PARIS — After seven months without a town manager and two interim town managers later, the Board of Selectmen will vote on a permanent replacement Monday, July 25, Chairman Mike Risica confirmed Thursday.

Selectman Vic Hodgkins announced at the March 28 selectmen meeting his bid to become town manager and said he was recusing himself from the subject.

“The best of my knowledge … I believe there will be a vote of the board Monday evening to appoint a new town manager,” Hodgkins said Thursday. “I do plan on resigning my position as selectboard member Monday evening because of that item on the agenda.”

Residents are speculating that Hodgkins will be appointed, but selectmen refuse to publicly confirm their choice until Monday’s meeting.

The town has been without a town manager since December 2015 when Amy Bernard left to become Newry’s town administrator. That same month, selectmen hired longtime politician and educator Sawin Millett of Waterford to serve as interim manager. He stayed until the annual town meeting June 18, when he returned to retirement at his farm.

Millett was succeeded by interim Town Manager Bill Guindon of Brunswick. The former director of the Maine Fire Service Institute’s first day on the job was June 21.

There were three rounds of candidate searches for the position, with at least 47 applicants from Maine to Oregon. Selectmen thought they found a replacement when they hired a finalist in June from Virginia. He rescinded his job acceptance after his wife was offered a career-changing position, and the family decided to remain in Virginia.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. Monday, July 25, at the Town Office, 33 Market Square.

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