Longtime City Worker Retires, Cited For Service To West Haven

WEST HAVEN, CT — (Pictured): Mayor Nancy R. Rossi on Friday congratulates retiring Park Maintenance Superintendent Joseph “Joe” Montagna on 52 years of “dedicated service” to the departments of Public Works and Park Maintenance.

During a morning reception attended by Montagna’s co-workers at the Park Maintenance Department at 91 Bull Hill Lane, Rossi presented him with a mayoral citation for his “hardworking spirit” and “remarkable career in public service.”

Reading the citation, Rossi said, “Your wholehearted devotion to maintain our park system has placed our parks among the finest in Connecticut.”

Montagna was hired in 1971 under the administration of then-Republican Mayor Alexander F. Zarnowski.