The Select Board voted to appoint William Cundiff as the new DPW Superintendent, pending a finalized contract. Read the full article → from Select Board appoints new DPW Superintendent
The Select Board has scheduled a meeting to interview an unnamed candidate for head of the Public Works Department. The agenda is for an in-person only meeting on Monday afternoon. Read the full article → from Select Board to interview potential DPW Superintendent Monday (Updated)
Last night, the Select Board announced that the finalist they had selected for Southborough Public Works Superintendent has decided to stay where he is. Read the full article → from Town reopening DPW Superintendent search
This morning, the Select Board interviewed the two finalists to fill the vacant position of Southborough DPW Superintendent. The Board ultimately agreed to hire their preferred candidate and plan to offer him the support necessary to get up to speed in the areas where he has less experience than desired. Read the full article → from Select Board Settles for Stoughton’s Water & Sewer Super as New DPW Head
This morning, I posted that a big interview by the Select Board was indefinitely postponed. Shortly after, a revised agenda for Friday morning’s pre-scheduled Select Board meeting was posted. It changed the time to 9:15 am and added the interviews. The agenda would also allow the Board to make their final decision tomorrow. For the Read the full article → from Select Board may select new DPW head on Friday morning
Last night, the Select Board was scheduled to interview two finalists for Department of Public Works Superintendent and potentially vote on an appointment. Instead the meeting was postponed to Friday morning. Read the full article → from DPW Superintendent interviews postponed to Friday (Updated)
This letter to the editor from Michael Weishan pushes for five things the Select Board should immediately do related to management of the Department of Public Works and the St. Mark’s Street and park project. Read the full article → from Letter: To Select Board on DPW Management
Yesterday, MetroWest Daily News published an interview with Police Chief Ryan Newell. There are some financial details worth sharing, that are prompting me to also update on other department chiefs’ salaries and recruiting the replacement for the Public Works chief. Read the full article → from Update on chief contracts and recruiting
Karen Galligan, Southborough’s Superintendent of Public Works, announced her resignation. Read the full article → from DPW Superintendent resigns
The Select Board covered a lot of items on Tuesday night. I’m rounding up a few readers may care about related to important staff positions in town. Read the full article → from Select Board personnel decisions: Police Chief recruitment, DPW agreements, and IT new hire (Updated)
This evening, the Select Board is scheduled to vote on Superintendent Karen Galligan’s 3-year successor agreement. Today, a letter issued to the Board and this blog claims to list the comments of “dozens of concerned taxpayers”. Read the full article → from Select Board to vote on DPW Head contract tonight
Last week, the Board of Selectmen granted a three year contract to Public Works Superintendent Karen Galligan. The change from single year to multi-year contract was voted on publicly but without explanation or discussion. Read the full article → from BOS grants DPW head 3-yr contract prior to review; PW Planning Chair leaving over board’s treatment (Updated)
Here’s some information you might want before heading into Town Meeting tonight. According to contracts finalized late last week, Southborough police, fire and DPW workers won’t be getting raises this year. They will see raises in the remaining two years of their 3-year contracts. Read the full article → from Police, fire, DPW, and teacher contracts ratified