August Oriental Town Board Meeting

There were some positive developments in the way last night's town board meeting was conducted.

Mayor Bill Sage reported that he has been reading Robert's Rules of Order and learning a lot from it. That is good.

Town Manager Bob Maxbauer reported on the status of planning for a new town dock at the end of South Avenue. He will submit a proposal for a grant under the federal Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) program, thus leveraging the money the town has set aside for the project. The area will be dredged to a depth of eight feet before installing a pier planned to be six feet wide and 120 to 130 feet long. It will be designed to BIG standards, expected to last for at least twenty years. The BIG program targets non-trailerable transient vessels at least 26 feet long and requires a depth of at least six feet alongside.

Maxbauer also explained the recent purchase, using funds from last year's budget, of a John Deer Alligator vehicle, which will provide new capabilities to public works with more economy than the existing pickup trucks.

The meetings still take too long. I will have some suggestions about that.