§ 515-4. Duties of Personnel Board.

The Board shall perform the following duties:

A. 

Administer the provisions of this bylaw, except for such duties as may be specifically assigned by statute or by Town bylaws to other Town officers or boards, and decide all questions relating to the interpretation and application of this bylaw.

B. 

Maintain personnel records of all Town employees, including elected and appointed officials. Said records shall contain all the vital statistics and other pertinent data on each such employee and shall be kept in the Town Hall. It shall be the duty of each Town official and employee to furnish to the Board, upon its request, such information as is required for the completion of personnel reports.

C. 

Investigate from time to time, but at intervals not exceeding three years, the compensation of any and all positions subject to this bylaw; hold hearings for that purpose if such are deemed necessary; and recommend such amendments to the classification and compensation plans and other provisions of this bylaw as the results of its investigation and hearings shall warrant.

D. 

Maintain written class descriptions or specifications for the classes established in the classification plan. Such descriptions or specifications shall describe the essential nature of work and the characteristics that distinguish one class from another.

E. 

Authorize, upon the recommendation of a department head and supported by evidence in writing of special reasons and exceptional circumstances satisfactory to the Board, an entrance rate for a position higher than the minimum or any other variance to the classification and compensation plans it may deem necessary for the proper functioning of the services of the Town, but no such variance shall become effective until funds have been appropriated therefor.

F. 

Administer the classification and compensation plans.

G. 

Determine which class and job title under the classification plan is applicable to any employee.

H. 

Reclassify a position to be found classified under an incorrect title, provided that the incumbent thereof has been given an opportunity to be heard and the recommendation of the department head has been obtained.

I. 

Establish a job title and compensation rate for each new or changed position, subject to the receipt of explanatory and substantiating data relative to the content of the position in such form as the Board shall require. Any new classes or titles added to the classification plan as a result of the Board's action shall be subject to ratification by vote of the Annual Town Meeting.

J. 

Recommend to the Town any changes in this bylaw, including the classification plan and compensation plan, which it considers necessary and desirable.

K. 

Represent the Town, when designated by the Board of Selectmen to do so, in collective bargaining with employee organizations under the provisions of MGL c. 150E.

L. 

Make an annual report in writing, said report to be printed in the Annual Town Report for the information of the voters and employees of the Town.