Some Plymouth city employees will have to reimburse the city for specialized training received at the city’s expense, if they leave their position within three years. Specifically, city drivers who get help in obtaining their Commercial Driver’s License will be subject to a new reimbursement agreement adopted by the Plymouth Board of Works Monday.“It has essentially a three-year window of if the employee is to leave his or her employment with the city, they would have to reimburse a pro-rated portion of their training expenses,” explained City Attorney Sean Surrisi. “Each year, a third of that would fall off. So by the time they reach the third year after getting certified, then there would be no more obligation under the agreement.”
Surrisi told board members that the agreement is similar to those used in other city departments, “It kind of models an agreement that we already have for law enforcement officers heading off to the police academy or for any kind of specialized training, basically just in recognition of the investment that we make in employees, putting them through CDL training.”
Plymouth Utility Superintendent Donnie Davidson had previously expressed concern that the city was serving as a training ground for employees who then move on to better jobs without any financial commitment to Plymouth.
