Steve Bury
Steve Bury, who has served as the town’s senior engineer for the past four years, was named the official town engineer on Tuesday, Dec. 16, by the Board of Selectmen.
“It’s been four years so it’s time for Steve to graduate,” Mike Pastore, the director of Public Works, told the selectmen.
Bury, who lives in New Jersey, has worked for the town since July 2009. In July 2010, he was promoted to senior town engineer, replacing Tiger Mann, who was promoted to assistant director of Public Works.
The town engineer, which is a Town Charter position, reviews subdivision applications and building permits along with other work that includes driveway permitting, sewer connections and road openings.
Bury has been an engineer for more than 15 years.
First Selectman Rob Mallozzi III told Pastore during the meeting that the Department of Public Works “has the best customer service in town. I get no complaints. And, Steve, you have fit in really well … it all starts from the top.”
Selectman Beth Jones, after learning Bury commutes from New Jersey to New Canaan every day, said: “Wow. We have to move you closer.”
“I don’t have the longest commute in town,” Bury said. “It’s a little over an hour. The town has great resources and I am very happy to work here.”
The selectmen voted 3-0 to approve the appointment, which according to the Town Charter, is an indefinite term.