Wayland Town Crier 9/20/13: Wayland officials hoping to move forward on new DPW. As the Board of Selectmen officially set a date and opened the…

Wayland Patch 7/10/13: Make Way for the Duckling Rescue. While she can’t actually tell us about it, we suspect it was a harrowing morning for…

Wayland Patch 4/24/13: Selectmen Consider Funding Options, Next Steps to Move DPW Project Forward. Joe Doucette told selectmen and others Monday night that the conditions at the town’s current Department of Public Works garage are “repulsive, dangerous and inexcusable.” No one argued with the assessment. At issue is exactly how to handle the situation given that funding for a new facility failed to pass at Wayland’s Annual Town Meeting. Doucette is the senior foreman with the DPW and served as the representative speaker for Teamsters Union 170, which filed a grievance with the town on April 8, just hours after voters failed to pass an Annual Town Meeting article appropriating funds for a new DPW facility at the site of the current salt shed on River Road. Two additional grievances, filed on behalf of Stephen Kadlik and Michael Lindeman, outline similar complaints and corrective actions as the teamsters’ grievance.

Wayland Town Crier 4/24/13: Wayland DPW workers outline grievances over aging garage. Department of Public Works employees detailed their complaints about working conditions at the 80-year-old DPW garage, with the Board of Selectmen and the Personnel Board on Monday night. The workers filed formal grievances on April 8 after Town Meeting’s vote to stall progress on a proposed new $11.4 million DPW facility, to replace the current garage at 195 Main St.

Wayland Town Crier 4/25/13: Back to drawing board for new Wayland DPW facility. Following the Town Meeting vote to withhold funding for a new Department of Public Works facility, various town boards addressed current conditions and attempted to move the project forward on Monday night. Town Administrator Fred Turkington believes there is broad support for the new facility throughout town. Most of the comments at Town Meeting concerned the site, he said. “If there were a sense of direction, we would need to set that in motion by mid-June to be ready for a special Town Meeting in the fall,” he said. With 64 percent of Town Meeting attendees voting to support the project, Selectman Joe Nolan said the story is not much different from the early votes on the new Wayland High School.
Wayland Town Crier 4/24/13: Wayland DPW workers outline grievances over aging garage. Department of Public Works employees detailed their complaints about working conditions at the 80-year-old DPW garage, with the Board of Selectmen and the Personnel Board on Monday night. The workers filed formal grievances on April 8 after Town Meeting’s vote to stall progress on a proposed new $11.4 million DPW facility, to replace the current garage at 195 Main St.

Wayland Town Crier 4/18/13: Hearing on Monday to discuss Wayland DPW grievances. In the wake of last week’s Town Meeting vote that stalled progress on a proposed new Department of Public Works facility, and the subsequent refusal to reconsider the vote, DPW employees have filed two grievances against the town. Employees say their health and safety have been willfully ignored and dismissed.

Wayland Patch 4/15/13: DPW Grievances, Worker Morale and Next Steps. Fifteen hours after Wayland voters declined to fund a new Department of Public Works facility…

Wayland Town Crier 4/8/13: Wayland voters reject DPW replacement at Town Meeting.  Voters at the second session of Wayland’s Annual Town Meeting on Sunday afternoon narrowly…

Wayland Town Crier 4/4/13: Voters to decide fate of new Wayland DPW. A public hearing last week on the proposed new Department of Public Works facility produced no significant contention, and now voters will weigh in on the $11.4 million project as Town Meeting begins tonight at Wayland High School’s Field House. The plan calls for 38,270 square feet of floor space, whittled down from the original 45,900 for reasons of economy. The new price tag reflects a reduction from the earlier projection of $13 million.