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Gardner board discusses Waterford Street senior center move, flags budget and building repairs

COE board · February 2, 2026
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Board members heard a detailed update on the planned move into the Waterford Street school building (future Charles Mateen Wayne Gardner Senior Center), including construction status, parking and signage plans, heating/boiler repairs, and likely requests to city council for supplemental funds.

Unidentified Speaker 2 (role not specified) told the board they're "pretty close to being ready" to move programs into the Waterford Street school but warned that several outstanding construction items and operational risks remain. He said bathroom work is largely complete but doors and other fixtures are on backorder, and the project timeline is now tentative, likely spring to early summer.

"They do an awesome job on our lot. They really do," Speaker 2 said of the contractor New Drain Solutions and the city's Department of Public Works after recent storm response, adding that the site has little remaining snow-storage capacity and may need trucking if another storm…

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