In the Update of Updates, Gardner Mayor Nicholson Showcases a Crazy Amount of Work
In his Weekly Update of March 29, 2024, Gardner Mayor Michael Nicholson speaks first of events, but then gives a heads up on some things going before the Gardner City Council on April 1, 2024. And no, it’s not an April Fool’s joke, it’s really 467 pages. See Agenda and packet. CLICK HERE
The only joke: There’s no 2nd clone: It’s the real Mayor Nicholson who has been working lots and lots of hours on behalf of the City.
Listen to his update on any device, CLICK PLAY.
Community Events: Yard Waste Pickup is April 2nd through April 5th. SEE SEPARATE ARTICLE CLICK HERE . —- Gardner Museum Survival in Knife Safety Classes on Thursday, April 4th Museum 2024 Event Flyer click here. — National Library Week is April 7th through April 13th – Visit Levi Heywood Memorial Library —- Health and Wellness Fair is April 17th from 5pm to 7pm in Perry Auditorium at Gardner City Hall, over 50 vendors and FREE raffles every 30 minutes . —- April 27th is Purple Paw Walk at the Dog Park —- National Small Business Week is April 28th through May 4th. —- Transportation Survey is going on, SEE SEPARATE ARTICLE with link to survey.
Reminder: Anyone 50 and older can go to the Senior Center in Gardner. Check out the variety of services for any age.
Items Going Before the Council: For the 4th year in a row, the City has had a perfect State and Federal AUDIT. —- Feedback regarding parking meters has been overwhelmingly in favor of replacing the parking meters themselves and not kiosks. —– Appropriation requests for new police vehicles and to fund the tree removal account “so we can go through and lower the backlog of trees that have been tagged from previous tree hearings that have been held.” —- Matched funding for the water transmission project. (City is getting $1 million grant, bid came in $65,000 higher) —- Removing Police Department from Civil service can be done by rescinding original vote —- Proposals to get money for the City by leasing out various roof areas for solar panels. —- And there’s more. View the complete City Council Agenda for 4-1-24, CLICK HERE.