BOS minutes exec session 03-01-11

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Minutes 
Board of Selectmen 
Executive Session 
March 1, 2011 
Memorial Hall - Salah Meeting Room 
Present: Victor Del Vecchio, Chairman, Avril Elkort, Vice-Chairman, Robert E. Burr, 
Jr., Clerk, John J. Connolly, Member, Gerald A. Salvatori, Jr., Member, William T. Friel, 
Town Administrator, Jennifer Andrews, Administrative Secretary. 
Meeting was called to order at 9:20 p.m. 
Also present for the meeting were Jim Murgia, Finance Director, and members of the 
Finance Committee, Alan Hines, Patricia Johnson, Jim Sims, John Friel, Dave Emhardt, 
Mark Porter and Robert Barker. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A discussion regarding individual contracts followed. The BUS explained the equity 
adjustments being proposed in the individual contracts was based on a survey of 
comparable salaries from Canton's peer benchmark towns and the BOS's objective to 
remain near the average of those benchmark towns, and 20 year step being granted was a 
past practice for many other employees. 
The BUS supports the request made by the Town Clerk for an equity adjustment and has 
included sufficient funds in their proposed budget to fund this adjustment, as they did for 
the Town Administrator, Information Systems manager and the Network Coordinator. 
The BUS also responded to questions relating to FINCOM's review of the contracts in 
question that have been negotiated to date. The BUS noted that the equity adjustments 
and all salaries included in these contracts have been included in the 2012 Municipal 
budget that was approved by the BUS. Therefore, no additional funds need to be 
established by FINCOM for these or other individual contracts being negotiated. 
A motion made to adjourn the meeting at 10:40 p.m. 
Respe ull A ubmitted, 
Ro ert E. Burr, 
Clerk