Town Engineer

Tasks and Duties

• Oversees and coordinates testing for two closed landfills.
• Prepares monitoring reports to DEP

• Chairman of Authority
• Prepares Agenda
• Prepares Minutes of meeting
• Sends out letters to persons/applicants who submitted requests to authority
• Interacts with the DOT on all traffic issues on State Roads.

• Prepares minutes of meetings
• Attends meetings

• Issues permits to utilities / developers to excavate on Town Property. Process over 100 permits per year.
• Inspects trenches to ensure proper construction
• Inspects all driveways constructed entering Town roads.

• Determines cost of roadway bond
• Coordinates soil testing / compaction testing
• Inspects all phases of the roads construction including, storm drainage, sidewalks, road base and paving
• Reviews as-builts
• Recommends approval of road as a town street
• Prepares resolutions for acceptance at a Town meeting

• Reviews plans for compliance with Town regulations and sound engineering
• On major projects, such as Home Depot, tasked by Wetlands Board to inspect project to ensure wetlands properly protected
• Attends Board and Commission meetings when projects are presented
• Meets with engineers for projects

• Prepares construction cost estimates for potential projects
• Prepares descriptions of projects
• Prepares resolutions for town meetings such as LoCip Grants

• Prepares priority lists of roadway, sidewalk that require repair
• Coordinates construction projects / schedules with utilities
• Presents capital projects to boards and commissions for input including, Public Works Board, Planning Commission, Finance Board, and the full Board of Selectmen
• Prepares resolutions
• Presents projects at Town meetings

• Water system upgrades for Water Department
• Sewer main replacements for Sewer Department
• Sidewalk Replacements
• Roadway Resurfacing
• Roadway Reconstruction
• Storm Drainage Systems
• Tennis Courts, Basketball Courts, Baseball Fields, and
• Soccer Fields.
• Roof Replacements, school buildings, fire / police
• complex
• Building Masonry Repairs
• Responsible for design, bidding and construction
• Inspection
• Responsible for over 35 million dollars in last 15 years

• Assists in grant preparation
• Designs projects and inspects construction
• Administers grant
• Works closely with towns grant administrator

• Prepares requests for proposals
• Prepares legal advertisements
• Assists in consultant selection by attending interviews
• Prepares letters to firms responding to Town

The Town invoices builders and developers $60 per hour for the Town Engineer to review plans and perform inspections.

The Water and Sewer Authorities are also invoiced at $60 per hour for the Town Engineer

The Town Engineers time is used as a match on State and Federal grants.

Engineering Members

Name	Party	Position	Term end date
Joe Gardner