Why is the town creating this department rather than using contractors?

On top of the potential to look at the long-term health of our buildings and have a dedicated team, creating the Facilities Maintenance Department affords us an assistant Building Commissioner when needed since Jim has the certification, and anytime we hire contractors we have to pay prevailing wage by law. The wage is higher overall, but Plainville is grouped with Boston for our prevailing wage, meaning that we need to pay upwards of $80 an hour per contracted employee.

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1. Why is the town creating this department rather than using contractors?