Personnel Board approves starting steps for three town hires

WAYLAND -- November 15, 2022, Wayland Personnel Board signs off on starting steps for three town hires. The board voted 5-0 three times Tuesday to approve N6 Step 5 ($68,239) for a new management analyst, N8 Step 6 ($84,741) for the town's first sustainability manager, and G9 Step 8 ($108,630), the top union step, for a new building commissioner. HR Manager Kate Ryan said the building commissioner role had been vacant for months because state licensure makes the position hard to fill, and that an informal survey suggested Wayland's range is "low" relative to peer towns. Public Buildings Director Ben Keefe endorsed the sustainability hire, saying the candidate "would be a great fit for this town." The board also began mapping a rewrite of the town's 1953 personnel bylaw and approved its Oct. 12 minutes 4-0 with Jill Zukerman abstaining.