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District 4 Councilor Michael Cannon. Eight complaints have been filed about alleged inappropriate behavior, according to records. (City of Framingham)
FRAMINGHAM, MA Framingham City Hall employees have filed eight complaints since 2018 against District 4 Councilor Michael Cannon alleging a range of misbehavior from gender bias to bullying, according to internal records and interviews with employees.
The complaints have spurred two separate inquiries by an independent investigator who specializes in workplace harassment. They also provide a deeper look into the relationship between Cannon and members of Mayor Yvonne Spicer s staff. Cannon has often sparred with members of the administration during public meetings and has been involved in several high-profile spats with Spicer and her staff recently.
FRAMINGHAM City councilors on Tuesday gave their initial approval to a proposal to plug a $2.5 million deficit in the city’s sewer and water enterprise fund.
But councilors continued to say that raiding city revenues to cover the deficit is a less than ideal solution and stressed that a plan to fix the structural problems with the fund needs to be developed.
The fix for the multimillion-dollar gap will come from dipping into the city’s free cash reserve. The water and sewer department enterprise funds will each be cut by $100,000 and $200,000 more will be taken from the general reserve fund. The proposal includes using $2.1 million from free cash to cover the deficit.