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Narragansett Town Manager

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Manager Contract Acquired; Item Not on Tuesday’s Agenda

According to a copy of the contract, Narragansett’s interim town manager will be paid $111,000 a year.

Based on a copy of the contract signed by Narragansett interim town manager Richard Kerbel and sent to Patch, he will make a yearly salary of about $111,000 – $2.134.62 a week – in the position. According to dates in the contract, Kerbel and the town council president, James Callaghan, signed it on Feb. 7 in front of two witnesses. The contract agreement was first drawn up on Feb. 5. Most of the contract’s items were already benefits received either by former town manager Grady Miller, or former interim town manager and current police chief Dean Hoxsie. Other provisions and clauses in the contract: The council has a work session on Hurricane Sandy clean-up scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a regular meeting at 7:30 p.m. Both …

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Marie

5:42 pm on Thursday, February 21, 2013

Agreed Mr. Riley... but will the Dems on this Council do this? The unions have three votes now... and are ostriches.   more ›

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Kerbel Offered Interim Manager Job Over Hoxsie

Unless the Narragansett Town Council is unable to reach an agreement with Richard Kerbel, he will take over as interim town manager from Narragansett Police Chief Dean Hoxsie.

NARRAGANSETT - About an hour after he received a standing ovation from residents, the Narragansett Town Council voted 3-2 to essentially remove interim town manager Dean Hoxsie from the position. In his place, the council appointed Richard Kerbel as interim manager, which elicited a mixture of surprise and laments from the crowd of about 80 that stayed until the end of Monday night's meeting. As councilors hastily voted to adjourn the meeting moments after the vote, one person from the stunned crowd yelled, “You should be ashamed,” which was preceded and followed by murmuring and light booing. The appointment is contingent on Kerbel reaching agreement on a contract with the town, but that appears to be a formality based on comments by the …

steve

3:22 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013

interim manager did awful job 1st week with snow.where the heck did u get him he brings nothing to table.council is doing awful job.embarrassed to watch on tv.should have gave Hoxie a chance he did well with sandy. diplomias mean nothing without experience   more ›

Tuesday, January 8, 2013

Gansett Manager Interviews Saturday

Near the end of a meeting Monday night, the council agrees to interview town manager candidates in private the next two Saturdays.

NARRAGANSETT – By a 4-1 vote and after 40 minutes of debate on Monday night, the Narragansett Town Council agreed to interview candidates in a private executive session for its open town manager position on Saturday, Jan. 12, and if needed, Jan. 19. Councilor Matthew Mannix was the lone vote against, with councilors James Callaghan, Douglas McLaughlin, Glenna Hagopian and Susan Cicilline Buonanno voting for. The interviews are expected to be held sometime between 1 p.m. and 6 p.m. on those Saturdays. Mannix said he objected to having the meeting in an executive session, and said candidates should instead be interviewed in front of residents, given the past issues the town had had with managers. “Do I know there are drawbacks to this? Yes I…

Joe

2:19 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Callaghan disappointed on Monday night--first time he had to vote on open government and he voted with those who like behind closed door sort of govt. Kudos to Mannix...why did Susan cave?   more ›

Thursday, July 5, 2012

Town Looking For Manager Screening Candidates

The town will add four more residents to the existing five-member panel to screen applicants for the Narragansett Town Manager position.

At Monday night's meeting, the Narragansett Town Council approved a request from residents to add four more members to its town manager hiring committee for town manager applicants. The four new spots will also be open – Applications are available on the town's website. The council is then scheduled to appoint members at a July 16 meeting. There are several conditions though for applying: On Monday, the council approved its five initial appointees, with each councilor briefly speaking in support of their nominee – Nancy Devaney (Susan Cicilline-Buonanno), Will Shields (Alisa Trainor Fleet), Ed Mazze (Christopher Wilkens), Susan Robertson (Glenna Hagopian) and Anthony Catuogno (David Crook). Audience members seemed to be familiar with all …

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