By Pinal Central
FLORENCE — Candidates for town manager were interviewed by the Town Council last month. The council has invited Stanley Hawthorne, Russell Martin and Joseph Neeb back for second interviews on Thursday, Dec. 8.
Deputy Town Manager/Town Clerk Lisa Garcia has been interim manager since Brent Billingsley resigned in early February after six years. The town provided resumes, cover letters and applications of the five candidates interviewed in response to public records requests. They are:
- Stanley D. Hawthorne of Bloomfield, Connecticut, has been town manager there since last year. He described himself as “a progressively experienced local government administrator specialized in strategic planning and financial management” as well as a “diverse practitioner having worked in different geographical regions.”
