Lombardo Misses Out on Top Danvers Job, Goes to Conn. Man

Michael Lombardo, Hamilton’s first ever town manager, was not selected to become the first new town manager in Danvers in three decades after public interviews on Monday night.

Danvers selectmen voted on Monday night to offer the town manager position to Steve Bartha, who is currently serving as the assistant town manager in Avon, Conn.

The Town Manager Screening Committee in Danvers interviewed six candidates on Thursday at St. John’s Preparatory School, and submitted three finalists to selectmen. One of those three finalists was Lombardo, as well as Andrew P. Flanagan, the deputy town manager in Arlington.

Bartha has served as assistant town manager in Avon since 2010. Avon is a town of 18,000 with a combined budget of $80 million, and Bartha’s current responsibilities include budgeting, purchasing, project oversight, negotiations, and management.

Pending contract negotiations, Bartha will follow Town Manager Wayne Marquis, who is retiring after more than three decades. His last day is Friday.

Image: Lombardo at a Hamilton Board of Selectmen meeting