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Mayor pitches chief of staff role to centralize facilities oversight; committee requests budget and redline
Summary
The mayor proposed reclassifying the executive aide to a chief of staff with added oversight of municipal facilities and the Waterford Community Center to address deferred maintenance and dispersed communications; councilors asked for a redlined job description and a written budget breakdown before further action.
The mayor of Gardner (speaker S4) presented a draft job description on April 14 proposing a chief of staff position that would centralize oversight of custodial and facilities functions, including oversight of the Waterford Community Center, to reduce deferred maintenance and streamline communications across departments.
The mayor said the city has experienced repeated maintenance emergencies (a winter boiler leak that closed city hall,…
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