Maylor to Receive $145K Salary

Andrew Maylor will officially start his job as North Andover's town manager on Dec. 16.

And with his arrival, that position will see a large pay increase.

Maylor will receive $145,000 a year. The previous salary for town manager in North Andover was $124,000.

His salary in Swampscott was taken into consideration, according to Selectman Chair Tracy Watson, who served on the committee handling negotiations with Maylor. Swampscott pays Maylor a base salary of about $133,000.

But Watson also pointed out that Maylor will not be receiving health insurance, and a family health plan would cost the town about $17,000 a year.

Selectmen voted unanimously on Oct. 17 to appoint Maylor as the new town manager. He had also been a finalist for a town administrator job in Winchester.

Winchester pays their town administrator a base salary of $146,000, but Watson said that was not a factor in deciding Maylor's salary in North Andover.

Maylor, 49, has served as town administrator in Swampscott for the past nine years. Before that, he served in various capacties in Chelsea -- first as auditor, then as chief financial officer and later as deputy city manager. He also brings experience as tax collector and town accountant of Winthrop and private sector experience as a financial analyst for the Bingham, Dana & Gould law firm in Boston and chief accountant for Congress Realty Financial in Boston.

Maylor's last day in his office in Swampscott will be Dec. 15.

His resignation goes into effect on Dec. 23.

He is leaving a week earlier because he had unused vacation time he needed to use. 

He will not receive anything else.

"I get a handshake, and that’s all, when I leave Swampscott," he said.

Swampscott Patch editor Terry Date contributed to this report.