Meadow council signals support to hire Camille Jensen as town employee; sets meeting dates for budget hearings

Council members discussed filling a vacant town-employee position and expressed support for hiring Camille Jensen to perform meter reading, mowing and snow plowing duties.

An unnamed town official said the position was advertised after the previous employee left and that candidates applied. The official recommended hiring Camille Jensen and described core duties as reading water meters, mowing, and snow plowing, with an additional “other duties as assigned” bullet. Multiple councilmembers verbally indicated support during the meeting; the town official said Jordan (a departing employee) would help locate meter boxes and hand off system knowledge.

Council members welcomed Jensen and discussed operational details of meter reading, including the existence of a map Jordan has to locate meters. The official said meter-reading work would begin the week following the meeting.

Separately, the council scheduled dates: members agreed to post a public hearing to consider an ARPA-related budget amendment before the next regular meeting and tentatively set June 16 for the public hearing and council meeting to approve the next fiscal year’s budget. The town will confirm dates with the school calendar and ensure adequate public-notice posting time.

A brief road-department update covered a tractor starting problem; a road staff member said he would test the starter, fuse and clutch safety switch and try to fix the issue by the end of the week.

No formal vote to hire Jensen was recorded in the transcript; councilmembers indicated support and staff will prepare hiring paperwork as needed.