OXFORD — Selectmen honored longtime Transfer Station employee Brian Conant on Thursday evening and heard about ongoing improvements at the new Town Office building.
Chairperson Sharon Jackson thanked Conant for his 30 years of service.
When Town Manager Adam Garland said he had something for him, Conant joked, “What a raise maybe?”
Brian Conant, center, is congratulated Thursday evening by Oxford Selectman Scott Hunter on 30 years of service to the town. Selectman Caldwell Jackson stands at left. Nicole Carter/Advertiser Democrat
Garland handed him a plaque.
“Thank you,” Conant said. “It doesn’t seem like it’s been that long.”
Conant worked for six years with the highway department before going to the Transfer Station, station Manager Ed Knighly said.
Knightly presented him with a Carhart coat with a 30-year service emblem embroidered on it.
In his report, Garland said the new municipal headquarters sign and a flagpole have been installed. New flags are on order. Additional outside lighting will be added along the building’s side entry.
Selectman Scott Hunter requested that lights be installed at each of the parking lot entrances on Pottle Road because visibility along the street is poor.
Selectman Dana Dillingham asked that streetlights be installed in a way that will not disturb nearby homes.
Garland also reported that the Thompson Lake water level has been set at 32 inches for the winter.
The section of Jordan Road in Oxford has been turned back to gravel. The board asked Garland to contact Hebron officials to request their highway department grade that section of the road a couple of times a year.
Starting this week, the Town Office is closing at 6 p.m. because few people come for town-related business between 6 and 7 p.m.
Recreation Department Director Kayla Laird said activities at the Station House Community Center have been going well and she is preparing for Christmas-related events.
Dillingham and Selectman Floyd Thayer told Garland they have been approached by people who would like to sign up for Oxford’s public sewer service but the process and requirements seem confusing. They asked him to look into ways to simplify service requests for public utilities.
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