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Selectboard agrees to hire part-time seasonal aggregate hauler; special meeting scheduled
Summary
Facing no responses to an RFP for gravel hauling, the Selectboard agreed that Selectboard member Joe Martell may be hired as a part-time seasonal aggregate hauler reporting to the Town Administrator; the board noted the nepotism policy and set a special meeting for June 25, 2026, with Martell excused from that special meeting.
The Selectboard discussed a short-term need to haul gravel for town roads after the posted RFP received no responses. Chair Tim McGowan reported that the Highway Supervisor recommended hiring Joe Martell for two days per week through the summer. Board members considered personnel-policy constraints and agreed that if hired, Martell would report directly to the Town Administrator rather than to Highway Department supervisors.
Town Administrator Trish Waugh alerted the board to the personnel policy's nepotism clause, quoted in the minutes: "you cannot hire or transfer a relative when doing so will result in close relative supervising or evaluating another close relative." The board concluded that hiring Martell as a part-time, seasonal aggregate hauler reporting to the Town Administrator would avoid the supervision conflict and scheduled a Selectboard special meeting for June 25, 2026, to finalize the matter; Joe Martell will be excused from that special meeting.
The arrangement as discussed is limited-duration and intended to address immediate highway needs until the school year resumes; the Town Administrator will implement hiring paperwork consistent with town personnel policy.
