Swampscott selectmen to act on contract extensions for Maylor, Madigan tonight

SWAMPSCOTT – A special selectmen meeting is being held this evening to take a vote on whether to extend the contracts of Town Administrator Andrew Maylor and Police Chief Ronald Madigan.
The meeting is scheduled to be held at 8 p.m. in Town Hall.
After being passed over for numerous other town administrator positions in the last year, it appears Maylor’s departure from Swampscott is not imminent and selectmen are scheduled to vote on a contract extension this evening.
Maylor signed a five-year contract when he was hired by the town and negotiated a two-year extension in 2006, which commenced after the expiration of the first contract in 2007. Maylor started work Oct. 7, 2002 and his contract expires in approximately six months.
Maylor has applied for numerous other positions during his tenure in Swampscott, with the most recent being a couple of weeks ago when he was one of four finalists for the town administrator position in Scituate, but was passed over in favor of Patricia Vinchesi.
Attempts to reach Walker were unsuccessful Monday morning but in earlier interviews, he said the selectmen are happy with Maylor’s performance and hope he stays in town.
“I’m very happy with his performance,” he has said. “I think we agree he’s the right person for the job at this time.”
Last week, Walker said the issue of Maylor applying for jobs elsewhere was raised during negotiations but he added he doesn’t believe selectmen should tell Maylor he couldn’t apply for other positions.
Maylor was one of three finalists for the town manager position in Winthrop in late May but the Winthrop Council selected James McKenna, a trial attorney and two-term administrative assistant to former Gloucester Mayor John Bell, to serve as the next town manager there. In 2008, Maylor was passed over for jobs in Billerica, Wakefield and Acton. In May 2008, he was not selected for a city manager position in Oviedo, Fla., where he was one of 14 semifinalists.
Police Chief Ronald Madigan, who has been with the department since 1980, said his contract expires July 31, 2009. Madigan, who has been chief of the department for eight years, is just finishing up a three-year contract with a one-year contract extension. He said the new contract would be a three years.
?I have no plans on going anywhere,” he said.