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Manager search begins in Paris
PARIS — Selectmen voted Thursday to begin a search for a new town manager.
The board approved a motion by Selectman Troy Ripley to advertise the position. Ripley also asked that the selectmen individually review applications every Friday and schedule board interviews for the following week if any selectman wants to interview an applicant.
Michael Thorne, a former town manager of Raymond and Harrison, has been serving as the interim manager in Paris since July. He said he plans to retire on Feb. 1 and will not seek full-time appointment.
Thorne said he requested that the board hire a town manager so they will be able to assist with putting together a municipal budget.
Selectman Raymond Glover suggested that the position be advertised through the Maine Municipal Association's monthly magazine, Maine Townsman, as well as its Web site.
Thorne said the position should also be advertised elsewhere.
The board also took up the question of whether to ratify the June decision to terminate former Town Manager Sharon Jackson's employment contract. The vote then was 3-2.
"I move that we ratify the action taken at our June 22, 2009, meeting to terminate the manager's contract without cause," said Ripley, reading a recommendation from town attorney Geoffrey Hole.
Selectmen approved the ratification in a 3-1 vote, with Glover opposed. Selectman Lloyd "Skip" Herrick was absent.
"I just want it to be known that I was opposed to the original action, and I'm opposed to this action, and I'm voting no," Glover said.
Chairman David Ivey said the move to ratify was not based on an appeal filed in the Oxford County Superior Court in which Jackson asks the court to declare that her contract is still in effect. The lawsuit alleges in part that Ripley should not have been seated on the board until July 1 and his vote was invalid.
"It's just a housekeeping thing," Ivey said.
Ivey said the special meeting was scheduled because the board had failed to set a date for a meeting next week, which includes the Columbus Day holiday on the day the meeting would otherwise have taken place. The next selectmen's meeting will occur Oct. 26.
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Have you noticed who has
Have you noticed who has been sitting in the back row at the last few selectmen meetings? If not, just view the DVDs of the Paris Selectmens meetings. It's Steve McAlister. He was the town manager of Paris before Sharon Jackson. Wonder what his interest is in the town of Paris?!? Bucking for his old job back?!? I'm sure the 3 stooges have already considered him for the position. Why else would he be attending these meetings? He lives in Oxford now. When he left the position it took Sharon months to fix all of his financial blunders.
Let me guess....the 3
Let me guess....the 3 Hillbillies on the Selectboard will put ads out to find a town manager, but in the end, it will be Ripley picking who he wants, you know, someone who hasn't applied for the job but who he knows will be just like the other 3 Hillbillies? You betcha!
I believe that the towns
I believe that the towns people in the Town of Paris should vote on who the new town manager should be and not let just the selectmen choose. It's like letting government officials choose how we should live and not what the people want.
The saga of the Paris
The saga of the Paris Hillbillies continues!
I HAVE A GREAT PERSON ,HE IS
I HAVE A GREAT PERSON ,HE IS SMART,BUT SERIOUS HIS NAME IS STEVE BARRETT!!!
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The Petitioners’ actions give rise to particular and very serious concerns.
Petitioners have deliberately attempted to inject new evidence into the record “through the back door,” long after the record closed on December 9, 2011 and at that point in the proceeding where other parties are not afforded a chance to respond, test the evidence through cross examination, engage in discovery, present witnesses, or otherwise have the benefit of the procedural safeguards of an evidentiary record Their Exceptions, containing these new facts, were filed in blatant disregard of at least two of the Commission’s rules and in direct violation of the Examiners’ January 19 Scheduling Order, and in an obvious attempt to influence the outcome. The rules violated are rules of integrity, fundamental fairness and substance, not mere housekeeping rules designed to advance administrative efficiency"
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No party in a proceeding shall request, encourage, suggest, or provide any assistance to any other person to make a communication that would violate subsection (a) of this section.
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