The Greenland Board of Selectmen on June 30 approved placing a donated tree and a small memorial plaque by the bandstand on the Town Green to honor the late Phil Miles. Donors will cover planting and irrigation work and the town accepted the offer.

The action matters because all work, including conduit and irrigation to the bandstand, will be provided at no cost to the town, and the board recorded that Barrassa Construction has offered donated time and materials to run conduit for a water spigot needed to keep the newly planted Franklinia well watered.

At the meeting a presenter described the proposal: the Franklinia (a flowering tree with white spring blooms and red fall foliage) was offered by Piscataqua (the donor group) and must be well watered at installation because it is a mature tree. The presenter said Barrassa Construction would provide the conduit and irrigation hookup and the police department was arranging a small pedestal plaque noting Miles’s service that donors will fund. Board members asked about an existing bench near the bandstand; the presenter said the concrete-sided, wooden-slat bench is old and will be taken into storage while the board decides whether to repair or replace it.

Selectman Paul Stanley moved to approve placement of the tree and an eight-by-11- or 8-by-12-inch plaque, seconded by another member; the motion carried on a voice vote.

Donors will handle installation and irrigation work and the plaque; the town’s acceptance is limited to permitting the planting on town green and any attachments to town property. The board did not set a plaque text at the meeting and noted the plaque pedestal will be finalized later.