Green Mountain Falls Mayor Todd Dixon announced last week that he would run for a third term.  For the mayor, the announcement signaled a change of mind, as he has said in the past this would be his last term.  To date, Dixon has no opponents for the election in November.

Dixon announced his decision at the board meeting Jan. 6.

In a town that is often maxed-out on parking, Kelly Hayes, the town’s maintenance supervisor, proposed adding public parking on Maple Street.

“Over the last year, with the art installations and the events, we’re running out of parking places in town,” Hayes said. “People are encroaching on private property.”

Hayes proposed that the town first fund a survey to determine what part of Maple Street is public.

“From my observation, people are parking anywhere they want to,” he said. “Near the stilling basins, people are just parking on the side of the road.”

Dixon acknowledged that Maple Street is chiefly residential but, with the board approval, agreed to fund the survey first. 

“This is just a discussion,” he said.

Once the survey is complete and if the board were to approve adding parking, Hayes suggested putting railroad ties to designate actual parking spaces

“It might cause a bit of a stir with this but non-locals are parking on our roads and if these events continue to be successful, we’re going to need more parking,” Hayes said.

In other business, Dixon and the board approved a concept and location of two signs placed on town property and visible from U.S. Hwy. 24 at both entrances to the town. The signs are funded by a grant from the Kirkpatrick Family Fund.