DUXBURY — Duxbury will begin the year with two new people in central positions in its government: town counsel and town manager.

Selectmen are expected to make a decision Monday on whom to hire as the next town counsel. The candidates include current interim counsel Arthur P. Kreiger; Barbara Saint Andre of Petrini & Associates PC of Framingham; and Lisa Mead of Blatman, Bobrowski & Mead, LLC of Concord, Millis, and Newburyport.