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Tree laborer is a dangerous municipal job, he added. “These people are on call 24/7. They are asked to go out during inclement weather for fallen trees." The highest the warden can offer these new experienced laborers is $16 an hour, a wage Collasius called “dismal and deplorable” as well as a great contributor to the high employee turnover rate for the position.  “It’s a long-term problem preventing the department from functioning in a reliable manner.”  It was previously reporte...

Audit of Fairhaven Building Department to help standardize permit process Daniel Schemer FAIRHAVEN — A recent audit did not turn up numbers regarding possible lost revenue from building and permit fees, but it did reveal other issues in the Building Department. The Board of Selectmen previously had discussed that revenue from the Building Department for 2019 and much of 2020 was down substantially from previous years, so the town hired an accounting firm to investigate these concerns. At the ...