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Select Board adopts procurement and town-attorney policies, defers seasonal staff personnel detail
Summary
The Select Board approved a procurement policy amendment and a Town Attorney policy and employment-contract addendum; clarifications to the personnel policy on full-time seasonal staff were deferred for a future meeting.
At its Oct. 28 meeting the Carrabassett Valley Select Board approved changes to the town’s procurement policy and adopted a new Town Attorney policy and corresponding amendment to the town manager’s employment agreement.
Town Manager Garrett Corbin presented minor edits to personnel and procurement policies discussed over the summer and proposed a policy authorizing the manager to perform municipal legal work within his salary in some circumstances, together with an addendum to his contract. The board approved the procurement change by motion of Jay Reynolds and then approved the Town Attorney policy and employment agreement addendum; both votes were unanimous. Corbin said he would research bonding and insurance implications of the manager performing legal work and whether he could decline requests under the Maine Rules of Professional Conduct for Attorneys.
The personnel policy update—specifically clarification about the category “Full-Time Seasonal Staff”—was not finalized; Corbin will clarify the seasonal component and return the matter to a future Select Board meeting for approval.
Why it matters: Procurement and legal-authority policies guide how the town contracts for goods and services and how legal tasks are handled; the changes may streamline some processes but raise questions about insurance and professional conduct that the manager will research and report back on.
The board handled both votes during the regular meeting; no public objections were recorded.
