Apr
30
2012

Regular Meeting (04-30-2012)

Selectmen Present:                John Luce, Earlyn Bowers and Douglas Small 

Absent:                                   Joshua Devlin and Suzan Rudnicki

Town Manager:                    Tom Richmond

Recording Secretary:            Coreen Sylvester 

Guests Present:                      Paul Morgan, John Boy Mayhew, Coty Mayhew, Michele Mayhew, Glennis McSorley and Toby Pelletier

7:30 PM:  John Luce called the meeting to order. 

MINUTES:  Voting on the minutes of April 9 and April 23, 2012 was tabled until next meeting because there   were not enough members present who attended those meetings.

TAX-ACQUIRED PROPERTY SALE:  Selectmen received the following bids for tax-acquired property:

Bidder                                                            Map/Lot         Bid Amount   Winning Bid

            Richard Batchelder                             12 / 32             $  2,600.00

            Lisa Fickett                                         12 / 32                 3,100.00

            David Blackwell Jr.                              5 / 27B                 144.00        $     144.00

            Robyn Dulac                                         5 / 31I                   251.00

            Robyn Dulac                                         5 / 31C                 501.00

            Brent Johnson                                       5 / 27B                   75.00

            Julie Meek                                           7/ 35-12 ON        1,200.00            1,200.00

            Edward Jaworski                                7/ 35-23 ON               1.00                  1.00

            Mike Mellott                                         5 / 22D                 100.00               100.00

            Kimberly Deighan                               12 / 32              10,000.00

            Thomas Gould                                      5 / 31I                   600.00

            Thomas Gould                                      5 / 31C                 600.00

            Roland Clark Jr.                                    5 / 31-6            10,600.00          10,600.00

            Elmer McAuliffe                                 12 / 32                3,333.00

            Greg Dubrowski                                 5 / 31C                  878.65               878.65

            Greg Dubrowski                                 5 / 31I                    787.56               787.56

            Greg Dubrowski                                 5 / 27B                  127.06

            Greg Dubrowski                                 5 / 31-6                  337.59

            Greg Dubrowski                                 5 / 22D                    13.02

            Brian Jeffries                                       12 / 32                 1,500.00

            Coty John Mayhew                             12 / 32               10,255.00          10,255.00                                                                         

       Total Tax-acquired sales    $23,966.21 

Earlyn Bowers made a motion to sell the building on Map 7 Lot 35-12 to Julie Meek for $1,200.00, payable by this Friday.  Douglas Small seconded.  Three voted in favor.

Earlyn Bowers made a motion to sell the building on Map 7 Lot 35-23 to Edward Jaworski for $1.00, payable by this Friday.  John Luce seconded.  Three voted in favor. 

Earlyn Bowers made a motion to sell the property on Map 12 Lot 32 to Coty John Mayhew for $10,255.00, payable by Friday or will go to the next highest bidder.  John Luce seconded.  Three voted in favor. 

Earlyn Bowers made a motion to sell the property on Map 5 Lot 31C to Gregory Dubrowski for $878.65, payable by Friday or will go to the next highest bidder.  Doug Small seconded.  Three voted in favor. 

Earlyn Bowers made a motion to sell the property on Map 5 Lot 31I to Gregory Dubrowski for $787.56, payable by Friday or will go to the next highest bidder.  Doug Small seconded.  Three voted in favor. 

Earlyn Bowers made a motion to sell the property on Map 5 Lot 27B to David Blackwell Jr. for $144.00, payable by Friday or will go to the next highest bidder.  John Luce seconded.  Three voted in favor. 

Earlyn Bowers made a motion to sell the property on Map 5 Lot 31-6 to Roland Clark Jr. for $10,600, payable by Friday or will go to the next highest bidder.  John Luce seconded.  Three voted in favor.

Earlyn Bowers made a motion to sell the property on Map 5 Lot 22D to Michael Mellott for $100.00, payable by Friday or will go to the next highest bidder.  John Luce seconded.  Three voted in favor.

ROAD COMMISSIONER/TAX COLLECTOR/TOWN MANAGER REPORT:

  1. The Town Manager said the rain last week had created some washouts, so he had rented a skid-steer and the public works crew fixed the road shoulders.
  2. Tom Richmond let the Board know we have the inmates all week and started brush cutting today along the roads and in the cemeteries.
  3. Tom reminded the Board that paving bids Cook Road construction bids are due next Monday.
  4. Tom said they have started work on the bridge on Route 2 and their deadline for completing it is the end of June.

NEW BUSINESS:

Tom’s Vacation Request (June 2012):  John Luce made a motion to allow the Town Manager to take June 22, 2012 through June 29, 2012 as vacation.  Earlyn Bowers seconded.  Three voted in favor.

WARRANT:  Earlyn Bowers made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of April 30, 2012 in the amount of $4,359.70.  John Luce seconded.  Three voted in favor. 

WARRANT:  Earlyn Bowers made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of  April 30, 2012 in the amount of $18,492.19.  Doug Small seconded.  Three voted in favor.

OTHER BUSINESS:  Doug Small asked if Tom had checked with Fire Chief Mike Azevedo to see if he would be available to come to a meeting.  Tom said he hadn’t, but he would.

EXECUTIVE SESSION:  John Luce made a motion to go into executive session pursuant to 22MRSA §4305(3B) to discuss general assistance.  Earlyn Bowers seconded.  Three voted in favor.  Selectmen went into executive session at 8:08 pm.  Selectmen reconvened in regular session at 8:15 pm.  No action taken, informational only.                    

ADJOURNMENT:   Doug Small made a motion to adjourn.  Earlyn Bowers seconded.  Three voted in favor.  Meeting adjourned at 8:16 pm.