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March 06, 2008 Meeting MinutesPresent: Dana Rice, Susan Bagley, William Thayer, James McLean and James Watson Staff: Yvonne P. Wilkinson, Town Manager, and Maureen Hall Deputy Clerk Audience: Seven (7) Mr. Rice called the meeting to order at 7:05PM. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF February 21, 2008 Mrs. Bagley moved to approve the minutes; Mr. Watson 2nd; passed 4/0. WARRANT #22 Mrs. Bagley moved to approve the warrant for $32,067.89; Mr. Thayer 2nd; passed 4/1 abstained. PAYROLL WARRANT Mrs. Bagley moved to approve the payroll amount for $7,908.85; Mr. McLean 2nd; passed 5/0. REPORTS Selectmen: Mr. Watson: Mr. Watson: Wanted to know if there was a deputy harbormaster for South Gouldsboro. Mr. Rice stated there have been no recomendations for one. Also there was a complaint that Lenny Bishko's boat was blocking the town's lot on the shore. Mr. Rice stated that he would go down and take a look. He stated the town lot is very small and it may just look that way. Mr. Thayer: None Mr. Rice: He went to the Fiserman's Forum last week in Rockland and wanted to report back that they praised Jim Cathcart and our Shellfish Committee on all their hard work with the pilot project. It was nice to hear how much they appreciated Gouldsboro's efforts. Mrs. Bagley: None Treasurer: See attached. Committees: Solid Waste Committee: Chuck Davis stated that the committee has been hard at work trying to achive the 25% reduction the Selectmen had Suggested. They have visited, interviewed and/or contacted 24 communities to learn their practices. The committee will have a full report and analysis by budget time. The main area they were looking at was the weekly pick up. This is the most costly to the town and will only go up. Suggestions would be put to put another roll off up at the transfer station and have towns folk bring their garbage there. The town would have to open the station another day. This is work still in process and will be having another meeting next week. Planning Board: The Board hd its first March meeting on the road lengths and only 2 town folks came. Suan Pinkham whom owns the little strip of offices on corner of Route 1 and Chicken Mill Pond Road has come in to apply to change the use of the buildings to a Teen center (age 14-17). A place where teens could hang out and play games supervised. School Update: Thoma Watson stated that the school bid was awarded to EL Shea and it was within the budget amount. The ground breaking will be on March 21st at 1PM. The kids will be bused to the site wearing yellow hard hats and carrying shovels to be part of the ground breaking. The new school sign is up. The sign was $300 and Scott Moshier framed out the sign and installed it for free. Road Commissioner: Due to the harsh winter this year there looks like quit a few sulverts will nee to replaced throughout the town and a lot of cold patche will be needed. DOT is going to let us put a truckload of cold patch on the lot. Building & Grounds: Mert Chipman stated that on Saturday the committee would start looking at the town buildings. They will start with the Town Office, FS 1, and the Women's Club. Town Manager: see attached. The Town has run out of sand and salt. DOT stated that we could use the sand they have left, but will need to be sifted. The Town will have order more salt and will order the smallest truckload they could get. The contractors for recycling and transfer station are willing to extend their contracts another year with no icrease. The Board suggested they would take the deal. OLD BUSINESS Scenic Byway Grants: The Town Manager attended a meeting this past week. Since Gouldsboro did not receive any funds yet, Jim Fisher would like to apply for another grant and have it spent in Gouldsboro. The Manager thought maybe they could create a space in between the women's club and the new school for and informational stop. The grant is federally funded 80% and the other 20% funded through the state. No match from the town. The Board thought it was a great idea. NEW BUSINESS: Town Report Dedication: The recommendation to dedicate the town report to William Stone was suggested Concealed Weapons Permits - Renewal: Mrs. Bagley moved to approve the renewal to Alvin Dyer Sr; Mr. McLean 2nd; passed 5/0. 2008/2009 Budget Draft: Town Manager presented the Board with a budget draft at the meeting. The Board took a few minutes to look over the draft. The manager wanted to know if the Board wanted to increase their salaries. The Board felt they would leave this up to the budget committee. Also suggested was an increase for the road commissioner stipend. The stipend to be increased to $2500 plus mileage. Police Department Schedule: Members of the Board have been getting complaints about wanting more police coverage in the early mornings before the buses come out. After much discussion, the Board asked Mr. Wycoff if he would over the next couple of weeks work out a schedule where he could be on some mornings at 6PM. Hoping that his presence during these morning's hours will stop some speeders. PUBLIC COMMENT: Eve asked Terry Coffin from Bngor Hydro if he could bring his bucket truck over and fix our flagpole. He graciously put a work order in and came over with his truck and fixed our pole(thank you). Mert stated that he still wants to work on Executive Session: Mr. McLean moved to adjourn to executive session at 8:20PM. Mrs. Bagley moved to renew the town managers contract July 1 - June 30, 2009 with a 4% raise as the other adminstration employees. Also change retirement from 3% to 5%; Mr. McLean 2nd; passed 5/0. Mrs. Bagley moved to approve to appoint assistant clerk to full time status as of July 1, 2008; Mr. McLean 2nd; passed 5/0. ADJOURNMENT MrS. Bagely moved to adjourn at 8:42PM; Jim McLean 2nd; passed 5/0. 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 March 06, 2008-Approval March 20, 2008 |
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