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January 24, 2008 Meeting MinutesPresent: Susan Bagley, William Thayer and James McLean Staff: Yvonne P. Wilkinson, Town Manager, and Maureen Hall, Deputy Clerk Audience: Six (6) EXECUTIVE SESSION - 6:30PM Mr. McLean moved to go into executive session at 6:30PM; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 3/0. Mr. McLean moved to exit executive session at 6:55 PM; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 3/0. No action taken. Mr. Thayer called the meeting to order at 6:55PM. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 10, 2008 Mrs. Bagley moved to approve the minutes; Mr. McLean 2nd; passed 3/0. WARRANT #18 Mrs. Bagley moved to approve the warrant for $49,631.58; Mr. McLean 2nd; passed 3/0. PAYROLL WARRANT Mrs. Bagley moved to approve the payroll for $9,652.89; Mr. McLean 2nd; passed 3/0. REPORTS Selectmen: Mr. Thayer: None Mrs. Bagley: None Mr. McLean: Wanted to know if the State had a target date for the reconstruction of route 186. The target date is set for this spring. Treasurer: See attached. Committees: Planning Board: Mr. Jones wanted to let the Board of Selectmen know that he has a meeting with the Town attorney, James Patterson tomorrow about the Jones Pond Retreat Subdivision. He also informed the Board that the new Salt Water Farm Subdivision was approved with some restrictions. The main one was the use of Ron Tillet's road; they have made changes to their deed to accommodate the subdivision and themselves. Solid Waste Committee: Mr. Jones wanted to let the Board of Selectmen know they had a meeting this past week and are still working hard on coming up with options of saving the town money on trash. Budget Committee: Mr. Jones introduced Philip Reidy as the new 3rd alternate to the budget committee. The committee also wanted the board to vote in Mel Jackson and Bill Zoellick as alternate members to the committee. Mr. McLean moved to approve Mr. Reidy, Mr. Jackson, and Mr. Zoellick as alternate members to the budget committee; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 3/0. Mr. Jones informed the Board that Janet Michaud is ill and in the hospital. He also wanted to know if the Board had received their meeting schedule for the budget meetings, they will be meeting on Monday's and Wednesday this year in hopes more people will be able to attend. Mr. Jones also asked if the 3rd party letters and forms could be mailed out. He will get with Eve with last years list. Mr. Hedger made the comment that because of the economy the Town should not support the 3rd party organizations. The Town has already voted in for this year to pay the organizations at last year's town meeting. Town Manager: see attached. The Board wants to set up a workshop to discuss the snowplow contract. The workshop is to be on Tuesday, January 29, 2008 at 6PM. OLD BUSINESS Acadia Capital Contract - Phase 2: The company is still waiting on a letter of credit from the bank. John Holden has left EMDC and Charlie Webb has taken over the project. The deadline for this contract is Jan. 25, 2008 and Mr. Webb has assured me they will have the appropriate documents. NEW BUSINESS: Release of Tax Liens (1960-1968) Peterson Property: Eve brought to the Boards attention that there were 5 liens for the Petersen's property that needed to cleaned up. After looking over the liens the Board decided to table this until next meeting and have Eve research the deeds to the property. M. Klien Property Foreclosure: Darlene Gerrish daughter of Mrs. Klien has come in a paid off the 2005 property taxes and has signed an agreement to pay $405 a month for the next 6 months to payoff the rest of taxes. Mr. McLean moved to approve the above agreement; Mrs. Bagley 2nd; passed 3/0. Ray Scholarship Awards: The Town has $14,000 dollars this year, an increase of $2000. The Board would like to give out five (5) $2000 scholarships to new graduates and four (4) $1000 scholarships to undergraduates. Mrs. Bagley moved to approve the above scholarship amounts; Mr. McLean 2nd; passed 3/0. PUBLIC COMMENT: Ray Jones wanted to announce the Town Manager had a birthday coming up this Sunday. ADJOURNMENT: The meeting was adjourned at 7:35PM Mr. McLean moved to approve the adjournment at 7:35 PM; Mrs. Bagley2nd; passed 3/0. 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 24, 2008-Approval February 07, 2008 |
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