Projo 7 to 7 News Blog

NORTH PROVIDENCE--Mayor Charles M. Lombardi has turned to a longtime teacher and former high school principal to help the town deal with sewage and runoff problems.

Louis A. Lanni Jr., a high school principal from 1990 to 1994, stands to earn about $14,000 a year documenting sanitation issues, handling filings mandated by the federal government and carrying out other administrative tasks, according to the town's director of administration, Rocco Gesualdi.

Lanni has no previous sanitation experience, but his administrative skills are quite sufficient, Gesualdi said, adding that it would be a lot more expensive to hire a specialist for the job.

The town's Public Works department needed a consultant with administrative skills to handle a backlog of sanitation-related paperwork required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Gesualdi said.

After Lanni handles the pending issues, officials can think about how to deal with sanitation paperwork on a continuing basis, Gesualdi said, adding that the consultant's pay is based on an annual salary of $14,000 but the length of his employment is uncertain.

Lanni, also a former councilman, was a close ally of the late Mayor Salvatore Mancini and he is related by marriage to former Mayor Richard Fossa.

He resigned his principal's post in 1994 after the School Committee investigated an incident that occurred while he was serving as a chaperone on a school field trip.

 Tags  North Providence RI politics

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msdpok said:

You have got to be kidding me....

Link | January 29, 2009 4:20 PM
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steven said:

wow. talk about nepotism.
how nice for little napoleon to hire so close to home. someone with zero experience. he really must be the best man for the job.
hmmm. remember what happened on that field trip...? allegedly of course. you would think the mayor would use that little head and do a proper search. i dont remember seeing this job posted in the classifieds or anywhere else. pathetic...

Link | January 29, 2009 6:11 PM
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Elizabeth said:

It's not what you know; it's who you know.

Some things never change...

Link | January 29, 2009 7:40 PM
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What a dirty dog said:

Unthinkable, especially with all of the minions of unemployed in this state.

Link | January 30, 2009 12:42 PM
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