Billerica Finance Committee Picks Two Members for Town Manager Screening Panel

BILLERICA -- August 6, 2024, Billerica Finance Committee selects two representatives for the town manager screening panel. The committee voted at its August 6 meeting to send members identified in the transcript as Darlene and Dave to the screening committee overseeing the town manager search, choosing them from a field of four nominees after Phil withdrew his name voluntarily. Two residents addressed the committee before the vote, with Carol Ridden of Precinct 9 urging the panel to avoid appointing members who had already served on prior screening committees, saying the body should choose someone with "more of a bipartisan view." The committee also corrected its July minutes to reflect that one vote passed three to five with two abstentions, not seven to three as originally recorded, after member John Malloy's abstention and Brian Dorrington's non-vote were properly accounted for. A separate informational update noted that an unnamed project is seeking $292,000 from the Community Preservation Committee toward a total cost of approximately $492,000.