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Select Board appoints probationary firefighter and reclassifies full‑time posts amid pay-scale review
Summary
The Select Board appointed Kevin Bean as a probationary firefighter, agreed to classify the department’s full‑time positions onto the town pay scale and raised the call reimbursement rate by 2.5%. The board also approved upgrading the fire department administrative assistant’s grade.
The Town of Hampden Select Board on March 17 appointed Kevin Bean as a probationary firefighter and took several personnel and pay‑classification actions for the fire department amid a review of rates tied to a prior Collins report.
The appointment followed a chief’s recommendation that Bean — a certified firefighter and paramedic who lives in town — meet the qualifications for a probationary hire. The board approved the appointment by voice vote; no roll‑call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.
Board members spent the bulk of the meeting…
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