The Sterling Select Board has scheduled an ‘Executive Session’ for 25 January 2022 to “discuss strategy with respect to litigation–Town vs Hebert.” SEE https://www.sterling-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1266/f/agendas/2022_1_25_agenda_.pdf
The Select Board hired Kellie Hebert to be Town Administrator. She lasted about ten (10) months. She was jettisoned under murky circumstances after word leaked out that she had retained an answering service for the Recreation Department at a whopping $40/hour AND had hired a way-out-of-Town-buddy-‘Consultant,’ rather than a local roofing contractor, to troubleshoot Butterick Building/Municipal Building roof leak(s). In taking those actions we don’t know if Ms. Hebert violated Massachusetts municipal procurement and contracting legal requirements. SEE https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2017/10/19/30bmanual.pdf
“Litigation,” huh? Who is suing whom? The Select Board hasn’t told us. SURPRISED? Yeah, the Select Board is all about honesty and transparency… and if you believe that I’ll sell you the Muddy Pond Road bridge. Don’t be surprised if Kellie Hebert is suing for breach of contract/wrongful termination. Any way you slice it, this is yet another Select Board ‘Charlie Foxtrot.’
UPDATE, 27 January 2022: Ya, ya, yet more Select Board ‘honesty and transparency’–
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK, AGAIN!
J.G.
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