Wicked Local The Georgetown Board of Selectmen met Monday night to discuss hiring a recruiter to find a replacement for Fire Chief Fred Mitchell Jr., but Selectmen Chair David Twiss had a different idea. “When the last fire chief was hired, the pay was dramatically different. We brought that person up to speed and into what the market rate is for a fire chief,” Twiss said. “And this is a community where it’s sought after at that level, in the high-ranking positions. And we don’t need to go down the rabbit hole as to why, but it is.”