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Haverhill reallocates citizen center salary to expand Plug Pond supervision and recreation staffing
Summary
City human services and recreation staff plan a reorganization that repurposes the citizen center director salary to add site directors, Spanish‑speaking security and skilled laborers for parks; council approved the human services budget.
City human services staff told the council they will repurpose the departing citizen center director’s salary to expand summer supervision, increase Spanish‑language coverage at Plug Pond, and add maintenance and recreation staff across parks and facilities.
Vinny (Human Services) explained the plan: the city will use the director’s vacated salary to add citizen center directors, labor supervisors, a site director for Plug Pond and certified security guards with Spanish language ability. “We found a lot of non‑English‑speaking patrons at the park last year — that made it difficult,”…
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