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City Government Reorganization

At a glance

  • What: the Mayor's proposal to reorganize Library, Senior Services (Callahan Center) and Parks and Recreation, to save about $250K. The Library Trustees and the Council on Aging oppose it.
  • Where it stands: the Ad Hoc Reorganization Subcommittee approved a plan and moved it to the full council. The Mayor moved to replace the Council on Aging.
  • Related: Charlie Sisitsky, Janet Leombruno. Some descriptions come from advocacy-leaning local outlets and are claims, not findings.

Discussion time

About 3 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting Minutes
2026-10-06 - City Council 3

Log

  • 2026-10-06 - City Council — Mary Kate Feeney raised the Council on Aging's quorum problems and a resignation; Charlie Sisitsky said he is holding COA vacancies until the council acts on a reorganization proposal that the chair said is on the next agenda. Senior survey discussion also referenced the reorganization.

  • 2026-10-21 - Page created from public town materials and news coverage (retrieved 2026-10-21); no meeting transcript processed yet.

  • 2026-08-18 - 2026-08-18 - City Council: Ottaviani moved and Leombruno seconded approval of the reorganization plan and the first reading; both votes carried 6-5 with Alexander, Cannon, King, Leombruno, Long, and Ottaviani in favor and Bryant, Feeney, Mallach, Stefanini, and Ward against. Public comment included concerns about the Callahan Center director position, savings estimates, and job descriptions.

  • 2026-09-03 - 2026-09-03 - City Council: Ottaviani moved and Cannon seconded the second reading; the ordinance passed 6-5 with the same split as the first reading.

  • 2026-09-22 - 2026-09-22 - City Council Finance Subcommittee: Members urged continued consolidation; the CFO said free cash is about $10 million and a broader budget discussion would precede the March 1 deadline.

  • 2026-09-08 - 2026-09-08 - Council on Aging: Board members and two councilors discussed the board's new advocacy role after the reorganization, vacancies, and job descriptions (from auto-captions).

  • 2026-09-03 - City Council - Second reading passed 6-5; the mayor later said the COO job is being advertised and he resumed the city's seat on the regional transit board. (from auto-captions)

  • 2026-08-18 - City Council - Captions add: the ad hoc subcommittee voted 3-0 to recommend approval; the CFO put gross savings near $260,000 less up to about $50,000 in reclassifications; a debate over whether the ordinance needs two votes ended with the plan voted once (6-5) and the ordinance to a second vote; a friendly amendment was ruled out of order under the charter; speakers split, with opponents citing missing job descriptions, salary figures and metrics (from auto-captions).

  • 2026-08-06 - 2026-08-06 - City Council Ad Hoc Reorganization Subcommittee: The subcommittee voted 3-0 to recommend the plan favorably; the mayor estimated about $250,000 in gross savings, the CFO expected net savings above $200,000 after about four job description revisions, and the mayor deferred adding veterans services (from auto-captions).

  • 2026-07-21 - City Council - Public hearing on the mayor's plan to merge the Callahan Senior Center with the library and place parks under capital projects and facilities, eliminating two director positions; administration cited about $270,000 in salary savings; supporters and critics spoke; a three-member ad hoc committee (7-4 on size) was created to report by August 18 (from auto-captions).