Town Hall, we do things right and we follow up on select board business???
Fire Chief employment contract up June 30, 2023.
page 2 and 3 - compensation:
FY 21 = $80,000.00
FY 23 = $86,500.00
FY 21 budget book shows fire chief pay at $80,000.00
FY 22 budget book shows fire chief pay at $83,250.00
FY 23 budget book shows fire chief pay at $83,250.00
So, fire chief was not given raise in fy 23? What happened? What could it be? Time to read fire chief contract. Page 5 shows courses and seminars: "The chief shall annually attend at least twenty-four hours of professional development courses, seminars and meetings . . . "
college level courses: The chief in his personal time shall pursue appropriate professional certification and job-related college level courses in accordance with goals and objectives agreed to by him and the administrator described in section 9.
Section 9: performance review and goals:
1. annual goals and objectives, by July 31, 2020, the chiefs' professional goals and objectives shall be reduced to writing and submitted to administrator for review and approval. These goals shall include the requirement to annually complete the course described above.
2. Performance review, the chief acknowledges that is performance shall be evaluated by the accomplishment of the specific goals and objectives described above.
Page 6 states C -salary review - The chief acknowledges that the salary increases described above in section 3 (a) are conditioned on the annual completion of the courses described above. The chief will not receive such annual salary increase until such time as he has completed said courses, unless otherwise excused by the administrator upon the basis of extraordinary circumstances. The chief further acknowledges that the increase in compensation anticipated to be granted over his fy 2020 compensation shall not be granted until submission of the professional development plan.
So, conclusion could be since chief did not get raise in fy23, he did not complete required training and education. Perhaps question should be, should he continue to be town fire chief? Is it insubordination to fail to complete required and agreed to training and course work? Templeton continues no enforcement of agreements, rules, bylaws, state law and no follow upon board business.
