THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FriDAy, JUnE 21, 2024 Page 3 ~The Advocate Asks~ Saugus Solid Waste & Recycling Director Scott Brazis talks about the challenges of his first 20 months on the job Editor’s Note: For this week’s column, we sat down with Scott A. Brazis, the town’s director of Solid Waste & Recycling, to learn about the improvements he’s made and the challenges he faced since he began the job on Oct. 31, 2022. Brazis, a Saugus native, will turn 63 in July. He is a 1979 graduate of Saugus High School. Brazis was a standout hockey player for the Sachems, playing well enough to be inducted into the Saugus High School Sports Hall of Fame in 1996. He was an assistant hockey coach at Saugus High for two years followed by seven years as the head coach. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice Forensics from the University of New Haven, where he also starred on the hockey team and was later inducted into the university’s sports Hall of Fame. Brazis earned his Master’s in Criminal Justice Administration from Western New England College. He also attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Program at Harvard University and Boston University’s Corporate Education Center, where he furthered his studies in leadership and critical thinking in the 21st century, with a focus on problem-solving in the public government sector. Brazis and his wife, Christine, will celebrate their 31st wedding anniversary next Wednesday (June 25). She grew up in Malden and owned a business in Saugus for a number of years. They have three children: Karlie, 28, who has a five-year-old son, Stevie; He’s retired from the Department of Corrections. He’s the early morning quality control supervisor. Ron started last March. Both are needed and tremendous additions to the office. I was by myself for a while when I started 20 months ago. The department had these positions there. The challenge was to ASKS | SEE PAGE 4 Eastern Bank Building on Rte. 1S 605 Broadway, #301 * Saugus (781) 233-6844 www.bostonnorthdental.com Scott Brazis served four and a half years as a Saugus selectman. (Saugus Advocate file photo) Zak, 24, who graduated from the University of New Haven two years ago and is currently scouting high school athletes for a company named Neutral Zone; and Lily, 20, a junior at Northeastern University who plays hockey. Brazis worked for 30 years for the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office, working his way up to second-in-command and overseeing a $65 million budget and about 750 employees. After retiring, he worked for eight years in the Fenway area of Boston for Northeast Security. Brazis served four and a half years as a Saugus selectman – including two and a half years as vice chair of the board. Brazis will be the guest speaker on Wednesday (June 25) night at SAVE’s 51st Annual Meeting & Dinner at Polcari’s Restaurant in Saugus. He plans to address the group on new initiatives and future plans at the CHaRM Center. Highlights of this week’s interview follow. Q: How many hours a week do you work as the town’s Director of Solid Waste & Recycling? A: Twenty-three hours a week. That’s the most I can work, as somebody who worked for the state and retired. Q: How many employees work in the Solid Waste/Recycling Department? A: There are three employees in the department. Bryan Moschella, who started last July, works full-time as the solid waste and recycling coordinator. Ron St. Cyr works 19 hours part-time a week. Dr. Priti Amlani Dr. Bhavisha Patel * Restorative Dentistry * Cosmetic Dentistry * Implant Restoration * Zoom Whitening * Teeth in a Day - All on 6 * Invisalign * CEREC Crowns (Single Visit Crowns) * Root Canal Treatment * Sedation Dentistry ~ Full Mouth Rehabilitation ~ Before After Window Glass & Screen Repair
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