Published: 7/8/2021 9:59:56 PM
Modified: 7/8/2021 10:00:05 PM
Vote ‘yes’ to keep town manager plan in Hanover
During all-day voting at Hanover’s upcoming annual Town Meeting on Tuesday, voters are asked through a petitioned warrant article (No. 5): “Do you favor the continuation of the town manager plan as now in force in this town?” The Hanover Finance Committee, at a meeting on June 14, unanimously answered in the affirmative and urges Hanover voters to do likewise.
Unsaid in the article itself, the alternative is a town administrator, typically with more limited authority, and putting more responsibility with the Selectboard. In the opinion of the Finance Committee, governance and fiscal oversight are improved with a clean separation of executive and oversight duties, akin to the separation of the CEO and board chair roles in a corporate setting.
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CLAREMONT â Several city councilors said they remain hesitant to release reserved funds to address underpaid municipal employees at this time, citing a need for more details about which positions the pay increases and potential cost impact.
On Wednesday, City Manager Ed Morris discussed his desire to use $62,000 in budgeted funds this year to increase the compensation for a number of city employees whose pay is substantially below the regional market value.
Morris did not specify which individual positions would receive pay increases but said they were mostly employees in the low end of the cityâs pay scale whose compensation remains considerably below the level received in other area municipalities.