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Town reports hiring gains but employee housing and facilities remain significant challenges
Summary
Town staff said recent hires have filled many police and fire vacancies and added roles like an environmental contamination coordinator and a projects manager, but facilities maintenance staffing remains thin and a $14 million employee-housing appropriation failed.
Nantucket — Town staff told the advisory committee on July 12 that the town has made multiple recent hires but remains challenged by facilities maintenance and employee housing shortages. Libby Gibson reported the town has “nearly” filled police and fire vacancies, added a deputy housing director, one additional real-estate staffer, an environmental contamination coordinator, an IT staffer and a full-time projects manager in town administration. “We need at least 1 more” projects manager, she said, and noted facilities…
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