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City clerk asks committee to consider higher assistant clerk pay, details operational needs
Summary
The Gardner city clerk outlined a budget largely level-funded except for salary requests and urged a pay adjustment for the assistant city clerk to reflect legal responsibilities and mandatory election duties; the clerk also described equipment and supply needs tied to elections and certified documents.
City Clerk presented the clerk's office budget to the Finance Committee on May 29 and asked committee members to consider an increase for the assistant city clerk's salary and for funding the office's operational needs tied to elections and certified records.
City Clerk (role: City Clerk) told the committee the initial salary request reflected earlier salary-study data and the clerk's institutional experience, saying, "I began working here in 2010 and became the department head by 2021," and stressing that the assistant clerk must be able to assume full legal duties during the clerk's absence. The clerk…
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