GREENFIELD — Joe Pugliese, facilities director with the city’s Central Maintenance Department, said he does not anticipate any maintenance issues occurring at City Hall in the near future after the building was closed Friday for electrical and plumbing repairs.

“As of today, City Hall is fully open and public restrooms are available,” Pugliese said Monday. “Further issues are not anticipated in any way, shape or form. Anything that could have been anticipated as an issue was also addressed and replaced.”

City Hall reopened Monday after workers replaced the building’s rotted house sewer trap. Noting that the more than 100-year-old plumbing system had caused “significant plumbing issues” throughout 2024, Mayor Ginny Desorgher previously expressed concern that the 1848 structure might face more significant infrastructure problems in the future.

Pugliese, however, said through the efforts of Central Maintenance plumber Steven Chevalier and electrician Tyson Spencer, the department replaced and repaired all necessary infrastructure systems.

“We closed [City] Hall on Friday, conducted an excavation [and] removal of material. We subsequently cut out the rotted and defunct piping that was causing the issue,” Pugliese said. “We are able to return the building to normal function. … Everything else from the trap leaving the building was modernized or worked on within a reasonable enough period of time that our inspections revealed all to be in good condition.”

The repairs, which Pugliese estimated will cost the city “a few thousand” dollars in overtime labor and parts, came after numerous sewage backups prompted evacuations upstairs in 2024.

Desorgher said in an interview Monday that the Central Maintenance Department would be drafting an emergency plan to mitigate the impacts of potential structural issues at City Hall in the future. She added that although she was pleased with the department’s fast and thorough repair of City Hall’s plumbing issues, she is still concerned about the building’s cast-iron pipes underneath the trap, and other potential hazards that might arise from the building’s age.

“I am so proud of Central Maintenance and plumbing — they really did a fabulous job,” Desorgher said. “I’m concerned about the health and safety issues in an old building, but the plumbing issues are fixed for now.”

Anthony Cammalleri can be reached at acammalleri@recorder.com or 413-930-4429.