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Board weighs capped carryover of vacation and sick leave for town employees
Summary
The board discussed whether to allow limited carryover of vacation (examples discussed: one week) and how carryover would affect payroll budgeting and retirement payouts; staff will cost options and propose a cap.
Board members considered a proposal to allow limited carryover of vacation time for town employees rather than a strict "use it or lose it" policy. Highway staff described operational realities of winter call-ins and said a moderate carryover (for example, one week) could be a reasonable compromise. One member asked that staff "put a number to it" and analyze the fiscal impact so the town can set a maximum accumulation cap.
Discussion covered practical issues: whether carryover creates a new financial liability (paying out carried vacation later), how carryover interacts with sick-time accrual and retirement payouts, and whether some carryover should be limited to a maximum number of hours (e.g., 40 or 200 hours as discussed in examples). The board directed staff to model costs and present options at a future workshop.
