Deyermond Makes a Return

Ed Deyermond, who was re-elected last week to another term on the Sag Harbor Village Board, is going to have a new 9-to-5 job as of next week, though it’s one with which he is very familiar.

Mr. Deyermond is to be appointed as the North Haven Village clerk, a position he held from 2001 to 2006. Georgia Welch, the current clerk and a 30-year village employee, is retiring.

“I’ve always had a really good relationship with the folks over there,” Mr. Deyermond said of North Haven, adding that he wanted to help with the transition. “I’ll stay as long as they want me — not really sure where the whole thing is going to end up,” he said when asked how long he planned to stay on the job.

Mr. Deyermond has spent the past five years in semi-retirement. He left his North Haven post and stepped down as Sag Harbor Village mayor to take an offer he couldn’t refuse as assessor for the Town of Southampton in 2006. He worked for the town until the end of 2010. He has also served as an assessor in the Town of East Hampton.

Mr. Deyermond rejoined the Sag Harbor Village Board in 2008, then stepped down, but was re-elected in 2013, and again just last week, to two-year terms.

While serving in North Haven, he became the mayor of Sag Harbor Village in 2003. “I was thoroughly vetted when I was clerk before I wanted to run for mayor,” he explained of any potential conflicts of interest. The issue has once again been researched.

“This is just a village trustee spot and clerk — it’s much less of a problem now,” Mr. Deyermond said. One way he will avoid conflicts is that he will not be the Sag Harbor Village Board’s liaison to the Sag Harbor Fire Department and Sag Harbor Volunteer Ambulance Corps since the Village of North Haven has contracts for those services.

Mr. Deyermond’s appointment will be finalized with a vote by the North Haven Village Board at its meeting on Wednesday. Ms. Welch will step down at the end of July, so there will be some time for her to bring Mr. Deyermond up to speed.