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Cushing selectmen approve 3% pay increase for hourly workers, amend personnel policy
Summary
After an executive session, the Town of Cushing Selectmen approved a 3% cost-of-living adjustment for hourly employees and amended Article IV of the personnel policy to change a time-calculation phrase; the COLA passed 4-0-1 with Chairman Alton Grover abstaining.
The Town of Cushing Selectmen voted to approve a 3% cost-of-living increase for hourly wage employees following an executive session on personnel matters.
Selectman Daniel Staples moved to adopt the 3% adjustment; Selectman Laurie Haynes seconded the motion, which carried 4-0-1, with Chairman Alton Grover recorded as abstaining. The board had entered executive session under 1 M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(A) and returned to the regular meeting at 7:10 p.m.
The board also approved a technical amendment to the Town of Cushing Personnel Policy, Article IV, Employee Classification. Selectman Daniel Staples moved to delete the words “the time” in the last sentence of the article and to insert “1 ½ hours to each hour”; Selectman Laurie Haynes seconded the motion and it carried 5-0-0.
The motions followed an executive-session discussion of personnel matters. No additional details about individual personnel actions were provided in the meeting minutes.
The Selectmen adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
