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Commission appoints interim administrator, authorizes HR hire and schedules executive sessions
Summary
Penobscot County commissioners unanimously appointed Gary William as interim administrator, authorized HR to proceed on an HR specialist hire, and voted to move into executive sessions covering multiple contract and personnel matters.
During the Nov. 18 meeting the Penobscot County Commissioners took several personnel actions and set aside time for executive sessions.
The commission voted unanimously to authorize the HR department to proceed with a recommended HR specialist hire after the HR presenter outlined the recommendation and offered an executive‑session option for further discussion. Later in the meeting a commissioner moved and seconded the appointment of Gary William as interim administrator; the motion was approved by unanimous voice vote and the chair welcomed the new interim administrator and discussed onboarding packet and a press release.
The chair also outlined five executive‑session items (four contract matters and one personnel matter) and the commission approved a motion to go into executive session to address those items. The motions were seconded and carried by voice vote; the transcript records ayes but does not contain a roll‑call tally for each vote.
Next steps: the commission recessed for executive session as directed; staff will prepare contract and personnel materials as discussed in the closed session and return with any required public actions or formal votes in an open meeting.
