Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The Township Board will hold a special meeting to approve the manager contract after it is finalized.
The Brighton Township Board of Trustees has decided on a new manager. Brian Vick was one of five candidates interviewed for the position last month and was at the top of every board member's list, according to Township Supervisor Tom Murphy. "He brings with him a lot of energy and experience," Murphy said of Vick. "He's run both townships and villages, which are similar in nature, and he's got city background in Grosse Pointe as well as with the Village of Grosse Point Shores. He just brings a lot of different views and different levels to the township." The board is waiting to finalize the contract, then it will hold a special meeting to approve Vick's hiring. Murphy said the board does not wish to wait for its next regularly scheduled …
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
The Clerk's office received between 50 to 55 applications for the township manager position.
The Brighton Township Board of Trustees are on-track to hire a new township manager by this time next month. Previous Township Manager Dan Bishop resigned in June in order to begin employment with the City of Albion. The deadline for applications for the position was Sept. 8. The township received between 50-55 applications for the position, according to Clerk Ann Bollin. A few of the candidates have requested to remain anonymous at this point in the process so names are not being released, Bollin said. Board members will identify their top ten candidates to the Clerk's office, who will then proceed with scheduling interviews next week. If everything goes as planned, Brighton Township will have a new manager by Oct. 15, according a …
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Dan Bishop's official last day with the township will be July 6.
The Brighton Township Board of Trustees will soon be searching for a new township manager now that Dan Bishop has resigned. Bishop will begin another employment opportunity as the City of Albion manager beginning July 16. "There's more opportunities and more challenges," Bishop said of his decision to leave Brighton Township. "It's a city versus a township. Number one, they have some financial issues - like most cities in America - but I think they have some economic development opportunities to explore. They have the college there and college towns have a different buzz." Bishop said that while he is looking forward to his new position in Albion, he will miss the close relationships he had with Brighton Township staff and board members. …
Robert Lee
4:18 pm on Thursday, October 18, 2012
In my opinion, Mr. Vick likely got his walking papers in GP Shores cause he couldn't keep his hands out of politics. Instead of staying neutral & serving the public, he acted more like ex-mayor Cooper's political hatchet man. The "tolling agreement" was controversial in that Vick made the agreement with the yacht club that kept hundreds of thousands of dollars in water overbilling secret without … more ›