Framingham Public Works Director Retiring After Almost 20 Years

FRAMINGHAM, MA — Framingham Public Works Director Peter Sellers will retire from his job in March, city officials said on Thursday. Sellers has been the public works director for the past 18 years.

Framingham will begin a search soon for a new public works director, Mayor Yvonne Spicer said in a statement. The public works department is the city's fourth-largest department behind schools, police, and fire by budget appropriation. The department's fiscal 2020 budget is just under $12 million.

"The Director of Public Works position provides important leadership to many of the City’s public service initiatives, and as such, we will endeavor to seek a qualified individual to assume this mission-critical role," Spicer said in the statement. "I thank Peter for his many years of outstanding leadership to the Framingham community."

Before Framingham, Sellers worked for the transportation division of the Boston Police Department, and for Brookline's highway and waste management department. In 2011, Sellers suffered a stroke, and got into a legal spat with the town over his hiring practices.

In 2016, he was awarded the Elizabeth A. Cutone Executive Leadership Award by the New England Water Environment Association.