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County commissioner reports staffing changes, interim administrator and proposed maintenance staffing shift
Summary
County Commissioner Tony Saviello told the Livermore Falls Select Board the county named Sue Pratt as interim administrator, is preparing an updated administrator job description, and is proposing a change from a maintenance leader to a supervisor-plus-custodian model to reduce projected budget increases.
County Commissioner Tony Saviello provided the board with an update on county-level staffing and budget work, saying the county has faced recent turnover in its administrator and human resources positions and has appointed Sue Pratt as interim administrator.
Saviello said the county is preparing a careful job description for a permanent administrator and will not rush the hire. He praised an interim HR hire with law-enforcement experience (named Sean Olirri in discussion) and said recent budget work included detailed salary and headcount reviews. He described a proposal to replace a previously planned "maintenance leader" position (meant to handle capital investments) with a supervisor role and a hired custodian as a way to cut net costs while preserving essential maintenance capacity; his back-of-envelope estimate was that combining headcount changes could return about $25,000 to taxpayers.
Saviello told the board an interim administrator pay package (he cited $68 an hour for 32 hours) would leave the county roughly $2,000 short if overlap is needed, but that scenario still allows time for an orderly transition. He also thanked staff helping constituents with cemetery issues and other community matters.
The remarks were delivered as an informational update; the county commissioner reported on internal county staffing decisions and budget committee discussions but did not ask Livermore Falls to take specific action at the meeting.
