Article 4 was approved at the Annual Town Meeting, appropriating $167,467.66 to implement personnel policies and compensation updates. The article generated discussion regarding the addition of a Town Engineer position to the town's personnel plan.

Town Manager René Read explained that Article 4 serves to add the job description to the town's official plan, though the actual funding for the hire resides in the operating budget. What we do now is... we request that we make a request of the voters to consider the idea of adding a position. Now, that doesn't mean we're funding it. It just means we're including it in the personnel plan, Read said. The motion passed 196-34.

Motion: I move that the town appropriate the sum of $167,467.66 to implement the personnel policies... raise and appropriate $152,652.67; $9,070.50 from ROCC Enterprise; $5,744.49 from water retained earnings.

Vote: Passed 196-34