Lee begins search for new fire chief

Lee — If all goes according to plan, the town will seat its new fire chief early next year. In a telephone interview with The Berkshire Edge, Town Administrator Christopher Brittain detailed the hiring process that will begin with a seven-member search committee to be approved by the Lee Select Board on November 17. That committee will include Brittain, Human Resources and Payroll Administrator Vanessa Horne and Building Commissioner Matt Kollmer, as well as representatives from the town’s Police Department, Career Firefighters Union, and volunteer call firefighters, in addition to a member of the public. Brittain recommended the prescreening committee protocol to the Select Board during the group’s last meeting on November 3. “We felt this would be the best, most open and transparent process,” he said. The position was posted during the week of November 2, Brittain said, and applications have already rolled in, with five applications received as of November 9.

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