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WARREN -- Town Manager Michael J. Abbruzzi is resigning to take a job as the chief financial officer of the Rhode Island Department of Transportation.

Abbruzzi, who was hired by the town in 2002, formally notified the Town Council by e-mail on Sunday that he had accepted an offer to become the associate director of financial management at the state agency. He is set to leave Warren at the end of September and start his new position at the beginning of October.

Abbruzzi currently earns $71,718 a year and will have a starting annual salary at the DOT of $89,135. He said that his decision to take the job has nothing to do with the increased pay.

"I've been in Warren for almost seven years now," he said in an interview today. "That, to me, is a good time to step off and allow someone else to move in and bring in a new energy for the town."

He replaces Marc Leonetti at the DOT, who held the financial management position for about a year before leaving to become state comptroller at the Rhode Island Department of Administration. The DOT job was posted June 9.

Abbruzzi said that he applied for the job about two months ago, and, after receiving an offer, told Council President Frank J. Alfano at the end of last week that he would likely accept the position.

-- Journal staff writer Alex Kuffner

 Tags  Department of Transportation Warren

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