Commission addresses equipment storage and property disposal; bunker rake relocation unresolved

Commissioners discussed two facilities-and-equipment items: the John Pond bunker rake and a stack of chairs formerly stored for the Loon Pond Lodge, and directed staff to pursue administrative steps to resolve both. Regarding the bunker rake: staff reported the Department of Public Works inspected the rake and prepared it to return to John Pond Park, but the small maintenance building that previously stored the equipment has been torn down and the commission currently lacks a place to house the rake at John Pond. Softball volunteers declined to take responsibility for the town-owned rake; DPW staff (Josh) remains the only certified operator. The rake will remain at the DPW yard until staff can confirm a storage location and any required waivers for civilian operation; staff will measure the rake to determine whether it fits in existing sheds. On the chairs: Parks staff described a collection of older folding chairs that were moved into parks storage after the lodge contracted its own furnishings. The town administrator advised staff that disposing of town property requires first offering other departments the items, then a Select Board declaration that the items are no longer needed, after which the items can be donated or sold if under $10,000. Commissioners supported starting that surplus-declaration process and indicated they would seek to sell or donate the chairs to a local group that requested them if the Select Board declares them surplus.