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Chester selectboard adopts employee policies on solicitation, benefits, timekeeping and performance
Summary
The selectboard approved four personnel policies — Solicitation and Distribution of Literature; Employee Benefits; Time and Attendance; and Employee Performance — and discussed adding budget line items for staff training and continuing education.
The Chester Board of Selectmen approved four employee‑related policies during its Jan. 12 meeting: a Solicitation and Distribution of Literature Policy, an Employee Benefits Policy, a Time and Attendance Policy, and an Employee Performance Policy.
Selectboard member Brian Forgue moved to approve the Solicitation and Distribution of Literature Policy; similar motions by Forgue followed for the Employee Benefits and Time and Attendance policies, each seconded by John Baldasaro and passed. During the Employee Performance Policy discussion the board emphasized operational performance in evaluations and considered adding departmental budget line items for employee training and continuing education; the board voted to approve the performance policy as presented.
Why it matters: the policies formalize workplace expectations and establish administrative procedures that affect town employees’ benefits, attendance reporting and performance evaluations. The board discussed updating departmental budgets to include training funds but did not adopt a specific funding amount at this meeting.
Next steps: departments may propose training line items during upcoming budget cycles; staff will publish policy text and implement procedures through the Town Administrator’s office.
