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On May 21, the select board released the town manager’s contract extension, a new three-year agreement that takes effect on August 17. Appointed in June 2023, Town Manager Jennifer Constable is completing her first three-year term as Hull’s top executive.

The 10-page document was finalized during an executive session on May 13 and was signed by four of the five members of the select board. Member Jerry Taverna, who participated in the meeting, did not sign the contract.

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Under the terms of the agreement, the town manager’s annual base salary is $208,274, with provisions for cost-of-living and merit increases “at the board’s discretion based upon a performance evaluation.” In April the board voted unanimously to grant Constable a 3% cost-of-living raise prior to beginning negotiations for the contract extension.

The board must give Constable six months’ notice of its intention to not renew the contract on its expiration on August 16, 2029; if she decides to leave her employment, the town manager must give 90 days’ notice unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. If fired or “requested to resign by the select board,” the town must pay four months’ wages, “unless said termination is for serious misconduct,” according to the agreement.

The benefits provided for under the contract include:

• Five weeks of paid vacation – the equivalent of 20 working days, as town offices are open four days per week.

• 13 paid holidays

• An unspecified number of paid sick days

• Three personal days

• Funding for the employment agreement is not subject to budget appropriation; the contracted salary is a binding obligation and according to this contract, cannot be superseded by a budget reduction at town meeting.

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