Concord Personnel Board Delays Employee Handbook Vote Until May

CARLISLE — April 8, 2026 — Concord Personnel Board postpones employee handbook vote to May after Town Manager seeks broader management review. The three-member board — presiding member Josh, Kate, and Bill Morachek — met April 8 and agreed to delay a planned vote on the roughly 100-page handbook after the Town Manager requested an additional walkthrough with senior and leadership management teams, scheduled for April 22. A remote work policy will not appear in the handbook's first version; staff described opinion among senior managers as "split right down the middle" on the issue. The board also debated how to label a year-to-date turnover rate of 3.1 percent based on 10 non-retirement departures through March, with Morachek arguing the figure should be annualized to 12 percent for comparison against any town manager benchmark. Time-to-fill averaged 84 days to offer acceptance and 113 days to start date in March, with 18 regular-status positions currently open.