Town Manager's Monthly Report transcribed from the April 11, 2022 Town Council meeting.

I have a couple of items that I would like to update the council on; one is on Wednesday night of this week at 7:00 p.m. we will be having a Public Forum on the proposal to re-engineer and reconstruct with pedestrian improvements, a portion of Shore Road.  We have mailed out about 500 mailers to the Shore Road corridor and it will be held via Zoom in order to accommodate all those potential residents.  We are hoping for a good turnout and public input;  there are a couple of elements that we are considering which we would like to hear from the area residents on what they would prefer.

Memorial Day parade is back this year; so circle that day on your calendar [May 30]!  There is a new revamped route that will be announced shortly.  Ultimately, it will be starting at the middle school and coming out Scott Dyer Road through the center of town, and finishing at the town Village Green.  We are very excited about that.  Jim Huebener will be heading it up once again. It is great to have him and that tradition carry on with in-house knowledge working together.  It will be great to see the kids marching with the band as it will be the first opportunity for them to do so in three years; for some of them it will be their first time marching with the band.

Additionally, Jeanne Gross will be retiring from the Fort Williams gift shop and museum at the end of May.  If you get down there and run into Jeanne, please wish her congratulations.  We will be discussing what our future plans will be with the department going forward, but we do wish her well after 22 years with the town.  We wanted to take the opportunity to let the council and the public know.  As well, we do have other employees who will be graduating from service: Jim Green, after 41 years will be finishing up with us on June 3; Teresa Olsen, who works in the collection department, will be retiring after 22-23 years with the town and will be retiring on October 28 - those will be big shoes to fill as she is also our municipal agent; and Kathy Maxwell will also be retiring at the end of the year.  We have a lot of work to do, but we are grateful for their service and their longterm service.

Respectfully,

Matthew E. Sturgis