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Trappe council gives town administrator expanded hiring authority, council retains termination power
Summary
The council amended the Town Administrator's job description to allow the administrator to hire all employees except for the administrator and the Water/Wastewater Superintendent; termination authority for all positions remains with the council. The motion passed 4–1.
President Schmidt requested the council consider amending the Town Administrator's job description to give that position authority to hire and terminate all employees except for the Town Administrator and the Water/Wastewater Superintendent. The minutes record that, after discussion, the council amended the job description to give the Town Administrator authority to hire all employees except the two excluded positions while the council retains termination authority for all positions. Commissioner Jeremy Newnam moved the change; Commissioner Walter Chase seconded.
The motion passed 4–1 with Commissioner Rose Potter voting no. The minutes show no additional restrictions or procedures (such as required reporting or probationary review periods) tied to the new hiring authority, and the Clerk's Report and personnel files were not elaborated in the meeting record.
Councilors expecting procedures or further policy language should watch for follow-up administrative policy or job-description language to be drafted or presented at a future meeting.
