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Quote âShe has a great plan to move the department forward.â â Robert W. Bishop Jr., chair of the Dalton Select Board, speaking of Sgt. Deanna Strout. The board picked Strout as the town s next police chief. It took the Dalton Select Board just 15 minutes Thursday to select Strout as Daltonâs next chief, pending contract negotiations. âShe has a great plan to move the department forward,â said Robert W. Bishop Jr., chair of the Select Board, in an online session. In a short review of the qualifications of three finalists, all board members ranked Strout â who has served with the force for 23 years and said she grew up dreaming of this career â as their first choice. ....
Dalton â If top managers in Dalton had their way, a volunteer committee that they say operates counter to the townâs interests already would be history. Itâs not easy being green, Kermit the Frog said. In these managersâ view, itâs not easy being with the Green Dalton Committee. But, a petition calling for the groupâs dissolution never reached a vote when aired at a recent Select Board meeting. Instead, the boardâs chairman, Robert W. Bishop Jr., got colleagues to agree to let him conduct a hurry-up inquiry into why eight of the townâs top employees believe that the Green Dalton Committee should be unplugged. ....
DALTON â Dalton officials went with experience Monday in selecting a sitting town administrator as the communityâs third town manager. Members of the Select Board voted unanimously to offer the top job in Town Hall to Thomas Hutcheson, the current administrator in the Franklin County town of Conway, pending a check of his references and the outcome of salary negotiations. Though member John Boyle expressed a desire to review all three finalists, a special board session Monday began with a motion from member Marc Strout to offer Hutcheson the post. The job became open in August with the retirement of Kenneth Walto, Daltonâs manager for the past two decades. ....
Conway administrator tapped for Berkshire County position HUTCHESON Related stories DALTON Dalton officials went with experience Monday in selecting a sitting town administrator as the community’s third town manager. Members of the Selectboard voted unanimously to offer the top job in Town Hall to Tom Hutcheson, the current Conway town administrator, pending a check of his references and the outcome of salary negotiations. “It’s been a pleasure to serve the (Conway) Selectboard and to help implement their policies,” Hutcheson said Tuesday. “I believe I’m leaving the town better organized than I found it I certainly hope I’m leaving the town better organized than when I found it and I certainly wish them well as they continue doing all of the great things that they’re doing.” ....
Conway administrator a finalist for Berkshire County post HUTCHESON Published: 1/22/2021 3:08:57 PM DALTON Conway’s town administrator is one of three finalists to manage civic business in the Berkshire County town of Dalton. In an interview Thursday night with Dalton officials, Tom Hutcheson said he is interested in stepping up to a larger challenge. “Dalton seemed to me to be a really good opportunity,” Hutcheson told members of the Dalton Selectboard. “I’m looking for a town to settle into for the rest of my career.” Dalton officials will meet Feb. 1 to discuss the candidates and possibly make a decision. Hutcheson is competing for the post alongside Susan Carmel of Pittsfield, the finance director in Great Barrington, and David Flaherty of Westfield, an IT consultant and member of Westfield’s City Council. ....