Evaluation of town woodlot on Greenville Oct. 16 selectmen’s agenda

Staff Report

    GREENVILLE — The Greenville Board of Selectmen meet Wednesday, Oct. 16 at 6:30 p.m. with a rather light agenda.
    One of the major items to be discussed is an evaluation of the town woodlot off Marsh Farm Road by forester Gordon Moore of the Maine Forest Service.

    The acreage is a former state public lot which was given to the town as a “school and ministerial lot” for the purpose of producing revenue through timber sales to support the Greenville schools. The wood on the 200-acre lot was last harvested in 1994, and there is interest by the Greenville School Committee to have the lot cut again in order to produce additional revenue.
    According to the minutes of the Sept. 18 Board of Selectmen’s meeting, Maine Forest Ranger Bruce Reed explained the benefits of having a professional licensed forester advise any landowner who is not in the woods industry and has a lot as large as the town-owned property with various complications, such as steep slopes toward a stream, general swampy ground and previous heavy harvesting.
    Members of the Greenville School Committee and Union 60 Superintendent Beth Lorigan are also expected to attend Wednesday’s meeting.
    Another item on the agenda is the discussion of the harbormaster/moorings ordinance. Town Manager John Simko has asked Code Enforcement Office Jack Hart to brief the board of the history of the ordinance; and if necessary, discuss how it might be reconsidered.