The Tri-Town Ambulance service committee will recommend to the Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday that interim chief Paul (Zeke) Wilkins be permanently appointed chief, committee chairman and Aquinnah police chief Randhi Belain confirmed this week.

Mr. Wilkins has served as interim chief since February when Robert Bellinger resigned. The committee had offered the post to a candidate from Connecticut, who withdrew his application.

Mr. Belain said the only sticking point with hiring Mr. Wilkins, who was also a finalist, was his lack of experience. Under an affiliation agreement with the hospital, a paramedic who teaches another paramedic must have at least two years of paramedic experience. Mr. Wilkins has agreed to educational classes with hospital emergency room director Dr. Jeffrey Zack to compensate for his lack of paramedic experience. He has been an emergency medical technician for the past 10 years and before that was a member of the Chilmark fire department. He works as a caretaker and chimney sweeper.

“It’s wonderful,” he said of his recommended appointment this week. “I’m going to make sure all the [tri-town] goals are being met.”

Mr. Belain said he looked forward to taking on other issues such as the budget. Selectmen from Chilmark, West Tisbury and Aquinnah have been invited to attend the committee’s June 9 meeting to discuss the budget.