WEST BOYLSTON — Officials are dismissing claims by the town administrator's lawyer that the decision to fire James Ryan has been made before a scheduled hearing about the handling of a Trump flag being displayed inside the police station. Ryan has been criticized by the police chief and others for apparently ordering that the flag be removed.

Town officials have scheduled a hearing to discuss the matter further on Monday afternoon. The post Lawyer says West Boylston town administrator faces firing over Trump flag controversy appeared first on Boston.

A lawyer for the West Boylston town administrator claims it's a "foregone conclusion" his client will be fired by the select board Monday, which the board's chair denies.

At issue is a dispute between long-standing Police Chief Dennis W. Minnich Sr. and newly hired Town Administrator James J. Ryan. After a recent tour of the police station, the administrator asked the chief to remove a Trump flag he saw in a nonpublic area of the station.

A lawyer representing the West Boylston town administrator says his client is in the process of losing his job over a dispute regarding a Trump flag with the police chief.

It started when the Trump flag was found hanging in the workout room at the West Boylston Police Department headquarters, which sparked a topic of town debate.