New Bedford City Government to Reopen Fully June 15
NEW BEDFORD The New Bedford city government will return to its normal business hours as the state of emergency is lifted in Massachusetts on June 15.
According to a press release from Mayor Jon Mitchell s office, New Bedford City Hall and other city buildings will reopen to the public and government workers will return to their usual in-person work schedules that day.
Officials said that city offices including City Hall will be open from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and that libraries will resume their regular hours, which vary by location.
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NEW BEDFORD The City of New Bedford announced today that the waterfront vaccination center would be closing down after this weekend, and that it was offering a $20 Dunkin’ card to any city resident who gets vaccinated against COVID-19.
The waterfront vaccination site on Hervey Tichon Avenue operated by CIC Health will end its walk-up clinic this weekend. Vaccinations will still be available Saturday and Sunday from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m., and some second-dose appointments will still be honored on June 1, but otherwise the site will be closing up shop.
Instead, CIC will offer vaccinations at the Andrea McCoy Recreation Center Mondays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., beginning June 7. There will also be mobile vaccination clinics held at places like grocery stores and schools, with a schedule to be announced.
New Bedford appoints former Mattapoisett administrator as interim CFO
Standard-Times Staff
NEW BEDFORD Mayor Jon Mitchell on Thursday announced Michael Gagne, the former town administrator for Mattapoisett, would serve as the city s interim chief financial officer.
The city s first CFO, Ari Sky, left the position earlier this month to become Lakeville s new town administrator.
“I look forward to working with the Mayor, his administration, and with the City Council to continue the important progress that has been made in managing the City’s finances and to ensure that New Bedford’s skillful management of its fiscal operations does not miss a beat during the ongoing transition process,” Gagne said in a statement.
Let the New Bedford Budget Hearings Begin [OPINION]
The New Bedford City Council s Committee on Finance meets tonight for the first time since Mayor Jon Mitchell submitted his proposed $431 million budget for the new fiscal year, which begins on July 1.
The proposed budget is about $20 million more than the current $411 million operating budget. The city s contribution from the general fund is $383 million, some $18 million more than the current budget. The remainder comes from various forms of state aid.
Mitchell unveiled the spending plan during a virtual budget address to the council last Wednesday night.
Unlike the current fiscal year, when spending on public safety was reduced, Mitchell s FY22 budget calls for increased funding for public safety by as much as 2.2 percent. The budget for the current fiscal year called for decommissioning Engine 8 as well as the closing of the downtown police station, neither of which has happened yet.