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According to Eaton Peabody’s timeline, a search for a new county administrator may consume the summer with someone coming on board after Labor Day.

Top city and town posts can be left without permanent replacements for months. Officials are increasingly having to decide whether they want to hire people without extensive experience or wait months to find the right candidate. The problem may magnify in coming years as many in the current crop of town and city managers are nearing retirement age.

Selectmen will interview three candidates for the town manager position Tuesday and Wednesday.

Susan Robertson, 62, has served as the city's acting manager since September, after longtime City Manager William Bridgeo retired.

Scott Ferguson, a finance director for the Maine state government, is to begin his new job Nov. 1, following the retirement later this month of Robert Devlin, Kennebec County's first county administrator for almost two decades.

“It’s time,” Devlin said. “I’m going to be 71 in September.” Earlier this month, Kennebec County commissioners hired Don Gerrish of Eaton Peabody Consulting Group to conduct the search for the next county administrator. Gerrish is currently also conducting city manager searches for both Gardiner and Augusta. Related Devlin said he had initially planned to retire about four years ago, but committed to commissioners to stay four more years. Patsy Crockett, chairwoman of the Kennebec C...

increase font size Gardiner chooses consultant to help with city manager search The Gardiner City Council will hire Eaton Peabody Consulting Group to conduct the search for its next city manager, who could be named by mid-August. Share GARDINER — After weighing its own schedule and priorities in the next several months, the Gardiner City Council opted to push ahead with its city manager search Wednesday by choosing a search firm. After a brief debate at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, el...

Public invited to May 13 meeting to discuss issues facing Farmington, hiring of new town manager Share FARMINGTON — Residents, business owners and members of organizations are invited to a meeting Thursday, May 13, to discuss challenges facing the town and what qualities the next town manager should possess. Farmington Town Manager Richard Davis Morning Sentinel file photo The 6:30 p.m. meeting will be held downstairs at the Community Center, 127 Middle Street. Masks and social distancing w...

increase font size With 4 months to find new town manager, Farmington board hires Bangor firm to help in search Richard Davis is retiring Aug. 27 after 20 years. Share FARMINGTON — Selectmen on Tuesday night hired Eaton Peabody Consulting Group of Bangor to assist in the search for a new town manager. Morning Sentinel file photo Proposals to assist in the search were received by Eaton Peabody and Maine Municipal Association. The services provided and costs are similar, Davis said. Related MM...

City manager negotiations move forward ELLSWORTH — Negotiations to hire Interim City Manager Glenn Moshier in a dual role combining the police chief and city manager positions is moving forward, City Council Chairman Dale Hamilton said on Dec. 29. “We’re still negotiating, there’s no final decision on how the position will be structured,” Hamilton said, noting there wasn’t “much in the way of new information.” The new ad hoc group Citizens Acting for a Responsible Ellsworth woul...