ADAMS, Mass. — Town officials hope to start the search for a new town administrator by January. 

 

Vice Chair Christine Hoyt said last week that she was preparing a request for quotes for consultants to aid in the search. 

 

"The chairman did appoint me to put together a request for quotes to hire a consultant for our upcoming town administrator search," she said at Wednesday's meeting. "I've received a number of different RFQs from a number of communities who have just done this in the last year, and I'm just writing it up so that is tailored to the town of Adams."

 

She expected to have the document ready this week to distribute to the board in advance of the regular Nov. 20 meeting. The goal is to get it approved and posted by Nov. 22, and review any responses prior to the Dec. 18 meeting. 

 

"Which would give us the opportunity to post the job for the town administrator in the month of January, which lines up with the MMA's Connect 351 conference," Hoyt said. "I think it would be to our best interest to have something in place in regard to a posting by that conference rolls around." 

 

The Massachusetts Municipal Association's annual conference takes place on Jan. 23-25. Hundreds of elected officials and administrators attend the gathering. 

 

Officials anticipate some time before getting a new administrator in place. Current administrator Jay Green,  was selected as the new Lenox town manager, replacing Christopher Ketchen.