Adams OKs Contracts With Administrator, Interim Chief

Staff Reports01:40PM / Tuesday, November 18, 2025Print Story | Email Story

ADAMS, Mass. — The town will have a new administrator onboard almost exactly one year after after Jay Green departed for Lenox.

The Board of Selectmen last Wednesday unanimously approved a three-year contract with Nicholas Caccamo, effective Jan. 20, 2026. His base salary will be $130,000.

The Williamsburg town administrator was offered the post in Adams on Oct. 29. He was one of three finalists for the job who were interviewed; the others were MassAbility placement specialist and Pittsfield City Council President Peter White and Easthampton Associate Planner Dillon Maxfield.

Caccamo has been with Williamsburg for four years and had served three terms on the Pittsfield City Council. A former teacher, he also holds a master of science in public policy and administration and in regional planning.

The town has had two interim administrators since Jan. 15. Kenneth Walto, a retired Dalton town manager, filled the post part time until August; Library Director Holli Jayko has since taken up the task until January.

Caccamo replaced Green, who was town administrator for six years before being named as town manager in Lenox.

The board also unanimously approved a three-month contract with acting Police Chief Timothy Sorrell, with a bi-weekly salary of approximately $4,000.

Jayko, who provided the update on contracts, said Sorrell's will remain in effect until a successor agreement is negotiated.

Sorrell, retired Lanesborough police chief who has been working as a special officer for four years in Adams, was appointed in October. Chief K. Scott Kelley was placed on paid administrative leave in September.

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Adams Police Bringing Dated Policies Up to Standard

By Tammy Daniels iBerkshires Staff
12:29PM / Sunday, February 08, 2026

ADAMS, Mass. — The Board of Selectmen approved a raft of Police Department policy changes on Wednesday.

Acting Police Chief Timothy Sorrell presented the updates, noting that some hadn't been touched in 20 years. These new policies are in line with the standards of the Massachusetts Police Accreditation Commission and changes made by the state Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Commission.

"What we did is, instead of reinventing the wheel, I think when I first stood me before you, when I came on as the acting chief, we talked about getting policies from other departments, and there was a town in South County who became accredited, and they were more than willing to share with us their accredited policies," he said.

Detective Michael Wandrei, Officer Travis Cunningham and the chief reviewed the policies and brought them to officers with specialized training in those areas.

"We discussed, how does this fit into Adams? And some of it was just changing that town's name to the Adams name," he said. "So we just had to tweak it to what fit Adams is what we ended up doing ... It doesn't make us accredited, but we're a step closer, maybe when we get all these policies in line."

Policies reviewed included use of force; vehicular pursuits; detainee processing; protective custody; police media relations; body-worn cameras; collection and preservation of evidence; and property and evidence control.

More than a few of the updates related to new techniques, equipment and methods that have changed in the 15 or 20 years.

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