The woman that New Canaan hired as its new parking superintendent backed out of the job on Wednesday, the same week she was to have started, officials said.
On Thursday, officials said they had decided to hire the Parking Bureau’s administrative assistant, Stacy Miltenberg, as head of the department on an interim basis, according to Cheryl Pickering-Jones, New Canaan’s director of human resources.
Stacy Miltenberg. Credit: Michael Dinan
Asked about her thoughts on taking over the department, Miltenberg—a New York City police officer for 20 years who then came to New Canaan as a cop and moved to parking after three years—said she is “looking forward to taking on this new position.”
“I am excited to bring some ideas and changes, and hope to make parking as easy as possible for our department and the townspeople,” Miltenberg said.
It isn’t clear why Robin Pulsifer backed out of the job.
Town officials on Sept. 13 had approved the hiring of Pulsifer to the fill the position, formerly held by Karen Miller, who retired. Pulsifer had come before a search committee as one of 27 applicants and eight interviewees. She had worked for the federal Transportation Security Administration and had done a job similar to New Canaan parking manager on Cape Cod, officials said.
I”m so glad they made Stacy Mitenberg the head of parking . I’ve know Stacy for a good many years, and she will do a great job. I can’t help but wonder why she was chosen second ?