June 1st is when the Town of Gibraltar would like to see a new administrator in place. The board elected to hire a new town administrator at its special meeting last week following a thorough review by The Harding Group based in Baileys Harbor.  According to the board packet, the group also suggested the board reorganize some of its committees, develop an ordinance defining the full responsibility and authority of a town administrator, and define the role of the town chairperson. Nothing that came out of the report surprised Town Board Chairperson Steve Sohns. He says the town has grown to a point where its business is too much for a chairperson and a town clerk to handle.

The Town of Gibraltar budgeted approximately $71,000 to hire a new administrator. Sohns says the majority of the town’s residents support the hiring of an administrator, which will take place over the next several months.