A special meeting of the City Council was held Monday afternoon. Shortly after 3:30 p.m., Mayor Jeffrey Caggiano announced the appointment of Merina Bigos as Acting Town Clerk.

Ms. Bigos, formally Bristol’s Deputy and City Clerk, takes on the duties of Therese Pac whose contract was not renewed by the mayor last month after nearly 25 years of service to the city.

“We are in the interview process,” Caggiano said in an email response to a TBE inquiry about filling the position permanently, “and will hire as soon as we find a permanent replacement.”

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