While citing the impressive credentials of both candidates for the position of Interim Police Department Chief, the two-member selectboard voted tonight to hire John Cotton for a four-month term running from March through June. Chair Ted Murray and member Dave DeHerdt agreed that the town's foremost need is for someone to stabilize the department quickly. They said that Chief Cotton's experience with a similar situation would allow him to move with dispatch in the limited time allowed to him. Also, his familiarity with the local situation would enable him to take control of the department quickly.
John Cotton, who was interviewed in public session last week, is retired from his position as Chief of the Williamsburg Police Department. He also has experience as a lieutenant in the Northampton Police Department. His appointment is subject to successful negotiations and approval of funding at a Special Town Meeting scheduled for tomorrow night at 7 p.m.
Earlier in the evening, the board interviewed Ed Cronin of Gardner for the interim chief position. Cronin has retired from positions as Police Chief in both Fitchburg and Gardener.
In other business, the board announced its decisions for appointments to two important committees. The Town Hall Building Issues Committee will consist of Doug Cranson, Stuart Harris, Nancy Garvin, Sandy Lilly, MaryEllen Cranston, Mary Quigley, Grace Lesure, and Ron Coler. They will be asked to attend a meeting very soon to be officially appointed.
The Police Chief Search Committee will be Alan Taylor, Nina Coler, Bev Labelle, Paul Monohan, Doug Field, Sherrill Jourdan, Lenny Roberts, Suzanne Corbett, Lynn Dole, and Paul Lacinski. Nancy Hoff has been asked, but has not yet accepted. The committee will meet for the first time this Thursday, by which time they will have a list of tasks with which they will be charged and will be officially appointed.
In other news, Dave DeHerdt reported that the computer forensic team searching for the missing e-mails has hit a glitch with e-mails from last February. They have discovered that from February 9—27 there was no e-mail activity at all. They want to know whether or not the computer was shut down during that period. If not, they'll try other techniques to try to recover the e-mails.
David King
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