Under the agreement, Peabody and Salem will be sharing a building commissioner for the immediate future. Essentially, the deal is for Salem's chief building inspector to provide additional services to Peabody for a fee.
Peabody is entering into an inter-municipal agreement with Salem for its sister city's chief building inspector to provide services to Peabody for the immediate future. Peabody is still without a permanent Building Commissioner since Kevin Goggin was asked to resign four months ago. Under this deal, Salem Inspectional Services Director Thomas St. Pierre would provide oversight, consultation and guidance to the Peabody department and fill in if extra coverage was needed. Pierre would also respond to emergencies where the Building Commissioner's presence would be needed, such as in condemning or declaring structures unsafe, and may be asked to issue opinions on local zoning matters. The day-to-day responsibilities would still be performed by…
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Chief zoning and building official Goggin let go from job as mayor seeks to create more business friendly environment.
Mayor Ted Bettencourt confirmed Wednesday he's let go yet another top city official in his quest to improve services to the community, make local government more efficient and assemble his own team of close advisors and department heads. This time it was Building Commissioner Kevin Goggin who was let go. Human Resources Director Heidi Henson resigned last month and soon after Bettencourt entered office he appointed a new legal team led by Michael Smerczynski, hired a chief of staff and brought Jean Carnevale in as the new city treasurer. Bettencourt also made a couple other key promotions, but those were mainly due to retirements, and replaced a few staff members at City Hall. "I want to make sure this city is business friendly and …
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Al Regan
1:03 pm on Friday, December 21, 2012
I used to dread the building inspector's office. I think they thought if you were a homeowner and not a contractor, you were an idiot. I would ask them questions like what should I do in a certain situation and they would say " ask your plumber, electrician...whatever. Very disrespectful, and considering that they need to sign off on the job and NOT the plumber. ANYWAY, I just went down there … more ›