§ 43-3. Wage and Salary Classification Plan.

A. 

The positions of all nonelected Town employees are classified under the following job titles with the wage and salary rates set forth. (Refer to § 43-4.)

B. 

The Personnel Board may prepare such additional job descriptions to supplement the foregoing job titles as it deems necessary. Upon classification of said job description, the employing agency shall submit a funding request to the Finance Committee for subsequent budget action by Town meeting and shall comply with policies and procedures established from time to time by the Personnel Board.

C. 

If it becomes necessary during any year for any Town board, commission, committee, department or official (hereinafter referred to as an "employing agency") to hire a regular employee to do work not covered by an existing classification, the Personnel Board may establish a temporary new classification, but the same shall be submitted to the Town as a proposed amendment to the plan in the next warrant for a regular Town meeting.

D. 

Upon request of an employing agency, the Personnel Board is authorized, for cause shown, to convert an hourly rate shown in the foregoing schedule into a salary, or a salary into an hourly rate, provided that no change shall be made which will increase or reduce the average earnings of any employee.

E. 

The wages and salaries of Town employees shall be fixed in strict accordance with this plan. No employing agency shall pay or employ any person at a salary or wage not fixed in accordance with this plan and approved by the Personnel Board hereunder, nor shall the Personnel Board approve a salary or wage that was not previously proposed by or reviewed with the employing agency. In administering this section, the Personnel Board shall take into consideration any and all employee fringe benefits.

F. 

Longevity pay.

(1) 

Each full-time regular employee of the Town shall be awarded longevity pay in accordance with the following table:

	Years of Service	Longevity Pay
	After 5	$100 per year
	After 10	An additional $50 ($150 total)
	After 15	An additional $50 ($200 total)
	After 20	An additional $50 ($250 total)
	After 25	An additional $50 ($300 total)
	After 30	An additional $50 ($350 total)

(2) 

Payments will be made twice a year, on May 31 and November 30, and each payment will consist of 1/2 of the yearly amount. To qualify for the additional payments under this section, the employees must have completed the required years of service before the payment date. Part-time employees will be given consideration under this section.

(3) 

The Personnel Board will be responsible for determining the equivalency of longevity in each case.

(4) 

Administrative and professional employees hired after January 1, 1979, shall not be awarded longevity pay.

G. 

The Personnel Board shall establish a system/method of nonmonetary recognition for exceptional performance or contribution by one or more employees.