Simsbury Picks Consultant To Lead Town Manager Search

SIMSBURY, CT — Simsbury officials have hired the firm expected to guide the town toward hiring a new town manager.

Simsbury First Selectmen Wendy Mackstutis said last week the town's executive search committee, comprised by the Simsbury Board of Selectmen, hired GovHR USA in Illinois to help Simsbury find a new chief executive.

Ex-Simsbury Town Manager Maria Capriola left her job May 1, the town's first-ever manager following a charter change prior to her hiring in December 2017.

Throughout May, Simsbury Police Chief Nicholas Boulter was the interim town manager, a role that ends Wednesday, May 31.

On Thursday, June 1, former Wethersfield Town Manager Lee Erdmann will assume interim Simsbury town manager duties.

Mackstutis said GovHR USA, based out of Northbrook, Ill., was the best of three firms bidding to serve Simsbury.

"We all agreed that we liked their methodology – from creating a desired town manager profile, to bringing in qualified candidates - which includes multiple stakeholders along the way," wrote Mackstutis in a report to selectmen. "We all felt they were a good fit to work with our community."

The search for a top Simsbury manager is expected to take between three and four months, according to Mackstutis.

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From May 10: 'Simsbury Finalizes Interim Town Manager Team'