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Lakeville officials weigh short-term and staffing options to support planning board
Summary
Select Board and town staff discussed multiple short-term and long-term options to support the planning board, including using a state contract for planning services, hiring an interim planner, recruiting a planner directly, and creating a planning and economic development coordinator position.
Select Board members and Town Administrator Andrew discussed June 2 ways to address an immediate staffing shortage in Lakeville’s planning department and plans for longer-term capacity.
Andrew outlined four concurrent approaches: use an existing state contract to solicit planning-support firms (he estimated 50 to 75 vendors on the state list), hire an interim town…
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