Worcester Regional Transit Authority Administrator Dennis J. Lipka will be staying on for another year, as advisory board members voted unanimously to extend his contract until June 30, 2022.
The personnel committee evaluated Lipka in seven categories: relations with the advisory board; leadership and policy execution; communication; intergovernmental relations; management and administration; financial management; and personal characteristics.
Out of a possible score of 1680, Lipka received 1,481.5 points, with the highest marks in personal characteristics and financial management, according to an evaluation scoresheet summarizing the results.
Advisory Board and Personnel Board member Doug Belanger said the evaluators were “unanimously complimentary,” of Lipka, and praised his ability to balance “rider needs and safety” during the pandemic.
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Song to Get You Through the Week: D-Tension s Kenmore Square is really relatable
If you ve lived in Worcester for a while, it s pretty easy to relate to D-Tension s recent single, “Not My Kenmore Square.” For one, a lot of people from here spent a good deal of their youth in Kenmore Square, and will gladly reminisce about it, but perhaps more immediately, it s easy to relate to the despair over the disappearance of the old Kenmore Square when we re looking at a ball park and other development either devouring or at least endangering many things we love.
“This is not my Kenmore Square,” sings D-Tension, “I used to see The Pixies there/Now the Hotel Commonwealth is where/My childhood went to die.”