Clark Says He Lacks Votes For A New Contract
Alan Pollock, Cape Cod Chronicle
February 18, 2016
February 18, 2016
HARWICH — Saying he doesn’t have support from a
majority of the board to extend his contract as town administrator, Christopher
Clark is looking for a new job.
Clark said it’s the first time in more than 25 years
in municipal government that he’s been shown the door. “I’ve always gotten
along reasonably well with board members” in the other communities where he’s worked,
Clark said. In a closed-door session last Wednesday, the board of selectmen
discussed the town administrator’s request for a three-year contract extension.
Board of Selectmen Chairman Peter Hughes said most of the hour-long executive
session was devoted to this topic, though no formal vote was taken. After the
board’s regular open session that followed, Hughes said he told the town
administrator that it was his sense that only two members of the five-member
board favored offering him a contract extension.
