Concord Fire Chief Mark Cotreau will become the next fire chief in Rye, New Hampshire.
Selectmen in the seacoast community approved a three-year contract July 24 paying Cotreau $83,200 annually, according to Rye Town Administrator Michael Magnant.
His first day on the job is Sept. 11.
“The two words we kept hearing were ‘integrity’ and ‘honesty,’” Magnant said of responses from people the town interviewed during a background check on Cotreau. “He’s exactly what we were looking for in a fire chief.”
Cotreau, 56, said he was in tears driving back from his interview in Rye, because he thought his chances of getting the job were good, and he was going to miss the people of Concord.