Goupil said that another advantage to having a town manager was continuity. Christine Goupil, D-Clinton, who was also Clinton’s prior first selectman.īergman said that having a town council is more “civil”, and leads to less political infighting. “In the past we had budget sessions that were so partisan that it became difficult for the facts to get out there,” said council member and State Rep. “Regardless of who is sitting in that seat, the job’s the same,” said Aniskovich. “I had my doubts initially because it does remove some of that direct democracy,” said town council member and Green party leader Eric Bergman.īut a town manager form of government also allows decisions to be made, ostensibly, without politics getting in the way.
The new council was seated in January 2020, and Kilduff was hired a few weeks later.Ī town manager is an appointed, not an elected, position, which caused some hesitancy when the idea of switching forms of government first arose. The town manager selection process was happening at the same time as the town council was elected. 19, 2019, Clinton transitioned from a board of selectmen form of governance - with a first selectman as “town CEO”- to an appointed town manager overseen by a seven-member elected town council.Īniskovich said that the transition happened quickly. “Having him in place has had a huge impact on the town,” said Chris Aniskovich, chair of the town council.
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CLINTON - It’s been a year since the town hired Karl Kilduff as town manager to oversee the municipal budget, and members of the town council say that they can already see the benefits of having a professional in charge of the town’s finances.
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