Regular Meeting (08-29-2016)
Selectmen Present: John Luce, Douglas Small, Suzan Rudnicki and Jared Fitts
Absent: Earlyn Bowers
Town Manager/CEO: Kevin Howell
Recording Secretary: Kimberly Davis
7:30PM: Suzan Rudnicki called the meeting to order.
MINUTES: John Luce made a motion to accept the minutes of August 22, 2016 as written. Jared Fitts seconded. Three voted in favor. Suzan Rudnicki abstained as she was not present for the meeting.
NEW BUSINESS:
Penobscot County Hazard Mitigation Plan: Suzan motioned that they sign the update on the Penobscot County Hazard Mitigation Plan for the Fire Dept. Jared Fitts seconded. Four voted in favor.
OLD BUSINESS: Kevin spoke toClint Parsons today about the trash. Mr. Parsons received the letter that Kevin sent to him. Mr. Parsons said he didn’t know he was doing anything wrong, that it was just his trash not his family’s. Mr. Parsons agreed to not place trash from out of town on his property in the future. Kevin stated that this issue has been resolved.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Suzan Rudnicki made a motion to go into executive session pursuant to 1MRSA § 405(6) (A) to discuss a personnel matter. Jared Fitts seconded. Four voted in favor. Selectmen went into executive session at 7:36 pm. Selectmen reconvened in regular session at 8:14 pm. No action taken, informational only.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Meeting Rooms: Kevin said there is more room for guests in the Planning Board meeting room than there is in the current Selectmen's meeting room, and suggested reorganizing and moving Selectmen's meetings into the other room. There was discussion about adding a heat pump in the Planning Board meeting room to make it less stuffy, and Selectmen had no objections to the move. John Luce made a motion to allow the town manager to make the necessary changes needed to convert the planning board room to the Board of Selectmen meeting room and Planning Board Meeting room. Suzan Rudnicki second. Four voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the full-time fireman’s payroll warrant of August 29, 2016 in the amount of $878.49. Doug Small seconded. Four voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of August 29, 2016 in the amount of $4,472.46 Jared Fitts seconded. Four voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of August 29, 2016 in the amount of $13,782.30. Jared Fitts seconded. Four voted in favor.
ADJOURNMENT: Douglas Small made a motion to adjourn. Jared Fitts seconded. Four voted in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:37 pm.