Selectmen approve updated employee handbook after months of review

The Board of Selectmen voted unanimously to adopt a revised personnel policy and employee handbook at the meeting. Selectman Miller moved to approve the policies effective immediately; the motion was seconded by Selectman Griffin and carried with all members voting aye. During discussion, Selectman Miller and other board members praised staff work on the update, saying the new handbook modernizes format and content and reflects input from the municipal association and legal counsel. The board directed that copies be made and employees receive the handbook — electronically or in print — with a required signature page to be filed in personnel files. The Selectmen suggested October 1 as a target for signed acknowledgments but agreed the town office needs time to print and distribute copies. No amendments to the handbook were proposed at the meeting; the board approved the document as submitted.