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Personnel Board to pursue local fixes after town rejects early pay-study funding
Summary
After a town vote blocked funding for an early pay-class study, the Town of Southborough Personnel Board debated short-term fixes for pay inequities affecting long‑tenured, nonunion employees and agreed to reconvene soon to develop a plan.
The Town of Southborough Personnel Board on May 2 agreed to pursue local options to address perceived salary inequities for tenured, nonunion employees after a request to accelerate a pay-class study failed at a recent town meeting.
Board members said the town vote against accelerating the study — which proponents had priced at about $25,000 — leaves the board without the outside benchmark they sought and raises questions about how to respond to numerous requests from departments and appointing authorities.
The Personnel Board chair said the failed vote “leaves an item unresolved,” and board members described three practical constraints: the town did not approve the study funding at town meeting, the next opportunity for budgetary action may be the fall special town meeting, and…
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