Selectboard reviews town manager job description; votes to retain interim manager through June 2025

Members of the town manager hiring committee presented the first portion of a draft job description at the Oct. 15 Select Board meeting, describing duties and responsibilities and noting subsequent installments will cover required skills and qualifications. The committee said it relied on the Town of Wayne’s current job description, state statute language for the town-manager plan, and model language from other Maine municipalities. Committee members asked for clearer structure (a numbered outline), clarity on purchasing-agent language and whether to retain an operational "road commissioner" duty in the posting.

Board members suggested stylistic edits, asked staff to confirm whether the purchasing-agent language removes contract-approval authority from the board (to be verified with the Maine Municipal Association), and requested the hiring committee circulate the second installment and supporting attachments in advance of the next meeting.

In executive session on personnel matters, the board discussed interim staffing and subsequently returned to public session to vote. The board voted to commit to interim town manager Bryce that his employment at the current rate will continue through at least June 30, 2025, and clarified that if a permanent town manager is hired earlier Bryce would continue in a supporting role until that transition. The motion was moved, seconded and approved by the board.

What’s next: The hiring committee will circulate the remaining job-description materials and attachments for review ahead of the next meeting; staff will follow up on the purchasing-agent question with MMA and return recommended language to the board.