Gardner City Council Holding Informal and Regular Meetings on Tuesday, February 20, 2024
The Gardner City Council meeting is Tuesday February 20th due to the Presidents Day Holiday. The Informal Meeting at 7pm concerns a request from Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson to appropriate $625,000 from Stabilization for a new DPW Salt Shed. The current shed is literally falling apart. Proposal is to build a new, 3 times larger shed across the street from the DPW administration building at 50 Manca Drive. DPW Director Dane Arnold wrote, “Having this additional storage volume will enable the DPW to stockpile enough salt to treat 12-15 storms. The DPW has already contracted with an engineering firm to complete the site plan design….” He also stated that the DPW would plan to do as much of the work in-house to reduce costs. View the Informal meeting agenda and packet, CLICK HERE.
The Regular Meeting of the City Council at 7:30pm will cover various appointments, approval of various items brought before the Finance Committee and a decision on the Salt Shed. View the Regular meeting agenda and packet, CLICK HERE.
The Gardner Finance Committee met on February 14th on establishing a special revenue fund for Waterford, the $50,000 grant received for putting a new hood in the kitchen and Veterans Services municipal agreements. Listen to the meeting on any device, CLICK PLAY at right.