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Gardner City Board of Health adopts solicitor's advisory after open‑meeting complaint
Summary
On Jan. 8, 2026, the Gardner City Board of Health voted to adopt the city solicitor's advisory responding to a Dec. 19 open‑meeting complaint about November executive sessions held for health‑director interviews; the board will transmit the advisory, the complaint, and its vote to the state Attorney General's Division of Open Government and refine interview procedures with HR and the solicitor.
On Jan. 8, 2026, the Gardner City Board of Health voted to adopt a city solicitor's advisory as its official written response to an Open Meeting Law complaint dated Dec. 19, 2025, and agreed to transmit the advisory, the complaint and the board's signed vote to the Attorney General's Division of Open Government.
The meeting opened at about 4:30 p.m. in the board's conference room. Susan Abalone, a Gardner resident who addressed the board during public comment, said the November executive‑session interviews for the health director had caused confusion and urged the board to adopt the solicitor's corrective recommendations. "I personally think interviews should be private and confidential,"…
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