Greenville code enforcement officer to depart

GREENVILLE — Greenville Code Enforcement Officer Ron Sarol will be leaving the position early next month.

“Ron, our code enforcement officer, has decided to move on, he has submitted his resignation to me,” Town Manager Mike Roy said during a Nov. 19 select board meeting.

Sarol’s last day will be Friday, Dec. 5. He has been in the position for more than three years.

“He’s done a great job working with the property owners and he’ll be missed and I wish him the best,” Roy said.

The code enforcement officer job has been posted on the town website, Indeed and the Maine Municipal Association website. Several inquiries have been made and one person has stopped by the town office for an application, Roy said.

“I hope we can fill this before he leaves but we want to make sure that it is the right person for the position,” he said.

In other business, the select board approved the decommission of Crescent Street and this item will be voted on by the public at an upcoming special town meeting, the date of which has yet to be determined.

The request was made earlier in the fall by the Church of the Open Bible. The church owns land on both sides of the dead end road, which does not have town water and sewer, and would like to expand its property.

“They have purchased all of that property and they are the only abutters to that street,” Town Clerk Tammy Firman said about the street that is a tenth of a mile long.

After checking with the Maine Municipal Association, Firman was told utility easements convey and there is nothing that has to be done with this by the town in the discontinuance process.

Shaw Public Library trustees are looking to enclose the ramp going into the building annex.

“That ramp can be slippery and the idea of the enclosure will reduce that risk” by keeping off snow and ice, Roy said.

The day prior, the Piscataquis County Commissioners voted to restore nearly $65,000 for a half dozen program grants that had been cut from the 2026 county budget, Roy said.

The town manager is a member of the county budget advisory committee.

Any changes made to the budget, increases or decreases, need to be explained by the commissioners to the committee and this is scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 4.

The commissioners need to vote on the county budget within 15 days of the end of the current budget and this would likely be done at the Tuesday, Dec. 16 meeting. That morning they will also likely make a decision on the 2026-27 Unorganized Territory budget.