Last modified: Monday, June 8, 2009 2:18 AM EDT ARA executive director Michael Milanoski spekas in the City Hall council chambers in January 2007. (Staff file photo by Tom Maguire) ARA backs director BY GEORGE W. RHODES SUN CHRONICLE STAFF ATTLEBORO - Michael Milanoski, the embattled executive director of the Attleboro redevelopment Authority, got a vote of confidence from his boss, the ARA board. The board voted 4-0 to accept a performance evaluation which gave Milanoski high marks. Chairman of the personnel committee, Max Volterra, said Milanoski has executed his tasks at high level. "Michael has exceeded our expectations in almost all areas," Volterra said. Volterra said the committee determined that Milanoski needed to improve in some areas of communication. "He has improved, and we are satisfied with his performance," Volterra said. Mayor Kevin Dumas has pressured the board for more than six months to seek Milanoski's resignation, charging the director is responsible for the $3 million to $4 million debt incurred by the city's industrial business park project. Board members have staunchly defended Milanoski, arguing that many of the circumstances that resulted in the debt were out of anyone's control. Dumas wants the city to take over management of ARA projects and install an economic development director to run the operation under his supervision. Benton Keene, the fifth member of the board, was absent and did not vote. In past comments, he endorsed the mayor's move to replace Milanoski, but said he worked well with Milanoski when he was ARA chairman.