Election 2023 results: Reading voters eliminate license requirement for city public works director

Election 2023 results: Reading voters eliminate license requirement for city public works director

Reading voters have decided to eliminate a City Charter requirement that the public works director be a state registered professional civil engineer. A referendum question asking voters if they were in favor of change passed easily. A total of 4,247 voters cast “yes” ballots and 2,336 voted “no.” The charter will be amended to require that the city designate as city engineer a public works employee who is a state registered professional civil en…