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Select Board authorizes open search for next fire chief after split vote
Summary
The Select Board voted to begin an external search for a new fire chief with a Search Committee to be appointed, after weighing an internal candidate; the motion passed with one dissent. The board also had unanimous votes to support a Milliken CPC request and to execute the firefighters’ collective bargaining agreement.
On Dec. 15 the Select Board authorized initiation of an open search to fill the town’s fire chief position, moving forward with labor-counsel recommended protocol and seeking to appoint a search committee. The motion passed on a roll-call vote after discussion about whether the deputy fire chief should be promoted internally without an open process.
The board heard that the deputy chief had submitted a resume and expressed interest in an internal promotion. Several…
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