The Town of Ogunquit announced Aug. 2 that it hired Patricia Finnigan as its new town manager. Finnigan, of Saco, was Camden’s town manager from 2011 to January 2017, when she abruptly resigned, citing differences of opinion with the Camden Select Board.

Ogunquit relied on a seven-member citizen-appointed town manager search committee to produce candidates for the town to consider. From a pool of 50, and with the help of Eaton Peabody Consulting Group, the comittee eventually proposed two candidates to the Ogunquit Select Board.

Finnigan’s starting salary is to be $110,000. The select board there is anticipated to vote on Finnigan’s hire Aug. 7.

She is to start her new position Aug. 14.

Finnigan resigned her Camden position Jan. 18, following a brief closed door meeting with the Camden Select Board. Camden had been paying its town manager then $104,676.

Former Town Manager Roberta Smith stepped in temporarily to help run the town until June, when the town hired Audra Caler-Bell as its manager, with a salary of $105,000.

In an Ogunquit news release, the town said that Finnigan brought a “depth of experience and a unique set of skills that will help us build upon the great things Ogunquit has to offer and what we hope to accomplish in the future.”

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