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Town board approves administrative steps: grant-eligible job title, union bargaining prep and handbook clarifications
Summary
Board discussed adopting non-civil-service job titles for grant eligibility, who will handle union negotiations, updates to the employee handbook and episodic work-from-home authority for critical payroll tasks; a motion to allow the supervisor to adopt titles for grant purposes was moved and seconded and the board moved toward executive session.
At the workshop, the board addressed several administrative items affecting grants, personnel and governance.
The board considered a request to adopt two working job titles so a contracted IT position (provided via the school district) could qualify for a grant. Corinne (Speaker 6) and staff explained the titles requested are not Erie County civil-service titles but would be usable as "working titles" for a grant application. A council member (Speaker 2) moved "to give them whatever title is necessary to be able to apply for grants" and the motion was seconded; board members indicated agreement and asked staff to confirm final wording and provide the title to the employee before the next meeting. The transcript records the motion and a second but does not include a roll-call vote or a recorded tally.
Union negotiations were discussed in preparation for upcoming bargaining. Staff and board members reviewed past practice (two board members plus the supervisor typically meet with unions), timing for bargaining relative to the budget cycle, and the need to assemble data and priorities before formal negotiations. Board members suggested a workshop meeting focused on bargaining strategy nearer to the bargaining window.
On personnel policy, staff noted the town’s employee handbook has had drafts and statutory updates but portions may not have been fully distributed; the board discussed episodic work-from-home authority for critical tasks like payroll during office-closing events (snowstorms or emergencies) and agreed supervisors should retain discretion to approve episodic remote work for essential functions.
Other administrative items included advisory-board schedules, parks-and-rec updates, and appointments/alternates for advisory bodies. The meeting concluded with a motion to enter executive session; the transcript shows the motion was made and seconded but ends before any executive-session content or a recorded vote was included.
