this BOARD OF SELECTMAN CANT RUN ANYTHING THEY ARE STUPID AND IGNORANT   AND WILL TRY TO MICRO MANAGE THE NEW LIBRIAN,  HEY HOW ABOUT FAT ASS PEZOLI FOR LIBRIAN SHE WILL SIT ON A STOLL AT THE FRONT DESK AND EAT DONUTS , AND MAYBE SHE WILL MANAGE THE LIBRARY IF SHE DOESNT FALL OFF THE STOOL FIRST.

What I want to know is what is taking so long to get a new library director? We heard that the town would have a new director by the end of July and it is now the end of August. They claimed to have 12 applications. Any professional will need to give a couple weeks notice. So if they announced a new hire this week it would still be mid or late September before a new director was hired. I don't know how M. Griswold is doing at the library, but we all know she doesn't have a library degree and she has a full time job which means she must be very busy trying to run both departments well. That's not fair to anyone involved including the taxpayers.

This is typical of this bos. They get applicants and it takes FOREVER to fill positions. Those of us who have been in the position to hire someone knows that once you close the application period, you should have your hire in place within weeks.

We pay our taxes so that our departments are run by qualified people. Still no TA, still no Library Director. Still no Police Chief, still no town planner.

We should demand these new hires. We deserve to have the most qualified employees--meaning with appropriate degrees, good recommendations, established job history etc.--as soon as possible.

Sanguinet said there would be a committee including a librarian from an area town to hire the new library director. That's actually a good move, having an experienced librarian weigh in on another librarian's creds and interview behavior.

Maybe they are doing this, but that's not what I heard. I just can't figure out why they aren't moving quickly to get a qualified librarian in there.

This bos claim TRANSPARENCY all the time. If they are putting off important hires to save money----as in not paying someone a salary and making another person do two jobs for the price of one---tell us that. Be honest.

What's the big secret?

I want a fully qualified TA and a fully qualified Police Chief and a fully qualified Town Planner and a fully qualified Library Director. I am a taxpayer and I want to see fiscal responsibility from our bos.

Since I don't read the rag, I have no idea what he's writing except what I read here, but wouldn't a REAL reporter who LOVES this town be asking these questions???? What does he do at the bos meeting other than taking sappy photos and chit chatting with his buds?

Maybe we need to get the ST on this. The globe already ran that piece a couple of weeks ago and mentioned all the vacancies.

Molly… Not filling the jobs is a way for them to save money. It took them 9 or 10 months to fill Bell’s job at the COA. It been over a year for the TA, I have no idea about the town planner it seems like forever. Think of how much money they have saved. I think if they filled all the jobs, the town would go broke. They refuse to give the finance committee any info. It’s a shell game; they just keep moving the money around.

Don’t worry about Marcia; she’s still having what’s left of her staff do all the work. She’s still taking 2 hour lunches so she can’t be that busy.

I do wonder about all the positions that have been filled at the COA. Janet Smith Rushton quit last November. She was social day center coordinator; she was replaced by someone on staff.  The part time dispatcher that quit has been replaced by 2 people one of whom does not even work for the town. The clerk that quit has been replaced by one of the part time dispatchers (who still works part time as a dispatcher). There is new person who does some intake and  some social work. This is a new job created by Marcia, it was NEVER posted. Not one of these 4 jobs has been posted. Rushton’s job is the only full time job. The other 3 jobs are part time. Do all full time and part time jobs have to be posted? If you work for the town full time or part time do you have to live in Wareham?

Thanks for the info kinsailman. Does anyone know what the rules are on posting town jobs? Do part time clerical jobs have to be posted? If a new job is created doesn’t that have to be posted?

Molly…. They could take 4 or 5 months to replace the director at the library. I thought I heard butt monkey say Marcia could be interim for up to a year. Marcia could do the same thing at the library she has done at the COA, be rude and intimidating to the staff so they quit. The employees that are left REALLY need their jobs, so they put up with her abuse. If she can fill the empty slots at the COA without posting the jobs, she can do the same at the library. She doesn’t know anything about running a library, she doesn’t even like the library or any of the people involved with the library. The least they could have done was hire someone part time who had some experience in running a library.

iliveinazoo.... Do you know if part time clerical jobs at the COA or any town dept have to be posted? Marcia has created a new job, the part time social worker. shouldn't that job have been posted? I understand the need for an intake person and social worker, I think the job should have been posted instead of hiring someone they knew.

I have also heard that although Marcia was given money at the last town meeting (the revolving account) she has given half of that money back to the ITA. Although money was approved for new computers they have not shown up yet. I just have a gut feeling the money is being moved around like a shell game.

That could be Liz I don't remember reading anything about it. I just assumed all town jobs full or part time have to be posted. I could be wrong.