Author: Ryan Gilday

Focus on Personnel & Maintenance Issues New councilors dominated the discussion on issues of maintenance, personnel and the relationship between the two. Motions on building HVAC systems, the LHS project, catch basin cleaning, and pools all touched on the city’s recruitment, hiring, training and retention of qualified personnel. However, the motion garnering the most attention…

As this is the first council elected via a hybrid system, I thought it would be interesting to review the last campaign season.   Headed into the last election, I was interested to see whether the new system would make the financial barrier to seeking city office a bit more palatable for those seeking district…

This week’s full Agenda can (and should) be viewed at:

First meeting of the new council. No need for a recap as Jacob Vitali of the Sun has an excellent summary: Nice WBUR article on Mayor Chau: https://www.wbur.org/news/2022/01/04/sokhary-chau-lowell-mayorcambodian-american