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Worcester officials discuss restoring Parks department leadership and separating it from DPW
Summary
City staff presented the history and rationale for separating Parks from the Department of Public Works; councilors supported elevating parks leadership and requested a clearer division of responsibilities and contact points for constituents.
Worcester public works and parks officials presented an informational briefing on the history and reasons for administratively separating the Parks Department from the Department of Public Works (DPW), and the Public Works Subcommittee voted to file the informational report.
Rob Antonelli, the city’s parks official, and DPW leaders described the administrative history: parks and DPW were consolidated during a past downturn to share administrative functions; over the subsequent decades parks continued to operate with distinct field operations and limited staff-sharing with streets or sanitation.…
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