Essex selectmen to take up a full time fire chief job description and a search for a town accountant

Essex selectmen will be asked Monday to approve a job description for a full time fire chief, and to hear how the town plans to recruit both a new chief and a new town accountant.

Both items are in Town Administrator Brendhan Zubricki's report on the agenda for the board's Oct. 5 meeting, at 6 p.m. in the third floor auditorium at Town Hall, 30 Martin St. Residents can also join remotely. The agenda lists the topics without details. Read our earlier story on the fire chief budget.

Also in the administrator's report

• A summary of the downtown Essex visioning meeting held Sept. 29. Read our story on what residents said at the forum.
• Projected costs for replacing Essex Elementary School.
• The draft warrant for fall town meeting.
• A new application form for public events.
• A community planning grant for inclusionary zoning, which sets rules for including affordable homes in new housing.

At 7 p.m. the board holds a hearing on a change of manager for Marshview Farm Store. Selectmen are also expected to appoint Ryan Crompton and Cory Goodwin as probationary firefighters and EMTs, for terms ending June 30, 2027, if they pass their screenings. The board will keep working on a social media policy.

The rest of the week

• Tuesday, Oct. 6, Conservation Commission, 7 p.m. Hearings begin at 7:15 p.m. on the second floor of Town Hall. Bell Point LLC's plans for an open space residential development off Essex Park Road are back, continued from an earlier meeting: a road, utilities and a leaching facility, plus separate filings for houses on five lots and a retaining wall on a sixth. The commission will also hear Essex County Greenbelt's amended utility work for the causeway repair at 82 Eastern Ave. and a new driveway and porch at 114 Western Ave.
• Wednesday, Oct. 7, 7 p.m. Selectmen, the Board of Public Works and the Finance Committee meet in the Town Hall auditorium on public works projects. Read our preview.
• Thursday, Oct. 8, 6 p.m. A Manchester Essex school building community meeting at Essex Elementary School, 12 Story St., according to the selectmen's posting. Another is set for Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. at Manchester Memorial School. The district's calendar has listed Oct. 7 for the Essex meeting, so check with the district before you go.

The selectmen's next regular meeting after Monday is Oct. 19 at 6 p.m.