HARDWICK – Hardwick’s Select Board chose officers, set a meeting schedule and made appointments to a roster of town positions, ranging from Emergency Management Coordinator to Rail Trail representative, at its March 7 regular meeting.
Eric Remick will remain as chair and Ceilidh Galloway-Kane as vice chair.
Next up, a slate of appointments: David Upson Jr., Civil Defense/Emergency Management Coordinator; Bill Chidsey, Town Energy Coordinator; Shari Cornish, Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (CVSWMD) representative and Ceilidh Galloway-Kane, alternate; Lawrence Hamel, Town Service Officer; Danny Hale, Agent to Convey Real Estate; and Shari Cornish, board representative to sign warrants.
Also appointed were Shari Cornish, NEKArts Board representative; Paul Fixx, NEK Communication Union District representative; Eric Remick, Hardwick Trails Committee representative; Eric Remick, Lamoille Valley Rail Trail Committee representative; David Upson, Town Safety Officer; Maya McCoy, town website coordinator; Shari Cornish, NVDA representative; Danny Hale, Hardwick/Woodbury Rail Trail; Eric Remick, Town Health Officer; and David Upson Jr., Deputy Health Officer.
The board then set meetings for the first and third Thursday of each month, except July 4, at 6 p.m.
A cannabis license renewal was approved for The Clean Cannabis Company. Also approved were the annual Certification of Compliance for Town Road and Bridge standards, and a request from Greensboro Nursing Home to have a coin drop in October of 2024.
The town manager was authorized to sign the agreement for a July 27 Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District’s (CVSWMD) Household and Hazardous Waste event in Hardwick.
Board member Shari Cornish reported that the Town House is open for the season. The first event is March 15 with Rebecca Ann Locicero, a psychic medium. Details can be found at hardwicktownhouse.org.
Remick’s update on the Yellow Barn construction noted the project is moving along, with several new windows installed in the barn and the porch at the back of the barn almost completed. Windows for the accelerator building will not go in for a couple of months. Trucking contaminated soil to the Coventry landfill will continue as weather permits.
