Friday, March 19, 2010

Town and Budget candidate unable to reach an agreement.

The town and Mr. Sulmonte, who was the Select Board's first choice to be the next Director of Budget and Finance, have reached an impasse in contract negotiations. The Select Board has decided not to pursue the matter further with Mr. Sulmonte.
The Select Board has also decided to offer the position to the second place candidate, Mr. Greg Barnes, who is currently the town administrator in Townsend. Mr. Barnes grew up in Westport, ...

... so he is familiar with our town. He is a graduate of Syracuse University. Discussions with Mr. Barnes are now underway and I hope can reach a conclusion soon.

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Is it safe to assume that the deal breaker was money? Why does someone apply for a job and ask for too much?

Anonymous said...

Yes it is safe to assume that money certainly was a factor.

Anonymous said...

Maybe we could contract out Mr. Iacaponi? Do we need an RFP for that??

Anonymous said...

I think Barnes will do a fine job and will be more focused