{"id":148316,"date":"2026-03-25T19:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/148316\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T19:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T19:08:11","slug":"reading-select-board-approves-separation-agreement-with-town-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/148316\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Select Board Approves Separation Agreement With Town Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>READING, MA \u2014 The Select Board voted unanimously to approve<a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingrecap.com\/2026\/02\/25\/%F0%9F%8F%9B%EF%B8%8F-board-votes-to-execute-separation-agreement-with-town-manager-matthew-kraunelis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> a separation agreement<\/a> with Town Manager Matthew Kraunelis, effectively ending his tenure, according to Reading Recap. <\/p>\n<p>The two sides were unable to reach an agreement to continue his employment. A statement from the Select Board thanked Kraunelis for &#8220;his achievements and contributions&#8221; to the town.<\/p>\n<p>The board authorized Town Counsel Ivria Fried <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereadingobserver.com\/community-news\/reading-to-negotiate-separation-agreement-with-town-manager?fbclid=IwY2xjawQLwMdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEes6ywIFaD_esaYlTnk22lmM23wLp-M_9JDEaUiU-6oyERuVLhLGhp9nu5WYI_aem_TA8YjLrOqau3D5cagmrC8Q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to negotiate with<\/a> Assistant Town Manager Jayne Wellman to serve as acting town manager, according to The Reading Observer.<\/p>\n<p>The board is expected to reconvene next week to review a possibly approve a contract for the position.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.readingrecap.com\/2026\/02\/25\/%F0%9F%8F%9B%EF%B8%8F-board-votes-to-execute-separation-agreement-with-town-manager-matthew-kraunelis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reading Recap<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Read the full story in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thereadingobserver.com\/community-news\/reading-to-negotiate-separation-agreement-with-town-manager?fbclid=IwY2xjawQLwMdleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEes6ywIFaD_esaYlTnk22lmM23wLp-M_9JDEaUiU-6oyERuVLhLGhp9nu5WYI_aem_TA8YjLrOqau3D5cagmrC8Q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Reading Observer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In January 2025, the Select Board reached an agreement to extend Kraunelis&#8217; contract for another year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, MA \u2014 The Select Board voted unanimously to approve a separation agreement with Town Manager Matthew Kraunelis,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":148317,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-148316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=148316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/148316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/148317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=148316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=148316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=148316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}