Mayor's Office Re-organization Planned to Save Money

By Michael Bellmore mbellmore@nhregister.com / Twitter:@bandango Click to enlarge HAMDEN — The mayor’s office will be going through some changes. Chief Administrative Officer Curt Leng said a proposal has been submitted to the Legislative Council to eliminate two positions. Those jobs are the switchboard operator and the grants administrator, saving more than $75,000 if eliminated. The duties of the former grants administrator position would fall on the deputy chief administrative officer. The position would be renamed deputy chief administrator officer/grants and project coordinator. To compensate the current deputy chief administrator for the new duties, the salary would increase to $70,000 from $55,000. Some of the increase would be offset with grant money. No one will be laid off. The switchboard operator position, which handles constituent services and the help desk, would be covered by the confidential secretary. The new position will be called executive assistant to the mayor, with a raise to $50,000 from $45,000.