Council files vendor fraud report, advances ordinances on spending oversight. The City Council unanimously filed an investigative report on a vendor payment fraud scheme that exposed municipal payment verification vulnerabilities, with prompt response resulting in recovery of nearly all stolen
The Rear Main Project North is planned to begin September 9. Jason Stevens, City Planning Executive Director, presented an email from Fuss & O'Neill and UBL Construction. National Grid, Comcast, and Verizon must remove utility lines from poles on the property.
The Contributory Retirement Board unanimously approved a $1,707.87 retroactive membership makeup payment for school employee Kay Calawa, erroneously withheld from membership at the start of her employment on September 2, 1997; the 11-month makeup period (September 2, 1997, through August 30, 1998)
Finance subcommittee voted to complete Gardner High School auditorium renovation. Superintendent Dr. Mark Pellegrino and Facilities Director Wayne Anderson outlined the project to the Finance Sub-Committee, which approved Phase III using Homeless Emergency Revolving funds and School Choice account
Facilities Sub-Committee backed lighting and sound system funding for Gardner High School auditorium. Chair Robert J. Swartz, members John LaFreniere and Paul Cormier voted to use Homeless Emergency Revolving Funds and School Choice revolving funds, with a planned Williams-Rockwell grant
The Golf Commission approved fiscal 2026 final financials and fiscal 2027 year-to-date figures in unanimous votes.
Gardner Board of Assessors approved 127 real estate exemptions for fiscal 2027. The board voted during an executive session to approve applications distributed across eight state-recognized exemption classes, with the largest groups under Clause 22A-F (52 applications) and Clause 22E (49).
The Gardner Historical Commission authorized Chair Chris Pera to respond to EBI Consulting regarding a proposed telecommunications facility off Matthews Street, finding no historic resources near the former Taavitsainen farm. The Fiscal Year 2027 state budget includes a $50,000 earmark for City
City Council approved $312,726 in fiscal year 2026 budget transfers and advanced two governance ordinances. Finance Committee Chair Aleksander Dernalowicz presented the transfer measures, which reallocated salary, wage, and operating appropriations; Items 11895 and 11899 were amended at the
Commission voted unanimously to start fall rates August 31, amid informal golf lesson liability concerns. Alek Dernalowicz moved to begin the special rates on that date in a 5-0 vote.
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