Wayland Personnel Board approves two policy revisions, sends jury duty draft back

WAYLAND -- December 9, 2024, Wayland Personnel Board approves two non-union policy updates but tables jury duty revision over open-ended pay exposure. The board voted 4-0 Monday to adopt revised general policy statement N1-1.0 and military leave policy N4-7.1, the latter with an added reference to the federal USERRA statute, but sent jury duty policy N4-6.1 back for redrafting after member Paul Morenberg warned the draft set no limit on how long the town would pay the salary differential against the roughly $50-a-day juror stipend. Morenberg recommended a cap of two weeks to 30 days as a "generous, but flexible" standard. HR Manager Catherine Ryan said the long-awaited classification and compensation study RFP, funded at last year's town meeting, will be released in January and take six to nine months, ahead of three collective bargaining agreements expiring in June 2026. The board also approved Sept. 9 minutes 3-0, with Mary Ellen Castagno abstaining.