PARIS — There is no conflict in a town manager serving on the Norway-Paris Solid Waste Board of Directors, according to a Maine Municipal Association lawyer.

Paris Town Manager Phil Tarr is up for reappointment to the board and, in a letter to selectmen, said he wants to stay there.

After the results of a study on waste management options by the Vermont firm DSM Environmental, Tarr told selectmen he wants to help see some of the study’s recommendations through. In a memo to selectmen, he included correspondence with Michael L. Stultz of the Maine Municipal Association, who said there is no conflict in having Tarr on the board.

“There is no financial conflict of interest, no prohibited appointment, no bias,” Stultz wrote. He wrote that a town manger’s presence shouldn’t create an appearance of conflict, either, as the responsibilities of the positions don’t overlap.

Tarr also included an email from Norway Town Manager David Holt, who was appointed to the NPSW board last year but isn’t staying on. Holt wrote that the Norway Board of Selectmen has no problem with Tarr staying on the board with Holt gone.

The Paris Board of Selectmen is set to make appointments to the NPSW board and others Monday. Newly-elected Selectmen Robert Kirchherr and Ryan Lorrain are set to resign from committees on which they serve.

Kirchherr has chaired the Planning Board for three years, and Lorrain was a member of the Planning Board, the Budget Committee, the Land Use Study Committee and the Policy and Procedure Committee.

The Paris Board of Selectmen meets Monday at 7 p.m. at the Town Office.

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