LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — Town Manager Paul Sieloff is retiring.

 

Sieloff told the Board of Selectmen on Monday night that he plans to retire this summer after nearly six years with the town. He said he'll be working on a transition plan to the next manager.

 

"It has been a great five and a half years. It has been great working with the board," he said. 

 

Sieloff said he is still focused on getting the warrant together for town meeting and closing out some of the projects he has been working on. He's eyeing retirement after town meeting but hasn't set a specific date, saying he'll be around. He hopes to advertise for his replacement this week.

 

"We'll have a good transition and everything will work out. I'm not going to disappear. I'll be available," he said

 

Sieloff came to Lanesborough in 2012, after four years in Wellfleet. He had previously worked as a budget analyst with the Albany (N.Y.) County Office of Budget Analysis, as village manager in Northport, N.Y., and in Valley Stream, N.Y. He has a master's in political science with a concentration of state of local government. 

 

He also was the town's first full-time town manager. When Town Administrator Paul Boudreau left after 13 years, the town hired Joseph Kellogg on a part-time basis as it considered making what was then a part-time job into a full-time post. That July, the town meeting approved the full-time position and Sieloff was later hired. The position title was changed to town manager several years later. 

 

In 2015, the Board of Selectmen extended his contract with a new three-year agreement, which would be coming to an end this year.