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       January 10th, 2008 Meeting Minutes       


Present: Dana Rice, Susan Bagley, James Watson and James McLean
Staff: Yvonne P. Wilkinson, Town Manager, and Maureen Hall, Deputy Clerk
Audience: Five (5)

Mr. Rice called the meeting to order at 7:00PM.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF DECEMBER 27, 2007
Mr. McLean moved to approve minutes; Mr. Watson 2nd; passed 3-1 abstained (Mrs. Bagley)
The following corrections were made public hearing put in instead of Roxanne Quimby, The Saltwater Farm instead of her, add plans after construction of the new school, and take out the last sentence after Old County had to be changed.

WARRANT #17
Mr. McLean moved to approve Warrant #17 for $218,352.95; Mr. Watson 2nd; passed 4/0.

PAYROLL WARRANT
Mr. Watson moved to approve the payroll warrant for $12,206.93; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 4/0.

REPORTS
Selectmen:br> Mr. Watson: None
Mr. Rice: Charles Holt stopped Dana and reported that a man on a ladder at his apartment building would not tell him why he was there. After several questions, the guy stated he was from Time Warner. Dana would like the Town Manager to call Time Warner to let them know they need to identify themselves before entering anyone's property.
Mrs. Bagley: None
Mr. McLean: None
Treasurer: See attached.
Committees:
Planning Board: Mr. Jones wanted to recommend Keith Martin as an alternate member to the Planning Board to the Board of Selectmen. Mr. Rice moved to approve Keith Martin as an alternate member to the Planning Board; Mr. Watson 2nd, passed 4/0.
Solid Waste Committee: Mr. Jones wanted to update the Board of Selectmen on Perc's new per tonnage fee for the year of 2008. It starts at 67.50 and will continue to go up to 70.00 per ton. The committee will use these figures for the up coming budget season.
Shellfish Committee: Wayne Hodgkin presented the Board with a couple of nominations for the shellfish committee; they were Mike Cronin, Robert Driscoll and David Deniger. He wanted the Board to review the names and vote. Mr. Watson moved to approve Mike Cronin and David Deniger as new members to the shellfish committee; Mr. McLean 2nd, passed 4/0. Wayne also wanted to bring to the Board's attention that the committee would like to be able to use the green police cruiser if necessary and also take it over once the police department gets their new cruiser. The Board of Selectmen will consider this at a later time. Wayne also would like to reimburse $17.63 to Mike Cronin for his gas that he used to complete his time in the committee.
Town Manager: see attached. Eve also wanted to add that Fema had sent a check in the amount of $5,163.49 for the flood storms we had back in March 2007.

OLD BUSINESS
None

NEW BUSINESS:
Payroll Error: Eve brought to the Board of Selectmen's attention that she owed the Town $838.68. When she took the manager's job the payroll company paid her for her for the manager's job plus the stipend she was receiving as the interim town manager. Eve would like to pay this back in four installments as this is how it was taken out. Mrs. Bagley moved to approve Eve paying the $836.68 in four pay periods; Mr. Watson 2md; passed 4/0.
M. Klien Property Foreclosure: Darlene Gerrish daughter of Mrs. Klien would like to buy the property back from the town. She has the full amount to pay off the 2005 taxes and would like to set up a 6-month payment to pay back the 2006/2007 taxes. Her mother has been very sick and now is living with her. Mr. McLean moved to approve selling back Darlene Gerrish her mother's property; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 4/0.

PUBLIC COMMENT:
Ray Jones wanted to announce the upcoming budget meeting on Jan. 21, 2008.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:
The meeting was adjourned to go into executive session at 7:30PM.
Mr. McLean moved to approve to go into executive session; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 4/0.
Executive session ended at 8:00PM.
Mr. Watson moved to approve adjournment from executive session; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 4/0.
Mr. Watson moved to support previous and current legal advice regarding Bay Point Lane; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 4/0.

ADJOURNMENT:
The meeting was adjourned at 8:05PM
Mr. Watson moved to approve the adjournment at 8:05PM; Mrs. Bagley2nd; passed 4/0.

Respectfully submitted,

Maureen Hall, Deputy Town Clerk and Acting Secretary
*Please note: These minutes are not verbatim. A tape recording of the meeting is available at the Town Clerk's Office during regular business hours.

BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Minutes of January 10, 2008-Approval January 24, 2008
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