Hatfield Select Board Appoints Officer, Seats New Disability Commission

HATFIELD -- January 7, 2020, Hatfield Select Board fills police, committee, and commission vacancies at first 2020 meeting. The board unanimously appointed Anthony Gibby, a Desert Shield and Desert Storm veteran and former Hampshire County corrections officer, to the police department on the recommendation of Police Chief Keith Kokoszka. The board also seated three appointees, Holly Brandon, Christie Dyer, and DPW Director Joel Valley, to the newly established Commission on Disability, and approved David Cure to a fire chief screening committee that is expected to deliver a recommendation by month's end. Town Administrator Marlene reported that an unanticipated special education and transportation cost, originally flagged at roughly $113,000, has been reduced to $97,257.50 after the Holyoke School Department agreed to reimburse a portion as the sending district.