Swampscott may get money for racial equity action plan
House accepts, adopts state Rep. Lori Ehrlich s funding amendment
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Swampscott stands to receive up-to $100,000 from the state government to produce and implement a racial equity municipal action plan.
State Rep. Lori Ehrlich, D-Marblehead, successfully submitted the appropriation amendment into the House’s Fiscal Year 2022 state budget that representatives adopted and put forward last week.
Whether the town captures the money hinges on Ehrlich’s amendment emerging from a conference committee when both the House and the Senate reconcile their proposed fiscal 2022 budgets for adoption. If that reconciled version passes, the adopted budget goes to Gov. Charlie Baker’s desk.
Swampscott news in brief for the week of Monday, May 3
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The Swampscott Reporter s news in brief, published online every Monday, is a compilation of need-to-know, general and short news items from various sources around town. Swampscott community members and organizations can email 150 to 200-word news items for inclusion in the weekly list to wdowd@gannett.com with news in brief in the subject line.
Holiday closures
Vaccination update
The state has launched a new vaccination pre-registration site for its seven mass vaccination sites. Learn more at swampscottma.gov.
Fitzgerald FY2022 budget proposal
Folks can view Swampscott Town Administrator Sean Fitzgerald proposed municipal budget for Fiscal Year 2022 at swampscottma.gov.
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Acting Director of Swampscott Senior Center Gina Bush is leaving the town’s employ on Wednesday, May 12, she told The Swampscott Reporter on Saturday afternoon.
Bush said she sent her resignation to Swampscott Town Administrator Sean Fitzgerald on April 28, adding her name to what some have characterized as an unusual succession of employee departures over the past couple months.
But for the town agency in particular, the news represents a blow to the backbone of institutionalized, trusted support for one of Swampscott s largest and most vulnerable populations since the senior center’s activities director, Anne Quagrello, tendered her resignation last month.
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In Swampscott, civil service resurfaces with a price tag
FinCom plans to discuss collective-bargaining agreements on Monday night
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On Nov. 16, Swampscott Town Meeting members passed Article 7, officially kicking off the legislative process to end local police and firefighters’ participation in the Massachusetts Civil Service.
Now, the financial cost associated with that affirmative vote – cumulatively totaling more than $300,000 to Swampscott police and firefighters – is slated to come before the 2021 Swampscott Town Meeting in mid-May.
Some Town Meeting members have expressed anger and disappointment that town officials did not fully disclose the financial implications (in the hundreds of thousands of dollars) when they voted on Article 7 - even if they agreed with the merits of revoking the town’s civil-service participation.