New Haven’s longtime former public works director, Jeffrey Pescosolido, has returned to the department in a part-time and interim capacity. Pescosolido previously served as New Haven’s public works director from 2015 through 2023.

Interim Appointment

Mayor Justin Elicker has appointed Pescosolido to serve as interim director of public works at a rate of $80 per hour and not to exceed 160 calendar days. Pescosolido will work no more than 19 hours per week in this interim job as the city continues searching for a new full-time public works director.

Pescosolido’s appointment comes after the city’s former public works director, Michael Siciliano, resigned effective last Friday to become the public works director in the New Haven suburb of Woodbridge. Elicker told the Independent that Pescosolido began his new role back in New Haven at 5 a.m. Monday.

Elicker said Pescosolido is not currently under consideration to return to his former job full-time. After retiring from his New Haven job in 2023, Pescosolido worked as the public works director for the town of Stonington. The New London Day reported in February that Pescosolido was fired from his Stonington job for allegedly working for a New York-based engineering firm while on the clock for his public job.

Original reporting: New Haven Independent — read the source article.