Town of North Norwich Supervisor Timothy Brown, pictured front right, with other North Norwich officials in mid-January. Brown recently announced his resignation from the North Norwich Supervisor position effective December 31. (Photo by Catherine Sasso)

NORTH NORWICH – The Town of North Norwich’s supervisor turned in his resignation letter earlier this month, and said a lack of cohesion and lackluster productivity from local government officials were some of the main reasons why he resigned.

According to North Norwich Supervisor Timothy Brown, Thursday December 31 will be his last day working as supervisor. Brown is resigning his post after differences with the town board and officials in the town highway department.

“I went into this with great hopes of making things better for the town’s people, and now I know what’s going on but I can’t fix it,” said Brown. “We didn’t know COVID was coming, but we knew they were spending like wildfire, and that is still a problem.”

“It's nice to have new shiny trucks, but the town needs to keep their spending down.”

Brown said he entered the election to try and make changes that would bring more business to the Town of Norwich and help improve the quality of life for residents there.

He said the board got a lot accomplished in the year he served as supervisor, including the creation of a park committee, a balanced budget, a new website, and the installation of a security system using grant funding.