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Appointments committee recommends confirmation of multiple mayoral appointees; IT director item held
Summary
The Gardner appointments committee recommended confirmation of a slate of mayoral appointments to boards and commissions and deferred action on the information technology director appointment until the next meeting.
The Gardner City Appointments Committee moved multiple items forward to the full council on voice votes Friday, recommending confirmation of a slate of mayoral appointees to boards and commissions and taking procedural action on one item.
Votes at a glance (committee recommendations to the full council): - Joshua (Josh) Cormier: Recommend confirmation as director of purchasing and civil enforcement (item 11643). Motion made and passed; committee to forward to full council. - Jonathan Zlotnick: Recommend confirmation to the Redevelopment Authority and the Industrial Development Finance Authority (items 11653 and 11657). Motions made and passed. - Judy Mack: Recommend confirmation to the Redevelopment Authority and the Industrial Development Finance Authority (items 11652 and 11656). Motions made and passed. - Philip Pazewski (Phil Pazewski): Recommend confirmation to the Youth Commission (item 11648). Motion made and passed. - Robert O'Keefe: Appointment to Information Technology Director (item 11670) was held for a future meeting at the committee's request; the committee voted to keep the item on the calendar so the candidate could attend a future meeting. - Additional reappointments recommended to full council included: Francis Lemieux and Kathleen Deal to the Cultural Council (items 11649 and 11650), Steven Cormier to the Housing Authority (item 11668), Scott Huntin and Chris Perra to the Historical Commission (items 11664 and 11663), and others listed on the agenda; motions for these reappointments were made and passed by the committee.
Procedural notes: For the IT director appointment (Robert O'Keefe), the mayor said the candidate had been informed in writing and confirmed receipt but was not present; several committee members agreed a salaried candidate should ideally attend and the committee voted to keep the item on the calendar for the next meeting. For other items the committee relied on mayoral write-ups and brief introductions by appointees.
The committee's recommendations will be considered by the full Gardner City Council at its next meeting.
