Panel backs ballot question, equal employment policies

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What happened

The Policies and Procedures Subcommittee voted 2-0 to recommend the revised ballot question policy and the Equal Employment Opportunity Policy to the full Select Board. Staff said state law requires 35 days' notice to the town clerk, but the origin of the 46-day figure is unclear. The cemetery item and outdoor amusements licensing went to the full board without votes, while the fraud, hearing and life-threatening illnesses policies stay with staff.

Key decisions

• 📜 Revised ballot question policy recommended to full Select Board. The subcommittee voted to recommend the revised policy to the full Select Board. A member questioned the 46-day deadline, and marked-up notes on it were removed. (Vote 2-0). Read case details
• 📜 Renamed Equal Employment Opportunity Policy recommended to full board. Recommended to the full Select Board for approval. The policy was formerly the affirmative action policy and carries updated legal language from HR Director Stephanie Oliver. (Vote 2-0). Read case details
• 📜 Revised outdoor amusements licensing policy sent to full board. Sent to the full board without a subcommittee vote, including whether to keep the 1971 carnival and circus ban. (Vote no vote). Read case details
• 📜 Cemetery rules item sent to full board. Sent to the full board with no vote. Members could find no written cemetery policy behind a June 19, 2007, minutes reference, and staff will consult town counsel. (Vote no vote). Read case details
• 📜 Overlapping fraud and anti-fraud policies to be reviewed. Not sent to the full board. Staff will review the 2023 fraud policy and 2011 anti-fraud policy with HR and town counsel. Read case details
• 📜 Life-threatening illnesses policy returned to staff. Staff will check when FMLA took effect relative to the policy and bring it back at the next meeting. (Next: Nov. 24, 10 a.m.). Read case details
• 📜 Hearing policy to be simplified and returned. Not voted on. Staff will clean up the executive session language to cite the statute and return it at the next meeting. (Next: Nov. 24, 10 a.m.). Read case details

Next dates

• Nov. 24: Subcommittee meeting; hearing and illness policies return

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