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Gardner Board of Health: director candidate withdraws; resident files open-meeting complaint
Summary
The Gardner Board of Health learned a director candidate who had accepted the post withdrew Dec. 18, leaving the department understaffed, and heard that a resident filed a complaint alleging the executive-session interviews may have violated the open meeting law; the complaint is with the city solicitor and mayor.
Speaker 2 told the Gardner Board of Health on Sept. 29 that the health department remains significantly understaffed after the candidate who had accepted the director position withdrew on Dec. 18, before beginning employment. "As of today the position is not posted," Speaker 2 said, adding that other key positions — administrative coordinator and transfer station supervisor — are also vacant.
The staffing update led to discussion of the prior executive-session interviews for the director post. Speaker 1 said, "There was a complaint filed by a resident on a violation of the…
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