Council adopts Resolution 2‑2025 clarifying Town Administrator hiring authority

Jun 4, 2025

Trappe adopted Resolution 2‑2025 amending the Town Administrator/Clerk job description and confirming that the Administrator has hiring authority except for the Town Administrator and Water/Wastewater Superintendent positions; the Council retains hiring, termination and compensation authority for those exceptions.

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Commissioner Brian Schmidt read Resolution 2‑2025 at the June 4 meeting; Town Attorney Lyndsey Ryan explained that the Council previously voted to grant the Town Administrator hiring authority with two explicit exceptions: the Town Administrator position itself and the Water/Wastewater Superintendent position. Under the resolution the Council retains authority to hire for those two positions and to make any termination or salary/compensation decisions.

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