MILLINOCKET, Maine — Town Manager Eugene Conlogue has a new three-year contract and a $1,431 raise, town officials said Friday.
The Town Council voted 7-0 after an executive session last week to pay Conlogue $74,413 annually, backdated to July 1. The contract will lapse on June 30, 2011. As part of it, Conlogue will get any increase afforded any other nonunion salaried employees on the dates those employees get raises, the contract states.
Council Chairman Wallace Paul said he was pleased to give Conlogue the deal.
“That was an easy one, especially for me,” Paul said Friday. “I think we have an excellent manager. I am enjoying working with him. I am very pleased, very pleased.”
Conlogue did not immediately return a message seeking comment on Friday.
Since 2004, Conlogue’s contract has risen from $66,738. Arranged in December 2004, that deal represented a 3 percent raise and expired June 30, 2006.
Conlogue was the town manager of Gouldsboro, Fort Fairfield and Washburn before coming to Millinocket. He worked for Gouldsboro for six months, resigning to work for Millinocket. He worked for Fort Fairfield for two years. Before that, he served as town manager for Washburn for nearly five years.
Conlogue belongs to several municipal and regional organizations. He was selected from among 22 candidates for the Millinocket job in 1999. He holds a master’s degree in public administration and a bachelor’s degree in secondary education from the University of Maine.
His new salary parallels that paid to the closest municipality of similar size. Former Lincoln Town Manager Glenn Aho earned about $70,000 as Lincoln’s town manager when he left to become city manager in Auburn last summer. At about 5,000, Millinocket’s population is about 200 fewer than Lincoln’s.
Conlogue and councilors have been negotiating intermittently since the summer.
On 10/4/08 at 8:07 AM,
millworker wrote:
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thats quite a raise to go with an already high salary! i wonder what the many unemployed workers in this town thinks about this? i would think the town council could have put that money towards a fund to help the workers get by this winter especialy when the small unemployment checks won`t cut it for them.
On 10/4/08 at 9:01 AM,
Knightscross wrote:
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For a Town that is bankrupt, this salary is outrageous. It seems the town is being managed into oblivion anyway. It would be better that the Manager Position be eliminated and the salary used as a heating fund for the poor in Millinocket.
On 10/4/08 at 9:15 AM,
Mark44 wrote:
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It’s easy to be an armchair contributor, but the fact remains that he has earned this raise and has done an exemplary job to date!
If you could see the trail of people that enter his office with half facts and rant on and on, demand answers to rumors, or flex some sort of official position to advance their own agenda~ it’s a wonder he hasn’t asked for more!
The mill may be gone, but Millinocket is far from being a ghost town!
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On 10/4/08 at 9:53 AM,
MartyfromMillinocket wrote:
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"If you could see the trail of people that enter his office with half facts and rant on and on, demand answers to rumors, or flex some sort of official position to advance their own agenda~ it’s a wonder he hasn’t asked for more! "
Well Mark44 ..........why don't you ljust eave the man alone to do his job?
On 10/4/08 at 10:17 AM,
Mark44 wrote:
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Why don’t “You” use spell check before you post!
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On 10/4/08 at 11:23 AM,
HotTubHerbie wrote:
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This waste of humanity should have been long ago.
On 10/4/08 at 12:42 PM,
kksmom97 wrote:
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Good For Gene...He deserve's this....He has a lot more to deal with then anyone could know that post's crap here. I hope he can hold out and stay with the town until he retires. He is good for the town and more ways then any of you loud mouths could ever know.
On 10/4/08 at 12:55 PM,
Larryt39 wrote:
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I have never me Manger Conlogue, but my family has a camp out on North Twin. We practically live out there all summer. Traveling back and forth to Millinocket, is a pleasure. Very nice community, as one travels outside the downtown area, especially.
Apparently, City Councilor's feel the manager is worth is salary, or out the door he would be going. The general public doesn't understand the full pressure of running a community in this age. Nor do they fully comprehend the involvement that Councilor's have with the citizens on a daily bais. Having served the citizens of Brewer for nearly 21 years now, I can attest a little about what managers have on their plate.
Sounds like Millinocket is lucky to have Mrg. Conlogue...certainly beats what he replaced as a manager, by far..
On 10/4/08 at 12:57 PM,
Larryt39 wrote:
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I have never me Manger Conlogue, but my family has a camp out on North Twin. We practically live out there all summer. Traveling back and forth to Millinocket, is a pleasure. Very nice community, as one travels outside the downtown area, especially.
Apparently, City Councilor's feel the manager is worth is salary, or out the door he would be going. The general public doesn't understand the full pressure of running a community in this age. Nor do they fully comprehend the involvement that Councilor's have with the citizens on a daily bais. Having served the citizens of Brewer for nearly 21 years now, I can attest a little about what managers have on their plate.
Sounds like Millinocket is lucky to have Mrg. Conlogue...certainly beats what he replaced as a manager, by far..
Larry T. Doughty, South Brewer. larrytdoughty@yahoo.com, www.ourstory.com/larrytdoughty/
On 10/4/08 at 2:19 PM,
MartyfromMillinocket wrote:
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Ok tanks mAArk ey WiL
On 10/4/08 at 3:59 PM,
john_mullen_1965 wrote:
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its just another idiot trying to get good veiws and other stuff so he can go into politices and realy steal money from the state cause no one realy cares for other people only them selves.
On 10/4/08 at 5:49 PM,
Atilla1 wrote:
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They should double his salary for having to deal with the high number of "nut cases" in that community who know only how to talk and pass gas!
On 10/5/08 at 9:19 AM,
kksmom97 wrote:
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I believe the bottom line is some people can't stand it when someone can and does do good for a community year after year. As a former Millinocket resident I know full well how much he cares. You can walk in his office and he will actually listen to you. He might not always have the answers and they may be out of his control. But, He does listen and care and he deserves this raise for all his hard work.
On 10/6/08 at 12:31 PM,
MartyfromMillinocket wrote:
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kksmom97 - I agree with your sentiment. It's a tough job to hold because of the myriad of opinions the voting public will have on how they perceive you should perform your job. Although I personally do not agree with several of the decisions that were handed down by the council and acted upon by Eugene over the past several years, you still have to repsect the man for how he handles himself and his job.
On 10/8/08 at 6:32 PM,
MillinocketLisa wrote:
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MartyfromMillinocket wrote: Ok tanks mAArk ey WiL. I see you are a Stearns graduate. Good work! Next thing you know, you will be working for Bruce McLean again. But this time in his Subway shop.
On 10/14/08 at 8:55 PM,
MartyfromMillinocket wrote:
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MillinocketLisa..Didn't work for Bruce the first time...it was actually the other way around if you understand anything about being a board member. It's called volunteerism...try it sometime It will do ya some good.
As for Bruce and Peggy purchasing the Subway Shop that is a wonderful thing. Or are you against people making a living for themselves? Your comments seem rather highbrow.
No MillinocketLisa.. I don't need millinocket for it's employment opportunities. I prefer to earn my money elsewhere and spend it here
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