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Susan Cicilline

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 ›

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