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City Council overrides mayor’s job classification veto By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – Come Sept. 1, several municipal employees will be getting a raise. During its meeting on Monday, July 22, the City Council overrode a veto from Mayor J. Christian Dumais and approved changes to several job classifications, including new salary ordinances. In his veto message to the council, Dumais cited the need for the mayor to help attract, recruit and retain qualified personnel. “As the labor market evolves both in the public and private sector, Marlborough must find ways to remain competitive in relation to its neighboring communities,” he said. “This ordinance will severely restrict the city’s hiring authority (the mayor) from attracting, recruiting and retaining qualified personnel.” He said, “It is the belief of both myself and the human resources director (who submitted a memo to the Personnel Committee on the detrimental effects of this ordinance change if passed) that if a candidate be required to go in front of the City Council prior to hiring in order to bargain for a higher step and/or vacation, that that candidate will retract their application or not apply in the first place. Due to the public nature of that process, it would make it impossible to retain the confidentiality that is much needed through the hiring process.” Council President Michael Ossing criticized Dumais for providing “misleading information” both within his letter and in a follow-up email. Override | 7
Donahue guides Hudson Post 100 to first Zone 4 championship By Evan Walsh Reporter HUDSON – With the game almost secured, Hudson pitcher Chase Donahue looked anxiously into the dugout. At 103 pitches, Donahue knew he was approaching the American Legion pitch limit of 105, and he wasn’t quite certain if his cadre of Hudson Post 100 coaches would allow him to stay in the game. With the bases empty and one out remaining in the seventh — and potentially last — inning, Donahue said he had one thought running through his mind as he watched his coaches chat along the edge of Guidotti Field: “Please, stay on the sideline.” “I was not going to come off this mound. You would’ve had to physically come and drag me off the mound,” said Donahue. The coaches allowed Donahue to remain on the mound, and several pitches later, he got the final batter to fly out, Post 100 | 26
Hudson’s Marshall Kehlhem swims around the tag to score Post 100’s first run. (Photo/ Evan Walsh)
City Council OKs new overlay district for Lizotte Drive By Maureen Sullivan Assistant Editor MARLBOROUGH – The City Council has approved an overlay district for Lizotte Drive. Following approval from the Planning Board, and some revisions from City Solicitor Jason Grossfield, the council gave the OK to amend the city’s zoning ordinance to create
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the district. According to Building Commissioner Tin Htway, the overlay district still needs approval from Mayor J. Christian Dumais. “The applicant will have to submit a special permit application for any uses that require a special permit under the use regulation table and apply for a building permit for all uses alLizotte | 4
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