Monday 9-27-10 Paris Selectboard will meet at the town office, 7 PM. Agenda here. Items of business for our town.
Some timely topics, however, do not appear to be formally included on the agenda... such as:
* Paris town manager P. Tarr and his adjoining role as president of the Norway Paris Solid Waste Board. Not to comment on the effect of Tarr's work on the NPSW.
But, to comment on the question of whether this role has taken him away from duties for which he is currently paid - by us - namely, the administrative duties for the Town of Paris. Have others in the office staff been left to carry out the duties he is supposed to cover? Do we know the answer to that? You sure?
* This undesignated fund balance that is evidently supposed to be paying for all the un-planned-for expenses in the town - mentioned by our town manager from time to time as the ultimate source needed to cover municipal needs here and there....
What is the balance, as a matter of fact? Who is monitoring that? Does everyone understand the standard protocol and recommended procedure for how the undesignated fund balance is intended to work? There are some of us who do....
* The ATV trail riders and land owners on specific roads who met Thursday 9-23-10. Hopefully the next steps will be outlined in this venue at some point. Those who attended that meeting, described quite accurately in the Sun Journal Friday 9-24-10, already know, but action has not yet been addressed in the official minutes of the Paris selectboard.
*The 6 month evaluation of the town manager. No less than 2 selectboard meetings (8-23-10 and 8-09-10) and one special executive session (9-08-10) have been devoted to it. What's happening? Is there to be a 6 month evaluation or not? P. Tarr was hired in January 2010. We are only 3 months shy of January. For all the discussion and apparent concern, we are getting closer to a full year, here. There has not been a 6-month evaluation for any town manager recently. What's up? Or was up and isn't anymore? Or isn't going to be... etc....
Some citizens don't notice these things. Others do. And then they remind others....
