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Select Board directs highway crew to pick up Chester Road wood and deliver to interested residents
Summary
After lengthy discussion about logistics and prior informal practices, the board voted to have the highway department collect the wood from the Chester Road site and deliver it to residents who had expressed interest; future requests will be logged for fairness.
The Grafton Select Board on Oct. 9 approved a motion directing the highway department to pick up wood at the Chester Road site and deliver it to residents who had expressed interest.
Following a lengthy discussion of previous informal practices — where residents commonly collected piles themselves or the town sometimes left piles for residents to take — one board member moved that the highway crew collect the wood and deliver it to those who had asked for it. The motion was seconded and carried. A member of the administrative staff read the motion back before the vote to ensure clarity: the highway department will pick up the wood at the cemetery land and deliver it to people who have expressed interest, and the board will record names for future distributions.
Board members discussed alternatives such as leaving piles for residents to collect, dumping material at private properties for use, or removing the material to a centralized town location. The adopted motion commits the highway department to handle the immediate pickups and to prioritize residents who previously indicated interest.
The board did not identify a fee for the service; members said they would record future requests and address any disputes at subsequent meetings.
