Preston — For the first time since town officials first started discussing in spring how to remove nuisance geese from congregating at and spoiling the grounds of Preston Community Park, all three agencies and perhaps other town officials who might be asked to participate will meet in the same room at the same time.

The Board of Finance, Board of Selectmen and Parks and Recreation Commission will hold a joint special meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the lower level conference room at Town Hall to discuss, and maybe decide, what to do about the at-times 100 or more geese that have made the park their summer and fall stomping grounds.

The agenda lists an action item: “Decide which town agency will be responsible for action to remove the geese from the Community Park.”

Listed as possible choices are the town animal control officer, the Public Works Department and Parks and Recreation.

Board of Finance Chairman Norman Gauthier, who wrote the agenda, said he listed the town officials who could be assigned to oversee the geese removal issue but said no specific proposals have been put forward for any of them.

Animal Control Officer Patti Daniels was surprised to learn her position could be part of the discussion. She said she has not been asked about the geese problem yet, and could not comment on it.

The three agencies have tossed the problem back and forth during separate meetings since March, when the Parks and Recreation Commission put a request for $5,275 in its budget request to hire the U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services Division to trap and euthanize some geese and harass any remaining geese.

But objections to the lethal solution quickly arose and the Board of Selectmen considered hiring a Mystic dog trainer and her border collie to chase off the geese — an idea opposed by Parks and Rec — and later came close to hiring a Rhode Island firm to spray a state-approved organic coating onto the grass that is distasteful to geese.

The Board of Finance objected to the spray and considered hiring a Long Island firm that has invented an artificial hawk or eagle-like kite with matching screech to scare the geese.

But board member Jerry Grabarek, who researched the “Geesebusters” kite system, said last week there are concerns about power wires that cross over the park.

So with summer sports in full swing and fall schedules soon to follow, the geese continue to gather at Preston Community Park, and the town agencies have yet to decide on a proposed solution and how to fund it.

The final action item on Wednesday's agenda is: “Board of Finance approve funds for the responsible agency to take action.”

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