By Andreas Yilma Citizen’s News
NAUGATUCK — Borough officials have created a full-time emergency management director position after several decades of having the position as a part time stipend position.
The Board of Mayor and Burgesses unanimously approved to create an Emergency Management Director position at its May 3 meeting. The borough board approved a salary of $80,000 in its executive session later that evening.
Borough officials have added about $62,000 in the budget and plan to implement the position in the fall according to Mayor N. Warren “Pete” Hess.
“I would like to say that this position in my mind is critical,” Hess said during the meeting. “When I say that, public safety is one of the main reasons we’re here.”
Burgess Francis Dambowsky has been held the $5,000 stipend position for 18 years but has been working in a full-time role. The stipend goes back about 30 years, Dambowsky said.
Borough officials have been improving the police,…
