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The single clerk in a small Maine town resigned after the board of selectmen denied her vacation request.
Christen Bouchard was the town clerk in Passadumkeag, Maine, since 2020. She requested a two-week vacation about a month and a half ago. Her plea was denied by the board of selectmen. They claimed that no one was available to step in for her.
She left on April 7. The town has had no one to register vehicles, keep crucial records, or communicate with the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The position of town clerk isn’t the only important opening in Passadumkeag. The town of 356 people also lacks a code enforcement officer, an assessor, an animal control officer, and a school administration official, according to The Bangor Daily News.
The town office shut down to in-person visitors until further notice, according to a statement sent out on April 19.
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To be fair, denying paid vacation is really not something the upper management should do, even if you're lacking human resources. What the town needs is a way to enact 4-day work week, or maybe less (3-day Mon/Wed/Fri work schedule), to accommodate this.
Christen Bouchard was the town clerk in Passadumkeag, Maine, since 2020. She requested a two-week vacation about a month and a half ago. Her plea was denied by the board of selectmen. They claimed that no one was available to step in for her.
She left on April 7. The town has had no one to register vehicles, keep crucial records, or communicate with the state Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
The position of town clerk isn’t the only important opening in Passadumkeag. The town of 356 people also lacks a code enforcement officer, an assessor, an animal control officer, and a school administration official, according to The Bangor Daily News.
The town office shut down to in-person visitors until further notice, according to a statement sent out on April 19.
Entire Maine town forced to shut after its only clerk quits over denied vacation
The single clerk in a small Maine town resigned after the board of selectmen had denied her vacation request.
www.breezyscroll.com
To be fair, denying paid vacation is really not something the upper management should do, even if you're lacking human resources. What the town needs is a way to enact 4-day work week, or maybe less (3-day Mon/Wed/Fri work schedule), to accommodate this.
When a city dissolves I believe the next bigger entity inherits it but it will get less services that is for sure.
