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Select Board appoints Nancy Landcross as project manager amid disagreement; IT manager promotion approved
Summary
The Littleton Select Board voted 4–1 to appoint Nancy Landcross as project manager and unanimously approved an internal promotion of the town’s IT technician to Information Systems Manager; board members debated whether the project-manager reclassification should have gone through the budget cycle.
The Littleton Select Board on May 26 approved two non-union personnel appointments after debate over process and budget timing.
Human-resources director Michelle Vibert told the board the project manager role would be a town-wide position to coordinate capital grant applications, community outreach and project tracking. The board discussed whether reclassifying an employee outside the normal budget process was appropriate; critics said the change should be handled during the budget cycle, while proponents said the move is budget-neutral and would allow the town to seize grant opportunities.
After discussion, the board voted 4–1 to appoint Nancy Landcross to the project manager position at grade 13, step 10 (motion passed; roll-call vote recorded). The record shows Karen Morrison, Chuck Kostas, Kyle and Gary Wilson voted in favor; one member voted against.
The board also moved to appoint the current IT technician to the Information Systems Manager position at grade 14, step 7. The board approved that promotion unanimously by roll call; staff discussed salary step timing and the position’s responsibilities. Michelle Vibert and finance staff provided compensation figures: the promoted IT manager’s projected July 1 salary was discussed in the meeting transcript.
Both appointments were made under the town’s personnel bylaws governing appointments above specified grade levels. Staff said they will monitor workloads and, if the new project-manager arrangement does not work as planned, adjustments will be made.
The board’s approval allows the town administrator to execute appointment paperwork and effect the reclassifications; members asked staff to track any future need to return positions to town meeting for funding should the town require additional IT staffing.
