Select Board names acting manager, police chief
Stoughton's Select Board named acting leaders amid a probe of its town manager and police chief.
Select Board · Meeting of August 11, 2026
Stoughton's Select Board named acting leaders amid a probe of its town manager and police chief. The board voted 5-0 to appoint Mark Tisdale as acting town manager and Deputy Chief James O'Connor as acting police chief, while Town Manager Tom Coulter and Police Chief Donna McNamara remain on leave since July 28. Chair Joseph M.
Mokrisky read a statement confirming the board retained the Edward Davis Company, whose president said the review would take "a minimum of 60 days." More than a dozen residents used public comment to demand transparency, with one asking, "Can the public get access to who the investigator is and how much taxpayers are paying for this process?" In a separate hearing, the board voted 4-1 to cut a resident's $2,011.78 water bill to a lower tier and waive interest and penalties.
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Source: the Select Board meeting of August 11, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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