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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4417 FILED ON: 6/26/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3997 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Denise C. Garlick |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to amend the Needham charter. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Denise C. Garlick13th Norfolk6/22/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4417 FILED ON: 6/26/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3997 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Garlick of Needham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3997) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Denise C. Garlick (by vote of the town) for legislation to amend the charter of the town of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Needham. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to amend the Needham charter. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1: Section 20B of chapter 403 of the acts of 1971, as most recently amended |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2by chapter 277 of the acts of 2022, is hereby further amended by striking out clause (v) and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3inserting in place thereof the following: |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 "(v) shall adopt rules and regulations establishing a human resources system, subject to |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5the approval of the select board and in consultation with the human resources advisory |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6committee, as necessary; provided however, that such human resources system shall make use of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7modern concepts of human resources management and shall include, but not be limited to: (a) a |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8method of administration; (b) human resources policies indicating the rights, obligations, and |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9benefits of employees; (c) a classification plan; (d) a compensation plan; (e) a method of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10recruiting and selecting employees based on merit principles; (f) a centralized record keeping |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11system; (g) disciplinary and grievance procedures; (h) a professional development and training |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12program; and (i) such other elements as deemed necessary; provided further, that all town 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13agencies and positions shall be subject to the rules and regulations adopted under this clause, |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14excluding employees of the school department and as otherwise provided in chapter 150E of the |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15General Laws." |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16 SECTION 2: Section 21 of said chapter 403, as so amended, is hereby further amended |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17by striking out the words "personnel board" in clause (ii) and inserting in place thereof the words |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18"human resources advisory committee." |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19 SECTION 3: This act shall take effect upon passage |
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