FARMINGTON – Selectmen voted unanimously, with two absent, to increase starting pay for the town’s permanent part-time employees Tuesday from $8 hourly to $8.50.
After a six-month probationary period, part-time employees would be eligible to receive $9 an hour.
Absent from the meeting were Mary Wright and Mark Cayer. Charles Murray presided in Chairman Wright’s place.
Town Manager Richard Davis also informed selectmen of the resignation of Patrolman Andrew Hufnagel from the Police Department effective Dec. 6. Hufnagel, he told them, plans to take a position with Community Concepts as a building inspector.
Selectmen voted without dissent to allow Police Chief Richard Caton to hire Hufnagel’s replacement and to keep him on as a reserve officer.
To be discussed at a future meeting was an issue brought forth by Dennis Pike. The town currently grants a franchise to Bee Line Cable for cable television services to the area, but recent increases in the company’s rates prompted Pike to suggest meeting with the company and possibly to compare prices with other cable providers.
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