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This work session served as a confirmation hearing for Mr. Lauren Crawford, appointed by the executive to the position of municipal treasurer. The meeting included introductions, a statement from the appointee, and questions from assembly members. No vote was taken; the confirmation is scheduled for the Assembly's consent agenda on October 20, 2026.
Okay, everyone, let's get this work session started. Um sorry, we're starting just a couple minutes late. Uh so this is a work session slash confirmation hearing for the executive appointment for AM uh 666 2026. Uh very appropriate for close to Halloween, I guess. Um the number and this is for uh Mr. Lauren Crawford uh for who has been appointed to and uh up for confirmation for municipal treasurer. So uh we'll do introductions briefly, starting in the room Janet Spark, Daniel Voland. Anna Brawley, and on the phone I see Mr. Handeland. Yes, I am here. Any other members on the phone. Okay. Uh and then uh we are recording, we're joined by a couple of members of the public uh uh administration. So we will uh turn to and as you say we have the a copy of the memo, which includes uh Mr. Crawford's resume. So uh with that I'm gonna turn to Mr. Ben Bowman, who will be introducing Mr. Crawford. Thank you. Thank you, Ms. Madam Chair. Uh I'd like to, it's my pleasure to introduce to the assembly, uh certainly not for the first time, uh Mr. Lauren Crawford. He has been uh working with municipality since 2024 when he came on as our deputy municipal treasurer prior to that. He's worked in several private entities as well as a couple of other public entities as an commercial and economic analyst. He actually has a prior stint with the municipality working for AWO back in 2015 through 2018 as a you know utility financial analyst and started with the state as well before that uh as one of their petroleum economists. Lauren has been serving as the acting treasurer since July of this year and has been doing excellent work, and it's my pleasure to introduce him to the assembly. Okay, thank you. Then I will invite Mr. Crawford um to introduce yourself a little bit, say a few words, and then we'll go to member questions. Sure. Lauren Crawford, an acting municipal treasurer. Um I've been with university I've been worked for public sector, private sector. Um mostly in finance. I I tried to get a broad spectrum in my career. So I started out as an economist, then went to utilities and worked through utilities and worked worked for a water utility at AW, worked for AGDC and got to work on the pipeline, which hasn't happened quite yet. Uh and then worked for NSTAR as a budget analyst and did gas supply management or uh uh negotiation and worked in regulation. And then I went to TDX as a uh their manager there over customer service and billing, uh, which led me back to the municipality uh where I was happy to be the deputy treasurer. Um my outtake on treasury when I look at it. We over the last month or so I had our supervisors come together and we looked at the purpose for treasury, and we've identified it as to safeguard the integrity of the municipality's revenues, allowing public resources to be used to deliver services for the benefit of its residents.