The Town of Concord Personnel Board voted unanimously Dec. 10 to approve four new job classifications intended to reorganize existing vacancies and strengthen operational capacity across finance, elections and recreation.

The action, taken during a virtual meeting with a quorum present, approved new descriptions for an assistant chief financial officer (grade 15), an election and census manager (grade 8), a recreation operations manager (grade 8) and a lead swim coach. A board member moved the motion; Liz Cobbs seconded. The vote recorded Liz Cobbs Aye, Josh Faye Yes and Bill Marachek Yes.

Town staff said the assistant chief financial officer role repurposes the FTE from a recently vacated “special projects manager” post and formalizes responsibilities that had already been performed, adding a clearer procurement function. "Procurement has become a huge part of our job," Anthony Ansaldi, the town's finance leader, said, explaining the change is intended to consolidate procurements and achieve better pricing and oversight.

Town Clerk Kari Tari described the election and census manager position as a response to heavier, year-round election workloads driven in part by recent law changes. "The Votes Act (2022) increased the volume of our work," Tari said, noting the new role will manage vote-by-mail processes, automatic voter-registration processing and the January census.

Recreation staff said the recreation operations manager will oversee facility operations, maintenance and safety while the lead swim coach role is designed to retain and promote coaching staff by creating a step between assistant and head coach duties. Aquatics leadership described coach-to-swimmer expectations—roughly 1:10 for younger swimmers and closer ratios for intense older-group sessions—and said the lead coach will not be a full 40-hour position but will provide on-deck leadership during practice times.

Staff told the board two of the positions are enterprise-funded (BD Center/aquatics) and will not increase general-fund FTE, and that recruitment postings will begin in municipal and professional channels.

The board’s recorded decision was procedural and final for tonight’s meeting; staff said the job descriptions will be posted and recruitment will proceed under the approved grades.