Meeting set Tuesday, likely to discuss Hubbard police chief's leave

HUBBARD — City council will have a special meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday with an executive session on personnel — most likely to address police Chief Martin Kanetsky being placed on paid administrative leave.

The chief was put on leave, effective Jan. 6, by Mayor Richard D. Keenan. Sgt. Louis Carsone is acting chief.

Carsone, who served as chief from 1982-84, was to retire this month. Carsone said he could not comment on the current situation but said his retirement “is on hold.”

Keenan did not return calls to his office and city cell phone.

In a one-paragraph letter to Kanetsky, the mayor wrote that the administrative leave was effective pending investigation of “various charges including but not limited to insubordination, misuse of city facilities and/or property of the city of Hubbard and jeopardizing the health of the entire police department and facilities.” Kanetsky also was instructed not to enter the police building or use any of police vehicles.

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