included in the updated classification/pay chart that staff will file with the town-meeting articles.
