After 10 months of searching, the Belmont Board of Selectmen approved an employment contract with David Kale to become Belmont's Town Administrator at its Wednesday night meeting, Aug. 16.

Details of the contract, including salary, other compensation and duties, will be released once Kale agrees to the terms of the document.

While the contract is not yet signed, Mark Paolillo, chairman of the Board, did say that Kale's first official day in Belmont will be Monday, Aug. 20.

Kale, Cambridge's budget director and deputy finance director since 2003, was choosen in June by the Board to replace Thomas Younger who resigned in October of last year.