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Gardner council advances FY26 budget with staffing change; opts for reduced hiring (Option C)
Summary
After debate about TIF funding and staffing, the council advanced the FY26 budget incorporating 'Option C' (promote planning coordinator, no new administrative specialist) for first reading and later approved the budget with that amendment.
Gardner City Councilors on June 4 debated four staffing-and-funding options for the FY26 budget and ultimately approved the budget with "Option C" incorporated, moving the budget to the formal first and second readings with public hearing dates set.
Finance Director Denise Brown summarized four alternatives: Option A would promote the current planning assistant to planning coordinator and add a full-time administrative specialist using TIF funds to offset general fund costs; Option B would promote and hire a part-time…
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