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Executive director reports staff turnover, retirements and facility upgrades
Summary
The Executive Director reported recent retirements and filled positions, thanked facilities staff for snow removal, described a city agreement to dump snow at Watuppa Heights in exchange for salt, and outlined community hall upgrades and planned hires.
The Executive Director delivered the monthly operations update, reporting a small round of retirements and subsequent hires in human resources and facilities and outlining planned facility improvements.
The director said Elizabeth Burns, the HR director, coordinated postings and interviews; the authority filled a facilities management work-order clerk position and an assistant tenant selection coordinator. The director also announced three retirees and their years of service: Joyce Pereira, work-order clerk, 23 years; Walter Dominion, maintenance mechanic, 27 years; and Marie Souza, tenant selection coordinator, 41 years.
On facilities, the director singled out Facilities Director Ed Majewski and his crew for heavy-lift work during recent snowstorms: "The facilities people have done a great job, in a not so easy situation." The director described a longstanding arrangement with the city allowing the city to dump snow at Watuppa Heights; in return, the city provides salt for the authority's sites, a practice the director said has worked well.
The director also said community halls are being refreshed with new LED lights, painting and new ceiling fans, and apologized for the dusty condition of meeting facilities while work is underway. Board members publicly thanked the facilities staff and wished retirees well.
The transcript records appreciations from a resident commenter and multiple board members but does not include formal resolutions beyond recognition and routine personnel actions.
