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Exeter council appoints traffic control officer, emergency alternates and directs planner; moves to negotiate with architect
Summary
At its recent meeting the Exeter Town Council approved several personnel actions — appointing Rob Chaffee as traffic control officer and naming Maria and Carrie as Code Red alternates — directed the planner to coordinate monthly with inspectors, and authorized staff to negotiate with the Bruce Thornton Group Architects.
Exeter — The Exeter Town Council voted to appoint Rob Chaffee as the town's traffic control officer and approved two staff members as alternate points of contact for the town's Code Red emergency-notification system. A motion to appoint Chaffee was made and the body approved the appointment by voice vote.
Emergency management staff described how Code Red is used to notify residents of urgent events, including the recent snow-parking ban, and said the director asked that Maria and Carrie be authorized as alternate contacts to ensure messages are issued when the director is unavailable. The council approved recognizing both volunteers as official alternates.
Councilors also directed the town planner to set up recurring monthly meetings with building inspectors so planning staff and inspectors can coordinate on issues that arise before projects and streamline enforcement and review. A councilor moved that the planner establish a regular meeting cadence and the council voted in favor.
On capital work, the council reviewed recommendations from the selection process for an architect for the town project and authorized staff to proceed to negotiate a contract with Bruce Thornton Group Architects. A councilor said the selected firm had understood the town’s budget constraints and was willing to work within them.
No financial terms were finalized at the meeting; councilors instructed staff to bring contract terms back for review. The council also moved a separate personnel matter in public works to executive session for later discussion.
Quote attribution in this article is limited to statements recorded in the meeting transcript: one councilor said, “I’ll make the motion to appoint Rob Chaffee,” and emergency-management staff explained Code Red “was wildly successful” in reaching residents during the recent snow event. The council concluded the items with voice votes to approve the appointments and to direct staff to proceed with architect negotiations.
