After serving on several committees and as an EMT, Dale Jones wants to help the town in a new capacity on the Board of Selectmen.

A resident for four decades, Jones said he would bring an extensive background in local government and professional engineering to the board.

“I’ve had a significant role in Marion for the past forty years,” Jones said.

An original founder of the town’s ambulance service, Jones has also sat on the committees that built the police station and a playground a Sippican School. Regarding the police station, he said the project was “brought in on time and under budget.”

Jones has also been the director of the town’s now defunct Emergency Medical Services and Marion Emergency Management.

In the private sector, Jones has worked as a professional engineer for corporations such as the Raytheon Company, Thompson Consultants and the Monahan Company.

Jones said his skill set would be an asset regarding large projects, such as ongoing roadwork in the village and potential upgrades to the wastewater sewer plant. Currently, the Environmental Protection Agency is reviewing the town’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. Released in December, the draft permit is required for facilities that discharge water into the environment.

If implemented as drafted, the new permit would require millions of dollars worth of improvements at the plant.

In the past, Jones has held a grade 6 Wastewater Treatment Operators license and managed a wastewater plant, which leave him knowledgeable on the matter.

For the past two elections, Jones unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the board. Jones said he’s running again in a bid to serve the town where he and his wife raised their two sons. Both sons attended Sippican School and Old Rochester Regional High School before landing successful careers.

“They were very well prepared for college because of the education they received here,” Jones said.

Looking ahead, Jones said the town needs to focus on attracting light industrial businesses, which would bring in tax revenue without burdening municipal resources.

He also said the town should avoid buying unnecessary property. Jones used the building occupied by the Marion Recreation Department as an example. Located at 13 Atlantis Drive, the structure was once part of a complex that transmitted radio signals across the Atlantic ocean. Jones said the building is better suited for industry.

“I’d really like to find ways to bring light industrial into Marion,” he said.

Aside from his professional and municipal experiences, Jones said voters could count on his continued dedication to Marion if elected Selectman.