UPDATE, Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2:30 p.m.: According to the Greybull Standard, the local news outlet that reports on Greybull, WY, that municipality’s Town Council held its regularly scheduled monthly last night (Aug. 11, 2025).
Following a 15 minute executive session at the start of the meeting, Dawn Norton — Wilton’s former CFO and current Greybull town administrator — made a statement during public session:
“In light of all the negative press … and considering the recent news articles … I wish to provide the following statement: While there seems to be an ‘I say, they say’ situation, I want to assure the Town of Greybull that nothing nefarious or ingenuine [sic] is or has been going on. The situation at Wilton is a Wilton issue and has nothing to do with my work in Greybull. At this time, I have removed myself from providing any support to the town of Wilton as I serve at the pleasure of the town, the council and the mayor.”
Original Story
Monday afternoon, Aug. 11, the Town of Wilton issued a press release with an official statement regarding the departure of former CFO Dawn Norton, who resigned after it was discovered that she was simultaneously working full time for both Wilton and the town of Greybull, WY.
The statement has prompted more questions, with key details that were omitted and discrepancies found in the account. GOOD Morning Wilton has also learned of new information out of Wyoming that adds even more context to the events.
The statement from First Selectman Toni Boucher said officials were “shocked and deeply disappointed by this action.” It also recounted the town’s version of the timeline of events leading up to Norton’s resignation on Aug. 5.
Town attorneys have advised officials to give no comment “due to concerns about potential litigation.” The release of the town’s statement indicates the lawyers likely approved Boucher’s statement before it was released.
Town Administrator Matt Knickerbocker spoke with GMW on Thursday, Aug. 7, and we’ve published key information from that conversation separately today, in “Knickerbocker Q&A: Inside the Dispute Over CFO Norton’s Wyoming Job.”
[Editor’s note: Boucher’s statement is printed in full at the end of this article.]
Statement Details
1. Resignation Letters
Boucher’s statement countered Norton’s assertion that she had fully informed both Boucher and Knickerbocker about her work for Greybull. Instead, Boucher said she and Knickerbocker “learned for the first time on Sunday night, August 3, 2025” that Norton had taken another full-time job.
According to the statement, Wilton’s Human Resource Director Sarah Taffel “had become aware” that same Sunday evening that Norton had been appointed town administrator of Greybull on May 12, 2025 and Taffel passed that information to Knickerbocker, identified as “Norton’s direct supervisor.”
Calling the situation “fast-moving,” Boucher’s statement said Knickerbocker asked Norton directly about the Greybull job on Monday morning, Aug. 4. and asked for her resignation that same morning, and Norton tendered it on Tuesday, Aug. 5.
Curiously, Norton attended Monday evening’s (Aug. 4) BOS meeting, albeit remotely. A photo from the meeting room shows Norton’s appearance via Zoom in the meeting — a meeting that took place after Knickerbocker purportedly asked for her resignation on Monday morning, according to Boucher’s statement.
Neither Boucher nor Knickerbocker informed the other selectmen about Norton’s second job or mentioned it during the public portion of the meeting. It also was evident that the other selectmen learned about Norton’s Wyoming job from GMW‘s story that was published while the meeting was still going on.
While Boucher’s statement put Norton’s resignation on Tuesday, Aug. 5, town officials provided GMW with an earlier version of the resignation that Norton emailed to Knickerbocker on Monday afternoon, Aug. 4, with a collegial tone offering continued help during the transition “support[ing] Wilton in full capacity, for as long as it takes.” Boucher’s statement made no mention of this earlier version.
Even stranger, two different town officials provided GMW with copies of this first version — but each had a different date. Knickerbocker forwarded the first version dated Oct. 4, 2025, and HR Director Taffel provided one dated Nov. 3, 2025 (in response to a FOIA request from GMW).
What’s more, GMW obtained a third copy of this earlier version (also dated Nov. 3, 2025) that Norton provided to the editor of the Greybull Standard, the local news outlet that has covered Greybull for more than 100 years. There are slight differences in appearance and formatting between each of the documents, including one that appears to feature a copy/paste version of Norton’s signature. [Editor’s note: GMW reached out to Boucher, Knickerbocker and Taffel for comment on the variations between the documents. Boucher responded that she is “unaware of any documents from Greybull, Wy.” The three documents are provided at the end of this story.]
Norton told the Greybull Standard that she created her notice of retirement “working with my direct [supervisor]…” with a future date “to allow for the transition plans to work.”
Boucher’s statement only referred to the resignation Norton dated and sent on Tuesday, Aug. 5, with a tersely worded one-line note withdrawing the first ‘retirement’ and offering a second one, “effective immediately.”
2. Norton’s notification about seeking outside work
Boucher’s statement detailed a letter that Norton sent to the First Selectman on April 7, 2025, that “purportedly” notified Boucher that Norton “‘may’ be taking outside employment.” Boucher emphasized the letter “did not specify what type of employment or when this ‘may’ occur.” Boucher added that “clearly” Wilton officials would not have allowed Norton to take a second town administrator/finance position at the same time she served as Wilton’s CFO.
Norton’s notification stems from a provision in her job offer letter (that has sometimes erroneously been referred to as a contract) stating: “You may have employment outside of the Town of Wilton, but you must notify the First Selectwoman of such employment.”
Norton sent a letter on Town of Wilton Finance Department letterhead to Boucher and copied Taffel and Knickerbocker, notifying Boucher that “As stated in my hiring contract [sic] with the Town of Wilton, I am informing you that I may take on additional employment outside the Town of Wilton.”
Boucher’s statement erroneously described this as “purportedly” notified, even though the letter was stamped as received on April 7, 2025, by Taffel. However, Norton’s notification — which the former CFO has referred to as proof that she fulfilled her obligation — only refers to work that she “may take on.” In contrast, her offer letter’s provision stated she must notify the First Selectman of any work she “may have” — as in currently; not “may take on” — as in possibly in the future.
The Greybull Standard said Norton submitted her own statement to the editor on Saturday morning, saying she informed her employers in Wilton on April 7, 2025.
According to the Standard, Norton provided ‘proof’ in the form of a copy of a very different letter she claimed she sent to Boucher, dated April 7, 2025, titled, “Notice of acceptance of employment outside of the Town of Wilton” and which states: “As per my contract, I am notifying you that I will be accepting employment outside of the Town of Wilton.” Unlike the letter she submitted to Wilton officials, this second letter was not on Town of Wilton letterhead, nor was there an acceptance or receipt stamp from any Wilton employee. [Editor’s note: that notice is included in the documents below.]
According to the Greybull Standard, the town’s Mayor Myles Foley indicated during a February town council meeting that he would start interviewing candidates for the open town administrator position in mid-March. The Standard reported Norton was hired “soon after” but didn’t attend a council meeting until May 12, 2025, when she was appointed as Greybull’s town administrator.
Norton told GMW that she informed Knickerbocker about her Greybull work around that time.
“I gave him my retirement notice — I gave it to him when I went full time,” she told GMW. “My notice said I’d give them full support, whatever it is, up to Nov. 3… when all department head contracts are … renewed. I said, ‘I’ll do 100% of everything. I will get the audit done. I will attend meetings. I will do whatever it is that you need me to do in my full capacity,” Norton said — all language very close to the first resignation letter she sent.
Norton has repeatedly insisted to both GMW and the Greybull Standard that Wilton officials were well aware she had accepted a full-time job with Greybull, and that she and Knickerbocker were “actively working on a transition plan for probably a couple months now.
Greybull Mayor Foley told the Greybull Standard that Norton was upfront about her work requirements in Wilton starting from her interview with that town’s officials. “We assumed [her continuing employment with Wilton during the transition] would be close to full time,” Foley told the Standard.
Foley also told the Standard that “he has seen emails between Norton and her bosses in Wilton that suggest they knew of her resignation in April, but that Norton was reluctant to publicly disclose those emails.”
On Wednesday, Aug. 6, Jeremy Kottman, a member of the Greybull Town Council, reached out to GMW, noting that the situation “is very concerning to me.” He later told GMW that he had no knowledge about Norton’s concurrent work for Wilton when he voted with the other four council members to appoint her as his town’s administrator, nor had Greybull’s mayor Foley informed him that Norton would be working for Wilton and Greybull simultaneously.
Statement from Town of Wilton First Selectman Toni Boucher:
“The Town of Wilton granted permission in February 2025 to our former Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Dawn Norton, to work remotely from Wyoming at her request due to personal hardship.
When we learned for the first time on Sunday night, August 3, 2025, that Ms. Norton had taken a full-time town administrator position in a Wyoming town, we were shocked and deeply disappointed by this action. Obviously, one cannot serve as the Wilton CFO and concurrently as the Town Administrator/CFO for a town in Wyoming.
On the night of August 3rd, Matt Knickerbocker, Wilton Town Administrator and Ms. Norton’s direct supervisor, received an email from Wilton’s HR Director informing him that she had become aware of an announcement that Wilton CFO, Dawn Norton, had been appointed Town Administrator/CFO of Greybull, Wyoming on May 12, 2025.
Town Administrator Knickerbocker immediately informed me on Monday morning, August 4th, of this dual employment. He confirmed this fact that morning with Ms. Norton. She responded yes, she had taken this job. Although her original employment agreement in January 2022 allowed for some additional employment, it obviously did not allow her to accept a full-time position in the state of Wyoming.
Ms. Norton has refenced [sic] a letter she sent dated April 7, 2025. It purportedly notified the First Selectman that she “may” be taking outside employment. This notice, however, did not specify what type of employment or when this “may” occur. Clearly, Wilton would not permit Ms. Norton to become Greybull, Wyoming Administrator/CFO while remaining CFO of Wilton.
As events unfolded, this fast-moving serious situation required immediate action. On Monday morning, August 4th, the CFO was asked to resign and did so on August 5.
Town counsel was asked to guide the process given the potential for litigation. An interim CFO is being sought and researched by four outside firms. In addition, a search committee and a new CFO job description was approved by the Board of Selectmen at a special meeting on August 8. The CFO job was posted the same day, August 8th, on the town website. The date of October 1, 2025 for submission has been announced. Now, as a town we must move forward to find the best possible candidate to serve Wilton in this critically important position.
I can assure you that the new person will have an employment contract that will demand full-time dedication to the financial needs of our town. We encourage all interested parties to apply.
Toni Boucher
First Selectman
Town of Wilton
Documents
Dawn Norton “Letters of Separation” provided by Sarah Taffel
Letter provided by Matt Knickerbocker
Documents provided by Greybull Standard, given by Dawn Norton
CFO Town Documents — Offer Letter and April 7 “May Take On” Notification, provided by Toni Boucher
When the Wilton Democratic Party decided not to field a mayoral candidate against Toni Boucher, I knew the Town was in for a bumpy ride…but this is quite astonishing. File under You-can’t-make-this-stuff-up’ Department and thanks GMW for this story.