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Select Board reviews personnel policy changes, targets July 1 implementation
Summary
Board and staff discussed revisions to a personnel policy covering holidays, vacation accrual, overtime pay and comp-time banking; members agreed to codify language, finalize a polished document and sign a final copy before implementing it at the start of the fiscal year on July 1.
The Select Board reviewed a draft personnel policy that proposes clarifications and updates for paid holidays, holiday pay rates, vacation accrual (two weeks initial, rising to three weeks at 10 years and four weeks at 20 years for full‑time employees), and overtime/comp-time handling with a default to pay out overtime but permitting board-approved comp-time banking up to 80 hours to be taken in a single paycheck.
Board members discussed whether holiday call‑in pay should be time-and-a-half or double time and debated practical budgeting implications of paying out accrued overtime versus requiring comp time. Chair Megan Sutton said the board's goal is to implement the policy effective July 1 and requested a final formatted copy to sign; the board agreed to honor existing comp balances and to set a clean transition date at the start of the fiscal year.
