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Uxbridge to seek replacement after PIO accepts full-time MEMA post; committee to revisit candidates
Summary
The committee learned the town's long-serving press information officer accepted a full-time position with MEMA and agreed to identify potential candidates for a town-wide, stipended PIO; discussion on vetting and role responsibilities will continue at the next meeting.
Speaker 3 told the Public Safety Committee that the town’s long-serving press information officer has accepted a full-time position with the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), prompting discussion about recruiting a new town-wide, stipended PIO.
"The long serving press information officer, has accepted a full time position, with MEMA," Speaker 3 said. Committee members agreed that the role should ideally be someone who "understands public safety, but yet wouldn't be fully involved in it in an emergency," so the PIO would be available to handle town communications when not fully tasked by a statewide emergency.
Speaker 3 said the current PIO has attended PIO courses and that the town should vet candidates; the committee asked staff to surface names and return with options at the next meeting. No formal hiring action was taken; the chair confirmed the matter will be discussed again.
