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Finance Committee recommends $10,000 transfer to cover interim building commissioner contract

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The Finance Committee recommended that the full Gardner City Council approve a $10,000 transfer to cover an interim contract for the building commissioner while the city continues recruitment.

The Gardner City Council Finance Committee on July 31 recommended that the full council approve a $10,000 transfer from the building department—s salary and wages account to its operating expense account to fund an interim contract for the building commissioner.

City staff explained the requested transfer is intended to pay retired former commissioner Jeff Cook for interim work while the city continues to recruit and vet candidates for the permanent position. "Retired, former commissioner Jeff Cook has been filling in in the interim," staff said, and the transcript records that Cook has been working roughly eight hours a week (Mondays and Thursdays) to keep zoning…

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