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Selectmen soften enforcement language in cash‑receipts policy after transfer‑station concerns
Summary
The board altered the townwide cash‑receipts policy to remove rigid compliance mandates (changing mandatory disciplinary wording to permissive language) and clarified acceptable alternatives for resident identification and payment processing; motion passed 5–0.
The selectmen reviewed a draft revision of the townwide cash‑receipts policy July 27 with particular focus on how transfer‑station staff handle checks and resident identification. Staff had proposed requiring phone numbers on checks or two proofs of Litchfield address and included strict compliance language with possible disciplinary consequences for staff who did not enforce the rule.
Selectmen and staff agreed the rigid compliance language could unduly penalize employees working in a busy transfer station environment; the board directed a change from mandatory disciplinary wording to permissive language that makes disciplinary action a possible, not automatic, outcome. The board also directed staff to keep identification requirements practical (accepting current vehicle registration or current utility bills) and to allow alternatives (pay at town hall and return with receipt). A motion to approve the policy as amended carried 5–0.
