With Peter Bourgault spending more time in the Marion Harbormaster’s Office now that he has been appointed as the full-time assistant harbormaster/deputy shellfish officer for Marion, someone might walk in and find one’s self doing a double take.
Selectman Jonathan Henry pointed to Bourgault and Harbormaster Isaac Perry who sat together in the Marion Town House meeting room on February 16, saying, “Looks like two look-alikes seated back there.”
The pair laughed, commenting on their shared hairstyle – baldheaded and closely shaven – as they approached the main table and were seated.
Perry told the Board of Selectmen, “He’s impressed all of us.”
“Twenty years in the Coast Guard,” continued Perry. “He’s a perfect fit for everything we do.”
Bourgault had been employed on a part-time basis in the Harbormaster’s Office as an assistant to the department since June of 2015, and he will now step into the full-time assistant harbormaster/deputy shellfish officer position recently vacated by Adam Murphy.
“I have no questions,” said Selectmen Chairman Stephen Cushing. “I’ve spoken to you before, briefly.”
Henry said he was very happy to have Bourgault and the board congratulated him.
In other matters, results from a recent air quality test of the Marion Town House came back normal, although selectmen are electing to follow some recommendations that accompanied the test results.
Last month, some employees complained about an unidentifiable odor in the building that was affecting them, prompting the air quality testing.
Some of the recommendations have already begun, such as replacing filters and foam used to seal cracks and other penetrable areas.
The recommendations also included tearing up some raised wooden flooring in the basement that may have been affected by recent flooding in the town house, and the installation of architectural barriers at the entrance to the basement to isolate it from the first floor area. Dehumidifiers will also be utilized.
“There are people who have hypersensitivities beyond what the formal range is,” said Henry.
Acting Town Administrator Judy Mooney replied, “I think that’s why the Facilities Department has jumped on it right away.” Mooney said there were more than two people affected by the transient odor that is now gone.
The next meeting of the Marion Board of Selectmen is scheduled for March 1 at 7:00 pm at the Marion Town House.
By Jean Perry