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BUCKFIELD The Select Board met with its department heads Wednesday in kind of a meet-and-greet with new interim Town Manager Bradley Plante.
Plante, the former town manager at Poland and Harrison, presented an overview on where things stand at the Town Office and shared his philosophy on town government.
“Keep the best interest of the town in mind,” he told department heads. “This is not about you.”
The teamwork theme was consistent during the meeting.
This is Plante’s second stint as interim town manager of Buckfield. He previously served in the role for five months from August 2017 to January 2018.
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BUCKFIELD The Select Board held an emergency meeting Friday to meet with its auditor in an hourlong executive session.
A representative from the accounting firm Ron Beaulieu and Co. of Portland met with the three selectmen behind closed doors to discuss the town’s finances and an employee, according to the representative.
The complete overhaul of the small town office staff has left officials playing catch-up as Town Manager John Andrews gets new staff trained. He took over in November after the resignation of Joe Roach in August.
Also in November came the resignation of longtime Town Clerk Cindy Dunn, who also served as treasurer, tax collector, bookkeeper, payroll clerk, registrar of voters and assessor assistant. Her other duties included motor vehicle registration agent, watercraft-ATV-snowmobile registration agent and state Department of Inland Fishers and Wildlife agent.