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Board hears draft CTO overhaul; members raise holiday and police-pay concerns
Summary
Member Christie Boswell introduced a draft update to the town's CTO policy that would grant 11 automatic holidays to employees, allow time-and-a-half for holiday work, and slow accrual for existing CTO balances; members discussed double pay for family holidays and how police shift pay would be handled.
Christie Boswell presented a proposed revision to the town's 2019 comp time (CTO) policy intended to be generous but fiscally tenable. The draft adds 11 automatic paid holidays for all employees (in lieu of cashing out CTO for holidays) and allows time-and-a-half for employees who work on a holiday; Boswell said salaried employees would be treated the same.
Members discussed details and edge cases: Trevor Dryden suggested double pay for family holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's; Chief Tienken asked how the policy would apply to police based on shift hours, and Boswell said police time off and pay would align to actual shift hours and pay rates. Boswell also proposed slower accrual for existing CTO balances and retaining the ability for employees to donate time for major disability events. She framed the draft as a starting point and invited staff and employee feedback before the Board considers adoption.
