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Select Board approves fire chief contract, appoints committee members.

Select Board ratifies fire chief contract, makes four committee appointments and defers COLA. The board unanimously approved the Fire Chief contract ratified from executive session, while Administrator Bill Caldwell deferred his initial recommendation for a three percent cost-of-living increase for

Sterling Select Board enters executive session on contract negotiations.

Sterling Select Board convenes and immediately enters closed session on labor and contract strategy. Chair Kirsten Newman and the five-member board unanimously voted to conduct three consecutive executive sessions addressing Fire Chief, Dispatch Unit, and Firefighters Unit contract negotiations

Select Board approves Light Board vacancy appointment and eight routine actions.

Sterling Select Board appoints Joseph Nason to interim Light Board term. Nason, who has 20 years of experience in the electric industry with National Grid, was selected from three candidates in a joint meeting with the Light Board; the vote was unanimous across both boards. The board also

Sterling Select Board Appoints Thomas Kokernak Fire Chief

Sterling Select Board appoints Thomas Kokernak Fire Chief in 4-1 decision. Chair Kirsten Newman, Select Members David Smith and Patricia Ward, and Select Member Ron Furmaniuk voted for Kokernak's appointment, contingent on background check, physical, and contract negotiations; Select Member Maureen

Select Board interviews five fire chief candidates

Sterling Select Board conducts fire chief candidate interviews. Chair Kirsten Newman presided as the board met with five candidates for the position: Mark Sadowski, currently chief in West Boylston; Erik Thomas, retiring chief in Atkinson, New Hampshire; Kevin Grebinar, a Sterling resident and call