New Greenville code enforcement officer is on the job

GREENVILLE — Greenville will not be without a code enforcement officer as the position has been filled before the departure of Ron Sarol. New Code Enforcement Officer Tim Post was introduced during a Dec. 3 planning board meeting.

“My departure is Friday (Dec. 5) at noon, I will be out of there and I have been working with Tim for the past couple of days,” Sarol said. 

Last month Sarol submitted his resignation letter to the town after having served as code enforcement officer for more than three years. He has known Post, who has lived in Greenville for 33 years and is a former member of the fire department, for the last few years.

“When I first moved to Greenville I was a forest ranger,” Post said. He later became a forester with the Maine Forest Service and oversaw timber harvesting operations.

“I’ve been doing regulations for 27 years,” Post said. He became a field team leader overseeing permitting and supervising three regional enforcement coordinators and two district foresters.

Post has been retired for eight months and thought the code enforcement position would be a good fit for him when he saw the job posting.

“I think we all find the planning process for Greenville interesting and rewarding and we hope you do as well,” Planning Board Chair John Contreni said.

At the end of the meeting planning board members thanked Sarol.

He said he did not always agree with some of Sarol’s decisions, but board member David Case said, “I respect your firmness, your dedication to the job.”

“I enjoyed you as a neighbor and working with you, thank you,” Michelle Weirich said.

“Thank you Ron for your devotion to the town, I hope you enjoy your new endeavors,” Brent Ireland said.

The planning board met with Sarol at the twice monthly meetings but did not regularly see all he does with the public, Contreni said. The chair said Sarol has a very nice touch for working with people outside the town office.

In his final report Sarol said he has now issued 123 permits in 2025. Last year’s total was 110.

Earlier this year LD 1829, known as “An Act to Build Housing for Maine Families and Attract Workers to Maine Businesses by Amending the Laws Governing Housing Density”, was passed in Augusta, Contreni said. 

The bill says subdivisions consist of five units instead of three and specifies some of the training that planning board officials need to have. Some changes will need to be made to Greenville’s land use ordinance to comply with LD 1829. The board will likely need to hire outside help to make these adjustments by the July 1, 2027 deadline, Contreni said.

The planning board is still lacking one of its two alternate positions and interested residents can fill out an application that is available through the town website at greenvilleme.gov/boards/planning-board, Contreni said.