Select Board Actions Taken 01/02/24

Agenda Items & Actions Taken:

5:30 PM            CALL TO ORDER – OPEN SESSION

1. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

5:31 PM            FIRE CHIEF INTERVIEWS

2. The Select Board will interview John W. Ignatowitz and Gary Daugherty Jr as finalist Fire Chief candidates and consider appointing one of the aforementioned as Hopkinton’s next Fire Chief.

Supporting Exhibits: John W. Ignatowitz and Gary Daugherty Jr Resumes

The Select Board voted to offer the Fire Chief position to Gary Daugherty Jr. subject to successful contract negotiations, and to delegate the contract negotiations to the Town Manager and Town Counsel. (5-0)

8:25 PM            ADJOURN

Upcoming Select Board Meetings

1. January 9, 2024
2. January 11, 2024 (Joint Meeting with School Committee & Appropriation Committee)
3. January 23, 2024
4. February 6, 2024
5. February 13, 2024

Materials for this Meeting:

• Agenda and Meeting Packet 01/02/24
• YouTube Video – 1 hour 52 minutes (full meeting)
• YouTube Video Actions Taken (5 minutes)

Related News Articles:

• Read “Select Board unanimously selects Daugherty as town’s fire chief” by Mary Ellen Gambon in the Hopkinton Independent

General Select Board Links:

• Select Board Website
• Select Board Meeting Videos – YouTube Playlist
• eHop’s Select Board – Did You Know?
• Meeting Calendar & Agendas
• Minutes
• Subscribe to the Select Board Agendas & Actions Taken Google Group on the town website