Sources in Atkinson NH have provided CNHT with this document pertaining to ethics issues from 2003 in the State of Massachusetts with regard to their new town manager Steven Angelo, who was suddenly hired yesterday.
See this Document from Massachusetts Ethics Commission
From the Eagle Tribune…
Atkinson finds a new town administrator
ATKINSON — After seven months without a permanent town administrator, a former Massachusetts state representative suddenly took over the job yesterday.
Selectmen met in nonpublic session at 7:30 a.m., with Steven Angelo of East Falmouth, Mass., to complete the negotiations before finalizing their decision last night, according to Chairman Paul Sullivan. Angelo started immediately.
Selectmen began their search in February after Town Administrator Russell McAllister left to work as a local government adviser in Iraq.
The board hired Craig Kleman on an interim basis in April, but he took a similar temporary job in Plaistow in mid-July. That left Atkinson without a finalist.
Selectmen stopped talking publicly about the search at that point, and didn’t announce anything until yesterday.
Sullivan said the selectmen returned to their original applicant list this summer. They interviewed two candidates and, during Angelo’s interview, Sullivan said the board members all knew he was who they wanted.
“(Angelo) brings a wealth of experience and he seems to have a nice way of dealing with people,” Sullivan said.
He would not say how much Angelo will earn.
“We’re going to leave salary as a personnel issue,” Sullivan said. “That will come up at budget time. I do think he absolutely was a good value for the money, I really do.”
Angelo, 56, served as a state representative in Saugus, Malden, Lynn and Lynnfield for 20 years, and chaired the Government Regulations and the Natural Resources and Agriculture joint committees for 12 of those years.
In 2003, Saugus selectmen asked him to serve as an interim town manager. Angelo said he loved the job, and signed on as the permanent manager six months later.
He also worked as the town manager in Winchester, Conn., before spending the last couple of years as the chief operating officer for a company that ran the Massachusetts Enhanced Emissions program for motor vehicles.
Angelo said yesterday his plans for Atkinson include increasing the general fund, keeping taxes low, and being accessible to residents.
Angelo hopes to set up specific hours for residents to drop by Town Hall to discuss their concerns. Outside of those hours, Angelo said he will be accessible by phone.
Although he has lived on Cape Cod for the last few years, Angelo is familiar with the area.
His brother, Lenny, has lived in Atkinson for 30 years. He also has family from Haverhill and Lawrence, Mass. He graduated from Merrimack College.
Angelo said he will move to the area soon and that his wife and 10-year-old son will relocate here at the end of the school year.