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Greenland selectmen debate vacation accrual, defer sell‑back decision to legal review; several routine measures approved
Summary
Board members spent much of the Nov. 18 meeting debating vacation accrual language — whether to keep or remove a 200‑hour cap and how an 80‑hour annual carryover interacts with sell‑back rules — and agreed to clarify carryover language and seek legal/financial guidance. The board also approved a seasonal conservation hire, a road name, grant acceptance and municipal manifests.
GREENLAND, N.H. — The Greenland Board of Selectmen devoted the bulk of its Nov. 18 meeting to rewriting parts of the town personnel handbook, focusing on vacation accrual and a related vacation sell‑back provision that members and legal counsel said could affect overtime pay and town budgets.
Chair opened the meeting and flagged the personnel policy on page 37, noting the handbook lacked a limit on vacation accrual. Paul Sanders, identified in the roll call, had submitted notes recommending that employees with long service be capped at a 200‑hour maximum accrual. Several selectmen questioned whether a separate cap was necessary because the town’s existing policy already limits annual carryover to 80 hours.
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