Groveland COA names ad hoc search‑committee chair to lead director search

The Groveland Council on Aging on Aug. 3 appointed Vice Chair Barbara Sandborn to chair an ad hoc search committee to recruit a new full‑time Council on Aging director after current director Alyssa announced she will leave at the end of September.

Board Chair Sharon Hines made the motion to appoint the committee chair and Deb Stevenson seconded; the motion was stated on the record and accepted without a recorded roll‑call tally in the transcript. Vice Chair Barbara Sandborn told the meeting she has materials from the last search and offered to organize the committee: "if anybody's interested in being the ad hoc chairperson, I would be interested," she said.

Members agreed the search process will begin with updating an earlier (2022) job posting, submitting it to the town administrator for posting, and forming a small search committee (board members plus a few community members) to screen resumes, prepare interview questions and recommend finalists. The board and Sandborn said Rebecca in personnel will help post the vacancy and that Sandborn and Chair Hines will meet with Rebecca to finalize posting details.

The transcript shows the board intends the search committee to be relatively small to avoid intimidating candidates, to attach the full job description to any posting, and to confirm salary details with the town administrator before posting. No vote tally or formal timeline for interviews is recorded in the transcript.