The Select Board last summer created what became the Diversity, Inclusion and Racial Equity Committee as an advisory panel. Members of that panel this week questioned why the Select Board has not appeared willing to consider the advice the DIRE Committee has provided. I actually don t care how the Select Board feels about the resolutions, Aruna D Souza said. But if they re saying they re recommendations, so [they] don t have to act on them, it seems to me that, procedurally, there should be a point at which they decide, We don t have to act on them, and that should take place at an open meeting.
Search Is On For Permanent Williamstown Police Chief
The Select Board is moving forward to find a permanent police chief.
The Berkshire Eagle reports that, based on one of two options offered by member Andy Hogeland, Town Manager Jason Hoch will move forward to identify an interim chief in an abbreviated search.
It looks like community input will deduce what the department will look like and also what the community wants to see in a permanent police chief.
Once these steps are completed, a professional search firm would be engaged for the four or five-month process of finding a permanent chief.