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Committee weighs shifting Greenwood Pool duties from HR to youth center director; no pay changes planned
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Summary
The mayor proposed removing Greenwood Pool responsibilities from the human resources director's job description and assigning them to the youth center director. Councilors asked for clarifications on the job text, lifeguard hiring and scheduling, and requested updated printed versions for the next meeting.
The appointments committee on March 3 considered linked job-description changes that would transfer operational duties for the Greenwood Memorial Outdoor Pool from the human resources director to the youth center director.
Mayor: "These two items ' remove those job duties from the job description of the human resources director and put those job duties in the position of the youth center director," the mayor said, explaining the change grew out of conversations with both staff members and an effort to make duties more transparent by codifying job descriptions in the city ordinance.
Committee members pressed for clarity about program details. One councilor asked whether the change carries any compensation increases; the mayor said no pay change was planned and that HR estimated pool-related work consumed roughly "5 to 10% of the time" previously devoted by the HR director. The mayor added that the youth center director's position was planned for a trial year, and that further adjustments could follow based on experience.
Committee members also asked for precise edits to the draft job description: correct the served population to grades 7'through 12 (not 6'through 12), use the formal name "Gardner Community Youth Center," and add clearer language describing hiring and scheduling responsibilities. Staff replied that hiring processes will remain routed through human resources, scheduling stays with the head lifeguard, and that short-term planning (lifeguard hiring, staffing levels and opening preparation) will begin as college spring break approaches.
Next steps: councilors asked staff to bring revised printed job descriptions for the committee to review before the item goes to the full council; the mayor said updated copies would be provided for the next meeting or as soon as they are available.
Why it matters: the change reassigns summer operations for a public facility and clarifies which city office bears responsibility for day-to-day pool oversight; councilors sought clearer role language to avoid confusion if the position is advertised in the future.
