В Уотертауне сменили руководителя департамента коммунальных услуг

DPW Superintendent out in Watertown City speedbump decision not a reason for departure WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) - Watertown city officials confirm Brian MacCue is out as head of the Department of Public Works. City manager Eric Wagenaar tells 7NEWS the interim superintendent is Karen Overton who has been the assistant superintendent of the department. Wagenaar won’t comment on why MacCue is out, but 7NEWS has learned that it may have to do with low morale in the department and that it is not because of the city’s decision to put speedbumps in at Thompson Park. It’s not clear whose decision it was to install speedbumps at the park last year. City council voted last month on a $1,075,000 settlement stemming from a lawsuit filed after a fatal e-bike crash in Thompson Park last summer related to the speedbumps. A lawsuit against the city and Jefferson County claims the speedbumps in the park were to blame, after 66-year-old Karen Hodge and her husband, Jeffrey, were thrown from their e-bikes in a crash last July. Jeffrey was injured. Karen died on the way to the hospital. Copyright 2026 WWNY. All rights reserved.