The Gardner Historical Commission established focus on four historic properties for documentation in the Massachusetts Cultural Resource Information System. Chair Chris Pera and Commissioners Linda Rice, Marcia White, and Alan Agnelli led the working group, which included participant Heather Mount,
Gardner City Council approved a $205,127.08 salary transfer on July 6 to implement compensation updates. Finance Committee Chair Alek Dernalowicz reported the council voted 9-0 to move funds from the Mayor's Unclassified Salary Reserve to support non-union compensation schedule changes, including a
Gardner City Council approves $215,127 salary transfer and welcomes new city clerk.
Gardner Finance Committee approved eight measures including a new City Clerk appointment at the July 1 meeting. The committee unanimously ratified Jennifer Pelavin as City Clerk at Step 1, following an open recruitment that drew approximately 50 applications. The group adopted the City's Hazard
Gardner Finance Committee holds first-ever Tax Increment Exemption request while pulling Chief of Staff from agenda.
GARDNER -- July 1, 2026, Gardner Finance Committee advances city clerk pay step to full council, defers six items. The two-member Finance Committee, Chair Aleksander H. Dernalowicz and Councilor Judy A. Mack, voted 2-
Gardner Redevelopment Authority held a meeting dominated by a nearly two-hour closed session on land matters.
The Gardner Golf Commission received an update on the golf course's restored irrigation system, operating at full capacity of 1,000 gallons per minute, up from the previous 140. Superintendent Bill Frank credited his staff's hand-watering efforts during the restoration project.
Gardner retirement board tabled a decision on easing pension-funding increases after actuarial gains trimmed unfunded liabilities. Pension consultant Colin Edgar of Stone Consulting presented a January 1, 2026 valuation showing $4.4 million in asset gains and unfunded liabilities of $24.2 million,
Conservation Commission closed enforcement orders at two properties and lifted one as members resolved vegetation-compliance cases. The 36 Nicole Terrace order closed after 35 of 40 replanted trees succeeded, with agreement that no trees would be cut within 30 feet of wetland; the 282 Brookside