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Votes at a glance: Gardner City Council on Feb. 18 — appointments, minutes, ordinances and filings
Summary
At its Feb. 18 meeting the Gardner City Council approved minutes, confirmed several mayoral appointments, sent two ordinances to printing and placed communications on file. Below is a short roundup of formal actions and roll-call outcomes taken during the meeting.
The Gardner City Council took a series of routine and committee actions on Feb. 18. Most motions passed unanimously; roll-call tallies appear below.
Key outcomes
- Election of President Pro Tem: Councilor Elizabeth Kacinskas was elected President Pro Tem for the Feb. 18 meeting (reported tally: 9 votes in favor). The clerk conducted roll-call voting after nominations were closed.
- Minutes: The council voted 10–0 to waive the reading of prior meeting minutes (Dec. 16, 2024 and Jan. 6, 2025) and accept them as printed.
- Appointments (appointments committee reports and confirmations): The council voted on multiple mayoral appointments. Reported outcomes below reflect the roll-call results recorded in the meeting. • Item 11472: Measure confirming the mayor’s appointment of Robert Oliva to city engineer — removed from the agenda on committee motion (motion passed 10–0; appointment was moot). • Item 11473: Christine Oliver Kumar — confirmed as City Assessor (term expiring 01/16/2028); motion passed 10–0. • Item 11483: Eric McAvine — confirmed as Police Chief (term expiring 01/16/2028); motion passed 10–0. • Item 11484: Nicholas Maroney — confirmed as Deputy Chief of Police (term expiring 01/16/2028); motion passed 10–0. • Item 11488: Tina Sprague — confirmed as trustee, Williams Rockwell Educational Gift Fund (term expiring 01/15/2028); motion passed 10–0. • Item 11490: Autumn Brown — confirmed as animal control officer (term expiring 01/16/2028); motion passed 10–0. • Item 11497: Alana Meserve — confirmed as animal control officer (term expiring 01/16/2028); motion passed 10–0. • Item 11491: Cheryl Slack — confirmed as animal control officer (term expiring 01/16/2028); motion passed 10–0. • Item 11496: Anne Hurst — confirmed as a member of the Disability Commission (term expiring 01/16/2028); motion passed 10–0.
- Finance and communications • Ordinance amendment to add a Human Resources Manager to the personnel compensation schedule: motion to send to second printing passed 10–0. • Health insurance payments and trust fund: Finance Committee presented an update; council voted to remove the item from the full council calendar with the clarification it remain on the finance committee calendar (motion passed 10–0). The auditor reported the health trust balance as of Jan. 30 is just over $1.4 million, improved from roughly $350,000 at year-end; stop‑loss reimbursements and corrections to journal entries were cited as reasons for the change. • Communication regarding contract with Keller Partners (grant writing and lobbying services): motion to place the communication on file passed 10–0.
- Other: The ordinance to add a Community Development Block Grant Steering Committee was sent to first printing (motion passed 10–0).
Several confirmations were introduced by the Appointments Committee and recommended to the full council; most votes were unanimous. When the meeting recorded a roll-call vote, the clerk read each member’s vote aloud and tallies were announced.
