Town Manager John Simko expressed some concern to the commissioners regarding the variations in fire protection contracts with other organized municipalities. He said Greenville officials believe there should be one system applied to all fire protection service contracts.

In other business, Commissioner Tony Bartley of Greenville agreed to meet with property owners concerned about the condition of the Greenwood Pond Road in Elliotsville. About a dozen residents petitioned the commissioners to discuss the issue with them. In a letter to the panel, Roger Parlin and others asked that funds be included in the unorganized territories budget for road repairs.

The property owners say the road has been a public way since 1893, and in 1984 was vastly improved by the county but has since been neglected.

The commissioners also learned this week that the Orneville transfer station was not in compliance. Karen Knuuti of the Department of Environmental Protection reported that the main problem at the transfer station is the burn area. In a letter to the commissioners, she wrote that she observed nonburnable items such as pressure-treated wood, vinyl siding, asphalt roofing, plastic items and paint cans on the burn pile. She also reported that the ash pile is several feet high, another violation of state regulations.

Brian Kelly, a surveyor, told commissioners that he had been hired by a private landowner to establish boundaries in Chesuncook Village.

And, as have other larger communities in the county, Greenville urged the commissioners to include full funding for the operation of the Piscataquis County Economic Development Council.
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