NORTH HAVERHILL — The Grafton County Commission plans to begin a search for a new administrator after the departure earlier this month of Andrew Dorsett.
Dorsett, a former Littleton, N.H., town manager who started work for the county in February, “has left our employ as of Dec. 10,” Wendy Piper, chair of the three-member Grafton County Commission, said Wednesday.
Piper declined to say whether Dorsett had resigned or been released by the commission.
“Any discussion whatsoever regarding Andrew Dorsett occurred in non-public session,” Piper said.
Julie Libby, the county’s finance director and former longtime administrator, will serve as acting administrator while the commission searches for a new leader, Piper said.
Dorsett also is no longer a member of the Grafton County Broadband Committee, a body he was instrumental in founding. The commissioner voted Tuesday to remove Dorsett from the committee, Piper said. The committee comprises municipal government officials, she said, “and he’s no longer in that role.”
Phone and email messages to Dorsett were not returned on Thursday.
Dorsett started a consulting business in November, according to state corporation records and a story in the Caledonian Record, in St. Johnsbury, Vt.
“I have always been interested in the convergence of business, government and community,” Dorsett told the Record. “From my experience as a state representative to working the finance sector to multiple roles as a local government executive, I’ve wanted to parlay that breadth of experience into a consulting role, but have never had the time, This transition will allow me to turn Dorsett Consulting Associates into an impactful business.”
State records show that the business was incorporated Nov. 22 in Lyman, N.H., to “Provide consulting services to individuals and entities for real estate development.”
When he was hired for the $121,992 county administrator job, Piper, D-Enfield, cited his wide-ranging experience and said he was brought in not only to manage the county, but to be “forward-looking.”