Committee names Freddie liaison for invasive-species treatment plan

Joyce reported that consultant Chris Paulton is close to completing a written invasive-species treatment plan and proposed formally allowing Freddie to act as an outside liaison on the plan. Joyce moved the motion and the committee approved it; Joyce recorded that Freddie had been willing to serve as a volunteer liaison and that other committees had previously used a similar approach to retain outside expertise.

Freddie described the damage at the farm dump and ecology meadow as more extensive than originally thought and said restoration will likely require heavy equipment and substantive remediation; she noted some areas will need compaction relief before plantings can be put in place. Joyce said the immediate deliverable is a bid-ready plan covering five areas and that recovered funds ($47,000) are available to cover ecology-meadow remediation; she described the procurement path for the plan as likely to involve quotes under the town’s $50,000 threshold rather than a formal large-construction bid.