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Joint Meeting of the Personnel Advisory Board and Appropriation Committee June 13, 1983 Town Office Building Room 105 - 7:30 pm PAB members attending: Elmer Guilmartin, Mary Shunney, Neil Chapman Appropriation Commmittee members attending: William Dailey, Esther Arlan, Heinz Muhlmann, Barry Marshall, Bob Cataldo, George Silverman Also present: Susan Adler Mr. Dailey opened the meeting by explaining how the Personnel Advisory Board had originally been proposed to help the Appropriation Committee review salary sched- ules it was being asked to vote on. Since that point in time there had been changes in the administration and the Appropriation Committee's role was not as clear. Mr. Guilmartin distributed copies of the PAB's charge, and referred to a letter from Mr. Dailey that had ledyto this joint meeting. He responded to the 1st question in the letter by saying that the PAB membership had expertise to offer in the area of personnel and that they were not sure that various boards were aware of their availability to consult, apart from the library with which the PAB is developing a relationship. Mr. Dailey commented that the Appropriation Committee had made more effort this year to review the School Department's budget and operations. He said that in light of the fact that some School Department practices in collective bargaining generate problems for the municipal side, had consideration been given to the PAB becoming more involved in the school affairs, and asked if the school department would be interested in such involvement. Mrs. Shunney reported that the former chairman of the PAB, Dick Daggett, had met with the School Committee and had not felt there was interest in the PAB working with the School Department on a comparability/classification study. Mr. Chapman said he felt a long educational process was involved that would be started by a commitment from the chairmen of the board of selectmen and school committee. He suggested that they might agree to address a few key issues initially, such as disparate benefit levels for employees, salary differentials for secretarial staffs or pay disparity for chief executive officers. The chairmen could discuss a system of factor analysis such as accountability, decision-making, specialized knowledge required, etc. Mr. Muhlmann asked if the PAB could play a role after negotiations by commenting on the settlement. Mr. Chapman said the PAB's role has been discussed when the selectmen/manager form of government was adopted, and at that time the school depart- ment had not been responsive to the idea of a by-law committee. Mrs. Arlan commented that the loss of fiscal autonomy might increase the school department's fears of loss of control. Mr. Dailey asked if it would help if the PAB met with the school department before negotiations. Mr. Chapman replied that he felt the first need was to establish the relationship between the two chairmen. Mr. Dailey raised the issue of the use of PAB members on selection committes, suggesting that the Appropriation Committee might recommend that they be consulted on appointments of staff at and above a certain level. JUN 241993