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Select Board shortens probation period and confirms exempt status for M. Cousins
Summary
The Board voted to amend the employee policy manual to reduce the probation period from six to three months and unanimously confirmed M. Cousins as an exempt employee effective Jan. 1, 2026; the minutes note any 2026 overtime need not be recovered.
The Blue Hill Select Board voted 5–0 on May 27 to amend the town’s employee policy manual, reducing the probationary period from six months to three months, with the manual permitting supervisors to extend the probationary period when appropriate.
Separately, the Board voted 5–0 to confirm that M. Cousins meets the requirements for exempt employee status effective Jan. 1, 2026, and noted that, to the extent any overtime wages were paid in 2026, those wages need not be recovered.
The minutes document the votes but do not provide additional explanation of the rationale behind the change or specify which job classifications are affected.
