In 2000, the Personnel Department underwent a second major reorganization in just two years. The 1999 reorganization combined the personnel and benefits functions, located in the Personnel Department, with the payroll function, which was a division of the Town Treasurer's Office. Now all Town and School payrolls are processed in one department. This provided for greater efficiencies that will benefit both management and employees alike. Records of all Vacation, Personal, and Sick Leave are now integrated into the payroll process.
Employees now have their current leave balances printed on their check each week.
While the department has been able to meet this goal, the new software has posed a number of significant problems, which we continue to work through. A major goal for the department in 2001 is to work with Data Processing to address these concerns and make greater use of the data that is now available. The committee meetings are open to the public and public attendance is encouraged. The principal focus of the committee is to ensure that people of all races and ethnic backgrounds are given equal opportunity to apply for and receive positions of employment with the Town of Arlington. The committee continues to try to increase the number of minority applicants for positions of employment.