The Greentown Grapevine – 1999-02, 06:02

              Wolfe Elected President of Town Council
ROGEI;~ WOLFE
Roger Wolfe was elected President of
the Greentown Town Comcil at the
annual reorganization meeting January.
5. Robert Armsttong was elected Vice
President. The firm of Law,
OMahoney, Mahoney, King and
McCann was retained as town attorney.
The firms of Stoeppelwerth and
Associates and Foresight- Engineering
were approved as town engineers.
The new Council Presidet is a1969
graduate of Eastern High SchooI and
works at Daimlerchrysler casting plant.
He Ia m ember of the American Legion.
Roger has been on the Town Council
since January 1992. He decided to run
for office because of an interest in the
sources of the town's funds. He began
asking questions of Bob Armstrong and
Bob suggested he become involved and
run for office.
Roger sees the leading issues of the
coming years to be completing the
wastewater treatment project in order to
meet regulations, action on the Main
Street project, and planning a drinking
water update for the next century. He is
an advocate of gradual growth," keeping
Greentown a good place to live and raise
a family"
The election of Woife as Council
President ended an eleven year period
during which Robert " Bob" Armstrong
has been President. He had been
President for seven other years, not
consecutive. Bob said at the present
time he has no ambition to run for
another term on the Council and
another serves as President is in the best
interest of the Council.
After serving as secretq/ treasurer of
the Planning Cormnittee, Bob ran for a
seat on the Council, then cded Board,
in response to a challenge fiom a
neighbor. Including 1999, Bob has
been on the Count5121 out of the past
28 years. He considers highlights of his
years on the Council as being the
enrollment of all town employees in
health and life insurance policies and in
a public employee retirement fund. He
was also proud to be in the
administration which, in conjunction
with Union and Liberty Townships,
provided a new building for the
Greentown Volunteer Fire Company
and the Emergency Management
Service. He also points out that during
as being a good communicator, being
even- tempered, and having
perserverence. Asked the same
question, Utility Clerk Mary Lou
McCalment added, " having a real
interest in your town." Serving on the
Council takes time, especially when
President. Bob said in the 1970' s and
early 1980' s it wasn't so much as now.
He estimates that last year as President
he spent about two hours a day on
CQrreSpondehce and answering people's
questions. More time is required now
because of state and federal regulations.
Bob is a 1952 graduate of Eastem
High School. He retire# fiom Delco
after 34.9 years as a general supervisor
in manufacturing. He and his wife
Martha have three children and five
grandchildren.
February1999
Town Election to
Be Nov. 2,1999
Every four years- residents of
Greentown have an opportunity to
put their name in nomination for
election as a town official. On
November 2, 1999, an election will
be held . to select five Council
members and a Clerk Treasurer. .
According to The Town Election
Guidebook, " A person who desires
to be nominated for a town office as
a Republican, Democrat, or
Libertarian must file a declaration of
candidacy with the circuit court clerk
during the period beginning January
1, 1999 and ending noon,
September 1, 1999. The Town
€ kction Guidebook, which contains
all the procedures relative to a town
election, can be seen at the
Greentown Utility Office.
his tenure the tax rate went from
$ 2.50/ hubdred in 1972 to
$ 1.47/ hundred in 1999. He states that
the lower rate is due to increased
assessed residential valuations. The
fourth accomplishment of which he has
been a part is the remodeling of the City
Building.
ROBERT ARMSTRONG
With the tornado of June 1998 still on
his mind, Bob has high praises for the
cooperation of federal, state and local
disaster organizations in the way
disaster was handled in Greentown. He
believes the advanced training achieved
in a mock disaster which was held at the
fairgrounds a few years ago gave local
personnel the skills to " do the right
things at the right time."
Bob enmurages residents to run for-public
office. He cites the qualities
Harry Young and Alfred Dillard, employees of Shoffner Construction,
spent many hours removing the accumulation of snow from the roof of
the Greentown Mini- Mall. On January 6, when this photo was taken,
there was approximately five foot of snow and ice on the north side of
the roof, down to two feet on the south side. The weight of the snow
and ice had caused damage to the structure of the roof.
The damage necessitated the closing of portions of the Mini- Mall.
Earl and Juanita Petty, owners of the MinGMall, report &! at the
extensive reaair needed is nmncted In he rrrmnktsd in Mnv