School committee approves chief financial officer contract after late amendments

The Haverhill School Committee voted to approve a three-year contract for a new chief financial officer, Clancy Maine, after members amended compensation language and clarified travel and licensure terms.

The committee approved the contract, as amended, by recorded roll call with Attorney Magliacchetti moving and Miss Sullivan seconding; Doctor Story voted no and other members voted yes. The contract term ends June 30, 2028, unless otherwise agreed.

Committee members and staff spent more than an hour discussing how the contract presented annual pay rates and how those figures should be prorated for the initial hiring period. Committee members objected that the document called the figures "annual base rate" while some bullets represented amounts for a limited initial period. Attorney Rosa proposed, and the committee adopted, an amendment to remove the phrase "annual base rate" from the compensation…