Moak told the Pepperell Selectmen that he'd be available in two weeks "and asked for an answer quickly because he expects other offers will be coming." His term runs until early Jan., but perhaps he has vacation time saved up.
From the article:
Moak had been an energy adviser who helped convert Newburyport's middle school electric heating into a solar power purchase agreement that is expected to save about $1.4 million over the next 20 years.
He recently worked on an administrative shutdown order to force the owner of the town's landfill to work more closely with the town to eliminate hydrogen sulfide, and has worked with three communities and the Army Corps of Engineers to replace eroding top soil covering sewer lines.
The article's description of Moak was a bit confusing as I don't know him to be an "energy adviser" to anyone. I also don't know about the eroding top soil of the sewer lines. Sounds like the reporter conflated some issues that probably came up during the interview?
Pepperell is an hour Southwest of here.
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Pepperell is northwest of here.
The "eroding topsoil" refers to the erosion control project on PI. But of course it's not eroding over the sewer lines ... yet. I also like the landfill bit. Overall, quite an amusing summary of Moak's accomplishments.
Right, the reporter clearly jumbled a few issues into one.
Perhaps Mayor Moak wants to give James Shanley a chance to be called mayor for Christmas.
Semi-interesting question, actually. Do we need a mayor for those two weeks? If so, does the council just annoint the mayor-elect?
Seems kind of snarky to take off just 2 wks. before he's out the door anyway ... what's the bleepin' hurry?
Well, I joked about it but maybe he has some vacation time stored up. He might be planning to take off the holidays.
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