Our town manager changes upcoming will have a tremendous impact on the future governance of our community. Our Executive Secretary is leaving at the end of March. Rumored as candidate employees who might be sought to fill that seat during the town's interim wait on the town manager work study are planning director Peter Lapolla; Building Inspector Russ Forsberg; Parks Director Bill Hedlund;administrative coordinator/Weymouth Town Council member (and former mayor candidate) Sue Kay; Finance Director Eric Kinsherf and even Retirement Director Jeanne Martineau. Our Selectmen are contemplating the strengths and weaknesses, but word on the street is that their own employee, Sue Kay, with three years municipal work experience, no college degree and plenty of political maneuvering is the odds on favored to get the $30,000 or $40,000 pay raise to manage the Selectmen's weekly agenda. Time will tell!
Second, our Personnel Director who came to Braintree government from New England Telephone with no prior municipal experience is leaving for retirement in early April. Applications are underway and word has it that there are a few in-house wannabes for this seventy grand seat. Our Personnel Board will be watched closely as their decision will have huge impacts on the quality of people attracted to Braintree in the future. Outgoing director who served on numerous 'head hunting search committees' brought us Hector, Ackerman, Flynn, Kinsherf and numerous lower level slots that were filled. Look at the process that will get underway to find this gem replacement. Actually, we could probably eliminate this position, save seventy grand and let our executive secretary conduct head searches when the times arise. Guess that idea is too good to be true. All one has to do is view the budget growth of the Personnel department over the past decade and you'd be shocked that theirs exceeds every other department percentage wise over that span. Paper pushers at runaway costs to our town.
By Bailey T.
Second, our Personnel Director who came to Braintree government from New England Telephone with no prior municipal experience is leaving for retirement in early April. Applications are underway and word has it that there are a few in-house wannabes for this seventy grand seat. Our Personnel Board will be watched closely as their decision will have huge impacts on the quality of people attracted to Braintree in the future. Outgoing director who served on numerous 'head hunting search committees' brought us Hector, Ackerman, Flynn, Kinsherf and numerous lower level slots that were filled. Look at the process that will get underway to find this gem replacement. Actually, we could probably eliminate this position, save seventy grand and let our executive secretary conduct head searches when the times arise. Guess that idea is too good to be true. All one has to do is view the budget growth of the Personnel department over the past decade and you'd be shocked that theirs exceeds every other department percentage wise over that span. Paper pushers at runaway costs to our town.
By Bailey T.
