Regular Meeting (01-28-2013)
Selectmen Present: Joshua Devlin, John Luce, Earlyn Bowers, Suzan Rudnicki and Douglas Small
Town Manager: Tom Richmond
Recording Secretary: Coreen Sylvester
Guests Present: Glennis McSorley and Toby Pelletier
7:30 PM: Josh Devlin called the meeting to order.
MINUTES: Earlyn Bowers made a motion to accept the minutes of December 17, 2012 as amended. Suzan Rudnicki seconded. Three voted in favor. Josh Devlin and John Luce abstained as they were not present for that meeting.
Earlyn Bowers made a motion to accept the minutes of January 7, 2013 as amended. John Luce seconded. Three voted in favor. Sue Rudnicki and Doug Small abstained as they were not present for that meeting.
Voting on the minutes of January 14, 2012 was tabled for correcting.
ROAD COMMISSIONER/TAX COLLECTOR/TOWN MANAGER REPORT:
- The Selectmen and the Town Manager went over the auditor’s preliminary report and discussed the budget and possible cuts in State funding.
NEW BUSINESS:
Warrant 2013 Town Meeting: The Selectmen and the Town Manager went over the 2013 Town Meeting warrant.
Josh Devlin made a motion to have Article 30 read “To see if the Town will vote to raise the sum of $5,000.00 from Taxation for a Library Expansion Reserve Account,” and to be kept in the reserve account until construction is fully funded. Doug Small seconded. Five voted in favor.
Patching Machine: There was discussion as to whether to keep our patching machine or sell it. Tom stated we haven’t used it much since we got the new truck. Selectmen decided to keep it until it comes to a point where we have to put more money into it.
Inmates Program: Tom stated he had called Penobscot County to schedule the inmates for the spring, and was told that with budget cuts there is a good possibility we may not be able to have them unless we transport them ourselves.
WARRANT: John Luce motioned to accept the payroll warrant of January 21, 2013 in the amount of $3,120.39. Sue Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce motioned to accept the Full-time fireman’s payroll warrant of January 21, 2013 in the amount of $739.81. Sue Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor
WARRANT: John Luce motioned to accept the payroll warrant of January 28, 2013 in the amount of $3,410.13. Sue Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce motioned to accept the Full-time fireman’s payroll warrant of January 28, 2013 in the amount of $739.81. Sue Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of January 23, 2013 in the amount of $14,292.88. Sue Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of January 28, 2013 in the amount of $11,539.39. Sue Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
ADJOURNMENT: Josh Devlin made a motion to adjourn. Suzan Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:50 pm.