GUILDERLAND — Captain Daniel McNally is the choice of the interview committee for Guilderland’s next chief of police. 

“I’m 100 percent excited about that. It’s been my life’s work for 32 years,” McNally said, declining to answer other questions until after the town board could consider his appointment at its Dec. 17 meeting. 

Current chief Carol Lawlor, who has held the post since 2007, is set to retire in mid-January. She became acting chief in 2007 following the resignation of her predecessor, James Murley, and was named chief in 2008. 

McNally directs the Emergency Medical Services division of the Guilderland Police Department. 

The town board will vote on his appointment Tuesday night. 

Carol Lawlor’s salary for 2018 was $112,046 and for 2019 was $114,847. 

McNally’s annual salary will be $117,144 upon his appointment in mid-January, said the comptroller, Darci Efaw.

Efaw told The Enterprise earlier that the interview committee consisted of town board members, herself, and possibly the town attorney, James Melita.