5 Things, September 18: Who Will be Stoughton's Next Town Manager?
Five Things You Need to Know Today: Who Will be Stoughton's Next Town Manager?; Remembering Shayla Lutz; Bingo at the Senior Center; and more...
(L-R): Stoughton Town Manager Finalists Paul Shew, Michael Hartman and Kenneth Fields
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1. Who Will be Stoughton's Next Town Manager?
After interviewing the three finalists for the position last Thursday (September 13), the Stoughton Board of Selectmen meet Tuesday, September 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Yaitanes Room on the third floor of the Town Hall to decide who will be Stoughton's next permanent Town Manager.
Paul Shew of Franklin; Kenneth Fields of Boca Raton, FL; and Michael Hartman of Canton are the finalists the Town Manager Search Committee presented to the Board following a lengthy search process.
Most recently, Shew was a City Manager in Rye, NY (2003-2009) and has experience as a manager/administrator in New York, Connecticut and Massachusetts. Fields started his career in municipal government in Pittsburgh, PA and most recently had been an administrator/village manager in a pair of Florida towns (from 2008-2012). Hartman is the current Town Manager in Jaffrey, NH (2007-present) and prior to that worked in municipal government in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
Read more about each candidate and their respective interviews with the Board of Selectmen here:
2. Remembering Shayla Lutz
Visiting hours for Shayla Lutz, the three-year-old Stoughton girl who died on September 14 after she was involved in a fatal pedestrian accident in front of the Hansen School, will be held at the Farley Funeral Home (358 Park St./Rt.27 in Stoughton) Tuesday, September 18 from 5-8 p.m.
Click here to read Shayla's obituary
According to the Hansen School PTO Facebook page:
Counselors will be available at the Hansen School on Tuesday, September 18 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for students and parents who wish to use their services.
A trust fund for the Lutz family has also been established at the Stoughton Co-Operative Bank. Donations may be made to The Lutz Family Trust at either of the Stoughton Co-Operative Bank's branches on Park St.
3. Bingo at the Senior Center
The Senior Center will hold its weekly game of BINGO at 12:45 p.m.
4. Stoughton High School Senior Parent Night & Pasta Dinner Fundraiser
On Monday, September 24, Stoughton High School is hosting its Senior Parent Night.
It will be a night full of information for those families in Stoughton who have a senior graduating in June.
As part of this night, the Class of 2013 is sponsoring a pasta dinner fundraiser starting at 5 p.m. in the Stoughton High School Café. Cost is $5 per person – parents/guardians, siblings - ALL are welcome!
This will also be the first chance to order a copy of the STOTONIAN – Class of 2013 Yearbook and senior sweatpants and t-shirts will be available for purchase ($15 each or $25 for the pair).
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RyeDad
9:28 am on Tuesday, September 18, 2012
SHEW IS BEING LESS THAN TRUTHFUL.
While Shew was in Rye, NY, the same Mayor that hired him, fired him and it was for lots of reasons too. Shew's firing was not political nor based on an election. He was warned by the sitting City Council in the summer of 2008 that he wasn't doing his job to their satisfaction.
Shew was then fired on Saint Paddys day in 2009 and here is why Shew was fired:
Failure to communicate with and keep the City Council apprised of assignments/projects for which he was responsible to the satisfaction of the Council;
Failure to carry out projects and initiatives identified by the City Council to its satisfaction;
Failure to be responsive to the satisfaction of the City Council to its requests for information and/or actions required of him by the City Council;
Undertook actions contrary to the instructions of the City Council on assignments and/or projects for which he was responsible;
An Executive Session meeting was held with the City Manager in August of 2008 where the City Council shared their concerns regarding performance on these types of issues and that improvement to their level of satisfaction was necessary;
In February 2009 the City Council met and has concluded that sufficient improvement in these areas has not been achieved.