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Select Board backs repurposing a budgeted position into a part‑time assistant to the administrator
Summary
The board reviewed a proposal to convert a previously full‑time assistant role into a 25‑hour‑per‑week part‑time assistant to the town administrator (no benefits) with a pay range of $19.16–$23.40; members discussed budget impacts and potential contracted welfare support.
Staff (speaker 3) said the town is reconfiguring a previously budgeted position into a part‑time assistant to the administrator to provide administrative support and to cover duties previously handled by a full‑time welfare employee. The proposed range is $19.16 to $23.40 per hour for 25 hours per week with no benefits. Staff said existing budgeted money would be used and estimated contracted welfare support could cost about $10,899 for the year.
Board members discussed staffing tradeoffs: some argued it is sensible to reallocate an existing budgeted position rather than add headcount, while others cautioned about losing institutional capacity and the difficulty of relying on part‑time or contract staff. The board expressed general willingness to try the reconfiguration as a pilot and to revisit the budget next year.
