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Town of Townsend, MA
Middlesex County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Annual Town Meeting of the Town of Townsend 6-2-2009 by Art. 13.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
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Editor's Note: This article was adopted as Ch. 43, but was redesignated at the direction of the Town and will be formally renumbered at a future Town Meeting.
There shall be a Facilities Maintenance Department.
Consistent with Section 3-2(d) of the Town Charter, the Board of Selectmen shall appoint the proposed Facilities Maintenance Coordinator and any other employees of the Facilities Maintenance Department.
A. 
As of July 1, 2009, the Facilities Maintenance Department is hereby established.
B. 
As of July 1, 2009, all custodial and cleaning personnel working in any Town facility, including but not limited to the Town Hall, Police Station, and Library, shall be transferred to the Facilities Maintenance Department. All such transfers of employees shall be made without loss of pay, and without change of rating, seniority, retirement or pension rights, or any other privileges under any provision of law or bylaw; provided, however, that this provision shall not be deemed to preclude the Town from eliminating, on or after July 1, 2009, current custodial and cleaning positions, creating the new position of Facilities Maintenance Coordinator, or outsourcing routine cleaning tasks, subject to Town Meeting appropriation.
C. 
All budgetary amounts for those custodial and cleaning personnel and/or routine cleaning services described in Paragraph B, above, shall be consolidated into the Facilities Maintenance Department budget, subject to Town Meeting appropriation. Additionally, budgetary expense amounts for maintenance/repair, utilities, custodial and building supplies, and rent for certain Town facilities, in particular for the Memorial Hall, Memorial Hall Annex, new Library/Senior Center Complex, Hart Memorial Free Library, and the Old Senior Center (the lease of which will be terminated in early fiscal year 2010), shall be consolidated into the Facilities Maintenance Department budget, subject to Town Meeting appropriation.