1-7-08 New Mayor Correia Gets sworn in

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Watch Mayor Correia get sworn in. Click link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YgVqpO11MU

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Mayor Robert Correia has informed all department heads that he wants their resignations within the next 24 hours, and he has already removed one from his job.

Correia said Community Development Agency Executive Director Stephen Long has been fired and replaced on an interim basis with Robert J. Laughlin, who served as coordinator of his transition team.

“I needed to make a change in that department immediately, and I needed him to take the reins,” Correia said.

Correia informed the department heads of his plans during a meeting that began at 9 a.m. Tuesday.

Department heads will be permitted to reapply for their jobs, Correia said, and if they do so will then participate in a one-on-one interview with him in the coming weeks.

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IN
Atty. Arthur D. Frank Jr. - Corporation Counsel $48,566 :p
1/21/08 FR Herald reports that Mr. Frank wants an additional $14,000.
(wouldn't his compensation have been negotiated before he was hired?)

Kevin A. Almeida - City Auditor $80,292 :)

1/23/08 -Madeline Coelho - Personel & Training director
- This had been a vacant job. (must be important:D)
-Herald reports "no details of her position were issued" (maybe nobody know's what she's supposed to do)
1/23/08 This just in-We're paying Madeline $80k base(plus all the bennies). Sweet gig.


1/23/08 - Alan Silva - Municipal Services Director
- Correia supporter that headed his Transition Team. "Salary in negotiation."
(wouldn't his compensation have been negotiated before he was hired?)
2/18/08 Any word on his package yet? Or are we still "negotiating"?

2/17/08 James W. Clarkin Lawyer/Part Time. Salary for Part Time job is $75k. :D
Is it strange that a part time lawyer is paid more than the Corporation Council?

3/5/08 Adam W. Chapdelaine Elections Office Director $53,557 28 years old. Worked for Joan Menard for 4+ years prior to this.

7/3/08 Raquel Pellerin.
Director of the Office of Management, Budget and Accountability (New Position) $80,000

7/18/2008 Dr. Henry R. Vaillancourt
Dept. Health/Human Services $73,179

7/18/2008 Sgt. Maj. Manuel DaPonte
Veterans Agent $56,876


Mayor's Staff
Salaries not determined, but they split $235,000:)
Kathy Edwards, Jeff Santos, Colleen Whipp,and Ines Leite.
OUT
Stephen Long - Director Community Develepment :mad: (#1 on hit list)
Maureen Glisson- Elections Commissioner Fired 3-5-08

IN LIMBO
Everybody else :confused:
Joseph Bizsko- Interim Director of Buildings
James Calkins - Director Bristol County Training
Betty Clark - Tax Collector
Michael Coughlin- Dept. Health/Human Services(resigned 7/18/08)
Laura Ferreira- Parking Director
Idalina Geraldes - Employee Benefits
Pamela Davis- Administrator of Assessing
John Friar- Administrative Services
James Hartnet- City Planner
Byron Holes- City Engineer
Richard Kitchen- Recreation/Cemeteries
Kenneth Pacheco- Public Works
Daniel Paten- Treasurer
Arlene Robinette- Purchasing
Terrance Sullivan - Admin. Public Utilities
Carol Valcourt- City Clerk


Zoning Board of Appeals
IN:)
Atty David M. Assad - (Chairman)
Andrea L. Merolla[/COLOR]-Simister
Richard A. Mateus
John Frank III (alternate)

OUT:(
Arthur M. DeAscentis
Linda Little
Donald Costa

In Limbo(one foot in the grave, the other on a banana peel):confused:
Gene Alves
Augustino Oliveira
Denise Lucciola (alternate)

[COLOR="Red"]Licensing Board Appointments:)
Eric Santos - newly appointed by Correia
John Salino - Chairman. re-appointed by Correia
Theresa Esposito - reappointed by Correia

Housing Authority
IN
Leonard Aguiar

Library Board of Trustees
IN
Richard Arruda
Ann Hartnett
Rosemary Hartnett
Kathryn Clarkin

Out
Antonio DiBenedetto
Martha Howarth
Tony Rodrigues
Maria Igrejas Matos

Assorted appointments to various boards, etc.
Sgt. James Machado of the Fall River Police Association to the Bristol Workforce Investment Board
Rosemary Reagan to the Council on Aging
Joseph Shulenberg Fall River Board of Park Commissioners
David A. Rebello Fall River Board of Park Commissioners
Attorney John O’Neil, Gregory Brilhante to Board of Assessors
Sheila Levesque, Jeanne Nesto, Manuel Antonio to Conservation Commission
Mark Nassiff Jr., to Retirement Board
Dr. Americo Almeida,Thomas Cory,Sarah Senerchia to Board of Health
Janice Santos, James Abreu, Nero Farias to Board of Police
Karen Medeiros, Albert Nadeau, Mario Lucciola,
Ernest M. Edwards, Alan Silvia to Planning Board
James Cavanaugh,attorney Renee Howayeck to Sewer Commission
Mary Sahady to Housing Authority
Gene Alves,Patricia Britland, Denise Lucciola to Zoning Board of Appeals


Below are some of the players.(you need to be registered to see the images).

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Maybe it's outdated thinking....but isn't it generally accepted practice to negotiate a compensation package with new employees before they are hired? I realize these are government jobs, so money is not an issue, but it just seems that somethings missing here. Perhaps these people are willing to serve their city at minimum wage, or even for a token stipend? For this we should thank them.

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I read that there were about 2 dozen people on Mayor Correia's transition team, plus his 4 longtime staffers. Was every one of these people promised a plum job with the city? It seems like the "insiders" are getting nice jobs. :rolleyes:

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Maureen C. Glisson, head of the Board of Elections commission, and director of the elections office got fired Wednesday after 5½ years. That office has been plagued by problems and screw-ups for several years, and the responsibility fell on Glisson. Many felt she was unqualified for the job when she was appointed by former Mayor Ed Lambert. They probably were correct, based on the horrible performance of that office in recent elections. The word "sloppy" was used by Mayor Lambert in relation to Glissons work.

Glisson has been replaced by 28-year-old Adam W. Chapdelaine, a lifelong city resident who worked as Sen. Joan Menard’s chief of staff for 4½ years.
Chapdelaine is being paid $53,557 for this position. Correia said he recruited Chapdelaine to take over this position from the job he held for the past six months as youth council director of the Greater New Bedford Workforce Development Board, writing and managing grants.

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I have no doubt that Adam Chapdelaine will do a better job than Maureen Glisson, because it would take a serious effort to do worse. That being said, the Herald News errantly reported that Chapdelaine was Joan Menard's chief of staff for 4 1/2 years. Much like the job performance of Maureen Glisson, I find that Herald News reporting is consistently flawed; but that is another topic for another time.

According to my research, which I safely presume is more reliable than the Herald News, Chapdelaine was NOT Menard's Chief of Staff. According to his own bio on the Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board he was a legislative aide to Menard and then a deputy chief of constituent services and finance. I realize it may not be a big deal but resume fluffing annoys the hell out of me, especially when it is a public official that I am paying.

Additionally, he was not listed as a paid state employee in 2006 or 2007 http://www.bostonherald.com/projects/payroll/massachusetts/2006_earnings.ASC/ so was his tenure prior to that or was it a volunteer position?

And finally, and this could go unsaid but, he, of course, donated to the correia mayoral campaign in October 2007.

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I have no doubt that Adam Chapdelaine will do a better job than Maureen Glisson, because it would take a serious effort to do worse. That being said, the Herald News errantly reported that Chapdelaine was Joan Menard's chief of staff for 4 1/2 years. Much like the job performance of Maureen Glisson, I find that Herald News reporting is consistently flawed; but that is another topic for another time.

According to my research, which I safely presume is more reliable than the Herald News, Chapdelaine was NOT Menard's Chief of Staff. According to his own bio on the Greater New Bedford Workforce Investment Board he was a legislative aide to Menard and then a deputy chief of constituent services and finance. I realize it may not be a big deal but resume fluffing annoys the hell out of me, especially when it is a public official that I am paying.

Additionally, he was not listed as a paid state employee in 2006 or 2007 http://www.bostonherald.com/projects/payroll/massachusetts/2006_earnings.ASC/ so was his tenure prior to that or was it a volunteer position?

And finally, and this could go unsaid but, he, of course, donated to the correia mayoral campaign in October 2007.

Thanks Shamrock. The accuracy of your contributions are really helpful. Maybe we can get you to moderate your own forum on the site here? I don't think there can be any doubt that you know your stuff and do your homework.