PARIS — The Board of Selectmen is set to vote Monday on whether to renew Town Manager Phil Tarr’s contract. Tarr and members of the board have said the board doesn’t plan to renew it.
Tarr’s three-year contract ends in December, but the contract terms say he must have six months’ notice if the board doesn’t plan to renew. If the board votes not to renew the contract, Tarr would still be town manager until December.
If the board ends his contract on grounds other than gross misconduct, he is entitled by his contract to a lump sum of about $43,000.
The board has held meetings on Tarr’s contract for months. On Monday, they will discuss the contract in executive session before taking a public vote. The contract discussion is set for early in the meeting, following citizen’s comments.
The board will also look at bids for Paris road improvements and adopt a new general assistance ordinance. Paris and Norway’s temporary merger of general assistance services ended two weeks ago. According to a letter to the board from Tarr, Norway’s GA administration demands were higher than Paris had expected.
The board meets at 7 p.m. Monday at the Paris Town Office.
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