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POMPS POND
The enlarged water front and swimming beach with the new parking area were greatly appreciated by our citizens who visited this popular recreation center. The atten- dance this year was extraordinary and on one Sunday in July, by actual count, the attendance was over 2300. The extended beach front and the increased enrollment in wa- ter safety classes taxed our personnel to the limit and in 1958 we shall have to add one more full time and one more part time life guard to our personnel. Slides and swings have been provided for the little tots and a new merry-go-round will be installed for the coming season. Development will continue in the area behind the parking lot, where we hope to have a very large picnic area in the not too distant future. For the first time stickers were issued to all Andover residents desiring them and the beach was restricted to Andover People only. The stickers were obtained by application at the Police Station and over 1800 were issued. This innovation proved to be a wise and successful move. The work involved was tremen- dous and this was gladly assumed by the Police Department Personnel, whom we most sincerely commend for the excel- lent job in the distribution of these stickers. We plan to use the same system this year. The number of young- sters enrolled in various classes of water safety sur- passed 300 and this number will be increased for the coming season.
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SPECIAL ACTIVITIES
We provide for skating only in Ballardvale as we have no other suitable area to flood. There were about three weeks of skating during the year, broken into inter- vals of two or three days at one time.
Every year representatives from all sections of the town are called in to make plans for the Annual Halloween Parties. This year the folks in Ballardvale, North Dis- trict and at Central requested parties. Other sections did not wish for parties in their respective areas.
The Easter Candy Hunt, now an Andover tradition, was the same fast but furious scramble, very enjoyable, even though of short duration.
We extend our sincere thanks to the following organ- izations for their generous support in making these par- ties successful: Police Department, Andover Boosters As- sociation, Andover Teachers Association, Disabled Ameri- can Veterans' Auxiliary, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxili- ary and the Central Parent-Teachers Association. Our deep appreciation, also, goes forth to the Police Department, the Fire Department, the Board of Selectmen, the Board of Health, the Board of Public Works and to our recreation supervisors and instructors for their ever willing and ready spirit of cooperation which made it possible for us to have one of the best and most successful programs in many years.
Respectfully submitted,
L. Gleynn Yeaton, Jr. Chairman James D. Doherty Durwood W. Moody Walter Pearson Francis P. Markey, Secretary
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Report of Personnel Board
The Personnel Board established under the provision of Article 24 of the 1957 Town meeting worked actively during the past year to prepare a Wage and Salary Classi- fication and Compensation Plan for presentation to and approval by the Board of Selectmen and the 1958 Annual Town Meeting.
In October, the Personnel Board selected the Boston firm of Charles M. Evans and Associates to assist in the preparation of the detailed plan. The consultants began their work immediately operating under policy directives of the Personnel Board. Joint recommendations of the Personnel Board and its consultants are contained in the proposed Personnel By-law as a part of this report.
Throughout the year meetings have been held with the Board of Selectmen, the Trustees of Memorial Hall Library, the School Committee, the Board of Health, Finance Com- mittee and other interested groups. Discussions have also been conducted with officers and members of the Town Employees Association.
The Personnel Board believes that the Classification and Compensation Plan recommended for adoption would eliminate inequities in wages within the Town of Andover and would place the general level of salaries on the same basis as those in comparable Massachusetts munici- palities and local business and industry. The resulting increase in cost is felt to be moderate and within the ability of the Town to support. Flexibility in dealing with future problems is an important feature of the proposed By-law.
In the fringe benefit area, primary emphasis has been placed on standardizing personnel practices, codify- ing current policies wherever possible. Beyond suggest- ing a third week's vacation for fifteen year's service in certain classifications, and providing paid holidays for the Police, Fire, and Public Works Departments, current practices were not disturbed to any important extent. The Personnel Board believes that changes in 1958 should be concentrated on the salary structure and that improve- ments in fringe benefits, if advisable, should be analyzed for discussion at future Town Meetings.
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The Board wishes to express its thanks to all who have cooperated with our Board in completing our assign- ment.
Respectfully submitted,
John C. Young, Chairman
John S. Sullivan, Secretary Kenneth C. Bevan
William A. Harnedy
William Mackintosh
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PROPOSED BYLAW
Section 1. Classification and Compensation Plans
a. The official classification and compensation plans for positions in the service of the Town of Andover except positions held by elected officials and positions under the jurisdiction of the School Committee shall con- sist of classes listed by titles and assigned to compensa- tion grades as set forth in the schedules appearing below.
b. Upon formal vote of the School Committee with official notification thereof to the Personnel Board, non- professional positions in the School Department shall be included in the classification and compensation plans and as such shall be subject to the rules for the administra- tion of these plans. These nonprofessional positions shall remain subject to the administration of these plans until the School Committee rescinds its previous action in placing the positions in the classification and compensa- tion plans and formally notifies the Personnel Board of its action.
Section 2. Occupational Groups
Classes of positions shall be assigned to the follow- ing designated occupational groups:
a. Administrative and Clerical
Bookkeeping Machine Operator
Civil Defense Director (Part-Time)
Clerk and Stenographer
Clerk and Typist
Office Manager
Parking Meter Teller (Part-Time)
Public Health Nurse and Health Agent
Senior Account Clerk
Senior Clerk and Stenographer
Senior Clerk and Typist
Town Accountant
Town Counsel (Part-Time)
Veterans' Agent
Welfare Agent
b. Custodial
Cleaner Custodian A Custodian B
Supervisor of School Custodians
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ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE
Compensation Grade
Class Title
Min.
II
III
IV
Max.
S-1
Pastry Cook B (PT)
$2090
$2190
$2290
$2400
$2510
40 weeks
S-2
Pastry Cook A
(PT)
2220
2330
2440
2550
2660
S-3
Clerk. and Typist Cook-Manager C (PT)
2350
2460
2580
2700
2820
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S-4
Clerk and Stenographer
2490
2610
2730
2860
2990
Library Assistant I
Cook-Manager B (PT) School Traffic Supervisor (PT)
$800
S-5
Cook-Manager A (PT) Custodian B
2640
2770
2900
3030
3170
40 weeks
S-6
Senior Clerk and Typist Bookkeeping Machine Operator Police Clerk
2800
2940
3080
3220
3360
S-7
Senior Clerk and Stenographer
2970
3110
3260
3410
3560
Senior Account Clerk
Library Assistant II
Dog Officer (PT)
$325
S-8
Junior Engineering Aide
3150
3300
3450
3610
3770
S-9
Custodian A Professional Assistant
3340
3500
3660
3830
4000
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Single Rate or Annual Employment
ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (CONT'D. ) Single Rate or IV Max. Annual Employment
Compensation Grade
S-10
S-11
Office Manager School Librarian
3750
3930
4110
4300
4490
Supervisor of School Custodians
Milk Inspector (PT)
$400
Public Health Nurse and Health Agent
3980
4170
4360
4560
4760
Assistant Librarian
4220
4420
4630
4840
5050
Supervisor of Children's Services
Civil Defense Director (PT)
$1000
Sealer of Weights and Measures (PT)
$ 900
Veterans' Agent
4470
4690
4910
5130
5350
Animal Inspector (PT)
$ 500
Building Inspector (PT)
$3500
Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector (PT)
$1800
Wire Inspector (PT)
$1500
Welfare Agent
4740
4970
5200
5430
5670
Assessors' Engineer
5020
5260
5510
5760
6010
Librarian
Town Accountant
Superintendent of Highways, Parks, Trees and Garage
Superintendent of Water and Sewers
Class Title
Min.
II
III
Cemetery Superintendent School Lunch Director (PT)
$3540
$3710
$3880
$4060
$4240
40 weeks
S-12
S-13
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S-14
S-15
S-16
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ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE (CONT'D.) Single Rate or Max. IV Annual Employment
Compensation Grade
Class Title
Min.
II
III
$5320
$5580
$5840
$6100
$6370
S-18
5640
5910
6190
6470
6750
S-19
5980
6270
6560
6860
7160
S-20
Town Counsel (PT)
6340
6650
6960
7270
7590
$2500
S-17
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POLICE-FIRE ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE
Compensation Grade
Class Title
Min.
II
III
Max.
Single Rate
PF-1
Fire Fighter
$3950
$4100
$4250
$4400
Patrolman
(75.70) (78.60) (81.50) (84.30)
Reserve Patrolman (PT) *
Fire Fighter - Call (PT)
Fire Lieutenant
$4550
$4700 (90.00)
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PF-2a
Fire Captain - Call (PT)
$372.50
PF-3
Deputy Fire Chief
$4850
$5150
Police Sergeant
(95.90)
(98.70)
PF-4
$5800
$6200
Fire Chief Police Chief
(111.00)
(118.90)
** $247.00
*** $295.00
**** $345.00
PF-2
(87.10)
*** $322.50
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*Reserve Patrolman serves at minimum rate.
** 66-2/3% availability.
*** 75%
**** 100%
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HOURLY WAGE SCHEDULE
Class Title
Min.
II
III
IV
Max.
Library Page (PT)
$0.60
$0.65
$0.70
$0.75
$0.80
Projectionist (PT)
0.80
0.85
0.90
0.95
1.00
Cafeteria Helper (PT)
1.05
1.10
1.15
1.20
1.25
Cleaner
1.15
1.20
1.25
1.30
1.35
Parking Meter Teller (PT)
1.30
1.35
1.40
1.45
1.50
W-6
Cemetery Laborer
Fire Alarm Maintenance Man (PT)
Laborer
Police Utility Employee (PT)
Maintenance Man
1.52
1.58
1.64
1.70
1.76
Water Meter Reader
Motor Equipment Operator
Tree Climber
1.60
1.66
1.72
1.78
1.84
Water Meter Repairman & Installer
Water Pumping Station Operator
1.68
1.74
1.80
1.86
1.92
Working Foreman
1.76
1.82
1.88
1.94
2.00
Compensation Grade
W-1
W-2
W-3
W-4
W-5
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W-7
W-8
W-9
W-10
Heavy Motor Equipment Operator Motor Equipment Repairman
1.46
1.52
1.58
1.64
1.70
HOURLY WAGE SCHEDULE (CONT'D.)
Compensation Grade
Class Title
Min.
II
III
IV
Max.
W-11
Motor Equipment Repair Working Foreman Signal Maintainer (PT) Tree Climber Working Foreman
$1.84
$1.90
$1.96
$2.02
$2.08
W-12 Chief Water Pumping Station Operator* Highway and Parks Foreman Water and Sewer Foreman
1.94
2.00
2.06
2.12
2.18
*Gross salary rates from which maintenance item(s) are deducted.
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c. Domestic Service
Cafeteria Helper (Part-Time)
Cook-Manager A
(Part-Time)
Cook-Manager B
(Part-Time)
Cook-Manager C
(Part-Time)
Pastry Cook A
(Part-Time)
Pastry Cook B
(Part-Time)
School Lunch Director (Part-Time)
d. Fire
Deputy Fire Chief
Fire Alarm Maintenance Man (Part-Time)
Fire Captain - Call (Part-Time)
Fire Chief
Fire Fighter
Fire Fighter - Call (Part-Time)
Fire Lieutenant
Signal Maintainer (Part-Time)
e. Inspection
Animal Inspector (Part-Time)
Assessor's Engineer
Building Inspector (Part-Time)
Dog Officer (Part-Time)
Milk Inspector (Part-Time)
Plumbing and Sanitary Inspector (Part-Time)
Sealer of Weights and Measures (Part-Time) Wire Inspector (Part-Time)
f. Library
Assistant Librarian Librarian
Library Assistant I
Library Assistant II
Library Page (Part-Time)
Professional Assistant
Projectionist (Part-Time)
School Librarian
Supervisor of Children's Services
g . Police
Patrolman Police Chief
Police Clerk
Police Sergeant
Police Utility Employee (Part-Time)
Reserve Patrolman (Part-Time)
School Traffic Supervisor (Part-Time)
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h. Public Works
Cemetery Laborer
Cemetery Superintendent
Chief Water Pumping Station Operator
Heavy Motor Equipment Operator Highway and Parks Foreman
Junior Engineering Aide
Laborer Maintenance Man
Motor Equipment Operator
Motor Equipment Repairman
Motor Equipment Repair Working Foreman
Superintendent of Highways, Parks, Trees, and Garage
Superintendent of Water and Sewers Tree Climber
Tree Climber Working Foreman
Water and Sewer Foreman
Water Meter Reader
Water Meter Repairman and Installer
Water Pumping Station Operator
Working Foreman
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Section 3. Titles of Positions
No person shall be appointed, employed or paid as an employee in any position subject to the provisions of the classification and compensation plans under any title other than that of the position the duties of which are actually performed. The class title shall be the official title for all purposes having to do with the position and shall be used to designate the position in all payrolls, budget estimates and official reports.
Section 4. Salary or Wage Rates Above Maximum
Any salary or wage rate which was in effect on or before October 1, 1957 and which is above the maximum rate for the class, to which the position has been allocated, shall be deemed a personal rate and shall apply only to the incumbent. When such incumbent leaves the employ of the Town, or is transferred to another position or a new maximum rate higher than the personal rate is established, the personal rate shall disappear. No other employee assigned to, or hired for, such position shall advance be- yond the maximum rate of the compensation grade to which the class has been assigned.
Section 5. Adjustment Policy
a. Every employee in continuous full-time service of
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the Town in permanent status occupying a position subject to the classification and compensation plans shall be eligible for consideration to advance to the next higher step until the maximum rate for his position is reached, pursuant to the following rules:
(1) Annual Salary Schedule
After one year at the minimum and each in- termediate step rate, reaching the maximum rate at the end of the fourth year.
(2) Police-Fire Annual Salary Schedule
(a) After one year at the minimum and each intermediate step rate for com- pensation grade PF-1, reaching the maximum rate at the end of the third year.
(b) After one year at Step III for compen- sation grades PF-2, PF-3 and PF-4, reaching the maximum rate at the end of one year.
(3) Hourly Wage Schedule
After six months at the minimum rate and one year at each intermediate step rate, reaching the maximum rate at the end of three and one-half years.
(4) Single-Rate Positions
Employees occupying positions for which single rates have been established in the compensation plan shall not be eligible for step-rate increases.
b. Employees occupying part-time positions in class- es assigned to rate ranges shall be eligible for consider- ation for increases on the same basis as provided for full- time personnel. However, the total employment for such part-time employees must equal thirty weeks at the number of working hours specified for the occupational groups in which their respective positions are included.
c. The increase is subject to the approval of the employee's department head and the Personnel Board. Any employee denied such an increase by his department head Shall have the right to appeal to the Personnel Board. The Board shall confer with both the employee and the depart-
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ment head and is empowered to grant the employee the in- crement increase without the approval of the department head.
d. Increases granted under the provisions of this section shall become effective on the first day of April or the first day of October following the eligibility de- termination.
Section 6. Initial Adjustment of Salaries and Wages
a. Upon the adoption of the classification and com- pensation plans by Town Meeting, salaries and wages in effect on or before October 1, 1957 shall be adjusted to the rates on the various schedules in the compensation plan determined by the prior service, as certified by the department head and approved by the Personnel Board, that incumbent employees have rendered in the positions they hold subject to the classification plan, subject to the following provisions :
(1) If the amount of the adjustment increase is in excess of $400.00 (except to the minimum rate of the compensation grade), the first year adjustment shall be limited to $400.00.
(2) The balance of the initial adjustment de- termined by paragraph a of this section shall be paid to the eligible employee in the second year following adoption of the plans in addition to any further increment for which the employee is eligible during that year.
b. Initial adjustments of salaries and wages deter- mined under this section shall take effect as of April 1, 1958.
Section 7. New Personnel
The hiring rate shall be the minimum rate of the range of the class for which the new employee is hired except for single-rate classes or unless otherwise author- ized by the Personnel Board.
Section 8. Transfers and Promotions
a. When an employee is promoted to a higher-rated position, he shall enter it at the minimum rate of the range for the appropriate compensation grade or, if his existing rate is the same or higher than the minimum rate
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of the new class, at the next step above his present rate. He may also receive a one-step rate increase at the time if the department head recommends that qualifications and performance warrant it, and if the Personnel Board ap- proves.
b. £ If an employee is transferred to a lower-rated position, he shall enter it at his rate in the position from which he is transferred. The salary or wage of such employee, however, shall be adjusted to the appropriate rate in the range for his new position within one year by such periodic adjustments as the Personnel Board shall de- termine.
Section 9. Work Week
The work week of employees occupying positions that require a full work week and that are subject to the classification and pay plans shall be as follows:
a. Administrative and Clerical Groups - 372 hours.
The respective department heads may reduce the work week to not under 35 hours for employees occupying these positions when the work load of the department so permits.
b. Public Works and Custodial Groups - 45 hours.
The respective department heads may reduce the work week to not under 40 hours for employees occupying these positions when the work load of the department so permits.
c. Library Group - 38 hours.
d. Police Department - 40 hours.
e. Fire Department - 56 hours.
f. Domestic Service Group - 40 hours.
This work week may be reduced to not under 35 hours for employees occupying these positions when the work load of the department so permits.
g . Inspection Group - 40 hours.
Section 10. Pay for Overtime Work
a. Overtime compensation shall be paid at the rate of time and one-half to eligible employees in the Public
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Works and Custodial groups for hours worked in excess of forty-five in any work week.
b. Overtime compensation shall be paid to employees in the uniformed forces of the police and fire depart- ments at straight time (weekly rate divided by the number of hours set forth in Section 9) for hours worked in excess of
(1) Forty hours, Police Department
(2) Fifty-six hours, Fire Department
c. Any eligible employee rendering overtime service out of the compensation grade in which he is regularly employed shall receive:
(1) Overtime compensation based on his regular salary or wage rate unless it is lower than the minimum of the grade in which overtime is served, in which case he shall be paid on the basis of the minimum rate of the grade in which service is rendered.
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(2) Overtime compensation based on his regular salary or wage unless it is higher than the maximum of the grade in which overtime is rendered, in which case he shall be paid on the basis of the maximum rate for the grade in which service is rendered.
(3) Overtime compensation based on his regular salary or wage if the duties performed in the lower grade are essentially a part of the duties of the class to which the em- ployee's position has been allocated.
d. Overtime shall not be paid to supervisory employ- ees whose duties include the authorization and approval of overtime for subordinates.
e. Overtime shall not be paid to employees in the administrative and clerical, library, inspection, and domestic service groups who shall be entitled to compen- satory time off as the work load of the departments permit for time worked in excess of the work weeks designated in Section 9.
Section 11. Holidays
a. Designated holidays shall be January 1, February 22, April 19, May 30, July 4, Labor Day, October 12,
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November 11, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day.
b. Every employee' occupying a full-time position subject to the classification and compensation plans, or a part-time position subject to the classification and pay plans that is paid on a weekly basis, or a part-time position under the jurisdiction of the School Committee that is subject to the classification and pay plans and who is paid for a full work week, shall be entitled to these designated holidays on the following terms:
(1) Every employee who is paid on an hourly basis shall be paid one day's pay at his regular straight-time rate for each desig- nated holiday falling on, or legally ob- served on, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday or within the employee's designated work week. Such payment shall be based on the number of hours regularly worked by the employee on the day on which the designated holiday occurs.
(2) Every employee who is not paid on an hourly basis shall be granted each desig- nated holiday without loss in pay.
(3) School employees in part-time positions who work a full work week shall be en- titled to the benefits under paragraphs (1) and (2) only for those holidays that occur during their regular period of em- ployment.
c. Payment under the provisions of this section shall be made providing that the eligible employee shall have worked on the regularly scheduled work day next pre- ceding and shall have worked, or satisfactorily presented himself for work, on the regularly scheduled work day next following each legally observed holiday.
d. Any employee who performs work on a legally ob- served holiday shall be paid at the same rate established for the regular work day on which such holiday occurs in addition to the amount he would be entitled to receive under the preceding provisions of this section unless such work is performed during a tour of duty which began on the day preceding such holiday.
e. Any employee who, because of a rotation of shifts, works different days in successive weeks shall be granted, in each year in which the number of holidays falling on his regular days off is in excess of the num-
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ber of holidays in that year falling on Saturday, addition- al days off equal to the excess.
Section 12. Sick Leave
a. Every employee occupying a full-time position subject to the classification and compensation plans or a part-time position in which the employee has worked a total of at least 30 weeks at the regular work week for his occupational group shall be allowed by the head of his department sick leave with pay for a period of 15 days during each calendar year, provided said leave is caused by sickness or injury, exposure to contagious disease, or on account of serious illness or death of members of the employee's immediate family.
b. Sick leave allowed under provisions of the pre- ceding paragraph shall be cumulative up to a total of:
30 days in the first five years of service;
45 days. from the sixth through the tenth year of service;
60 days after the tenth year of service.
c. When absence by reason of sickness or injury is for a period of more than five days, the department head shall require said employee to file a certificate of disability, signed by a regularly licensed and practicing physician, before the employee shall be entitled to com- pensation as herein provided.
d. In the event an employee who is eligible to re- ceive compensation under the provisions of this section has received financial payments from workmen's compensa- tion insurance for the same period of absence, the sum paid by the Town for said period of absence shall be the difference between the amount of the employee's regular compensation paid by the Town and the amount received by the employee from workmen's compensation insurance.
e. In every instance due to absence in accordance with the provisions of this section, each employee shall file with the head of his department an Employee Certifi- cate of Payment, to be prescribed by the Town Accountant, before the employee shall be entitled to compensation as herein provided. Each department head shall keep a record of all sick leaves granted to each employee in his depart- ment on a standard form to be prescribed.
f. Employees whose services are terminated shall not
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Section 13. Vacation Leave
a. Every employee occupying a full-time position subject to the classification and compensation plans shall be granted two weeks' vacation with pay during each twelve-month period beginning April 1st and ending March 31st, provided he has rendered 30 weeks' full-time ser- vice in that twelve-month period, with the exception of library professional positions.
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