Winchester To Hold Town Manager Interviews Wednesday

Last week, the Town Manager Search Advisory Committee presented to the Board of Selectmen, its list of four finalists for consideration as

Andrew R. Bisignani (Saugus Town Manager), Richard C. Howard (Malden Mayor), Andrew W. Maylor (Swampscott Town Administrator) and Thomas G. Younger (Belmont Town Administrator) are the four finalists for the Town Manager position.

Interviews of the four finalist will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 5 in the Board of Selectmen Meeting Room, Town Hall, starting at 3 p.m. The board will interview each candidate for approximately one hour. The session will include short breaks and end at approximately 8 p.m. 

These meetings are open to the public to attend. However, the interviews will not be posted as a Public Hearing, so public questions or comments will not be accepted at this event. There will be an opportunity in a few weeks for candidates to speak with town management and their staff, town employees, members of the town's boards and commissions, as well as residents.

The Search Advisory Committee had 54 applicants, one of which was before limiting it to 10 and then eventually four. Selectman Thomas Howley said that if the board cannot come to a consensus on the candidates they could reopen the search.

After holding one-hour interviews this week, the board plans on spending the week of October 17 visiting each of the candidates’ towns, according to Howley. And the week of October 31, the four candidates will stop by Winchester to meet town employees and officials.

Winchester has been without a Town Manager since June 2010 when they elected not to renew the contract of . Town Clerk,

On April 7, 2011, the to the position, but after a few days

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