{"id":3190,"date":"2022-10-22T18:37:27","date_gmt":"2022-10-22T22:37:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/?p=3190"},"modified":"2022-10-22T18:37:29","modified_gmt":"2022-10-22T22:37:29","slug":"yikes-another-executive-session-on-the-town-manager-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/22\/yikes-another-executive-session-on-the-town-manager-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Yikes: Another executive session on the Town Manager contract"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Opera-Snapshot_2022-02-26_153555_RFrancis20TM20contract20Feb202235285.pdf-1024x629.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2843\" srcset=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Opera-Snapshot_2022-02-26_153555_RFrancis20TM20contract20Feb202235285.pdf-1024x629.png 1024w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Opera-Snapshot_2022-02-26_153555_RFrancis20TM20contract20Feb202235285.pdf-300x184.png 300w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Opera-Snapshot_2022-02-26_153555_RFrancis20TM20contract20Feb202235285.pdf-768x471.png 768w, https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Opera-Snapshot_2022-02-26_153555_RFrancis20TM20contract20Feb202235285.pdf.png 1274w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Posted this to the  listserv earlier today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The Selectboard is holding a special meeting on Monday, October 24 to discuss the Town Manager Contract. This is the\u00a0third\u00a0executive session on this topic. The others, according to published agendas, were on October 18 and September 26.<\/p><p>In addition, an executive session was on the agenda for September 28. Topic: Employment of a Public Employee. The Selectboard directly hires one employee \u2013 the Town Manager.<\/p><p>Anyone know what is the issue with TM Contract?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The agenda for the October 24 meeting, with Zoom info, is <a href=\"http:\/\/norwich.vt.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/SB-Agenda-2022-10-24-spec-mtg.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">*  *  *<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted this to the listserv earlier today. The Selectboard is holding a special meeting on Monday, October 24 to discuss the Town Manager Contract. This is the\u00a0third\u00a0executive session on this topic. 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Anyone know what is the issue with TM <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/22\/yikes-another-executive-session-on-the-town-manager-contract\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Yikes: Another executive session on the Town Manager contract<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tm-contract","category-transparency"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Yikes: Another executive session on the Town Manager contract - Norwich Observer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/norwichobserver.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/22\/yikes-another-executive-session-on-the-town-manager-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yikes: Another executive session on the Town Manager contract - Norwich Observer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Posted this to the listserv earlier today. 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