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Wellfleet Town Administration Tim Smith will step down effective July 1. |
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Smith steps down as Wellfleet TA
Banner Daily Update posted Tues. May 29
By Derek Burritt
Banner Staff
WELLFLEET—After 6 1/2 years as town administrator, Tim Smith handed his resignation letter to the board of selectmen Thursday to be effective July 1.
“It was a mutual decision,” says Selectman Jerry Houk, addressing the question of whether selectmen advised Smith to resign.
On Smith’s watch, the town has seen planning for new police and fire stations, a small public water system built, the town’s landfill capped, town personnel practices systemized, a new senior center built and the creation of an assistant town administrator position. Recently, Smith has taken heat from townspeople over his lack of oversight of the Department of Public Works (DPW). Reports from those close to Town Hall say Smith’s resignation isn’t directly related to the DPW matter, and some say it’s the former U.S. Navy lieutenant commander’s militaristic style of management in a public position that has most greatly contributed to any disfavor he’s drawn during his term.
“I tried to anticipate problems and head them off before they became bigger problems, just like any other management position,” Smith says.
See the May 31 Provincetown Banner for the full story on Smith’s resignation including comments from him on his accomplishments, who may take over as interim town administrator and why that might not be Rex Peterson, the current assistant town administrator.
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May 24th, 2007