Regular Meeting (12-03-2012)
Selectmen Present: Joshua Devlin, John Luce, Suzan Rudnicki Douglas Small and Earlyn Bowers
Town Manager: Tom Richmond
Recording Secretary: Coreen Sylvester
Guests Present: Patrick Devlin, Glennis McSorley and Toby Pelletier
7:30 PM: Josh Devlin called the meeting to order.
MINUTES: John Luce made a motion to accept the minutes of November 5, 2012 as amended. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Three voted in favor. Josh Devlin and Suzan Rudnicki abstained as they were not present for that meeting.
MINUTES: Earlyn Bowers made a motion to accept the minutes of November 19, 2012 as written. Douglas Small seconded. Three voted in favor. John Luce and Suzan Rudnicki abstained as they were not present for that meeting.
ROAD COMMISSIONER/TAX COLLECTOR/TOWN MANAGER REPORT:
- The Town Manager stated the auditor will be starting the audit on Wednesday.
- Tom let the Board know that once we have everything done for the Town Report and ready for Town Meeting, he plans to request the month of February off to go to Florida.
- Tom Richmond gave the Treasurer’s Report as of November 30, 2012.
- Tom said he is going to meet with the Budget Committee Wednesday night, and expects to finish up with them that night. Rec Director Aaron Hawes is supposed to attend that meeting.
- The Selectmen and Town Manager looked over the proposed library budget. Selectmen asked for an accounting of the Library Expansion Fund; Tom stated he would ask Wilbur Senter for it when he sees him at the budget meeting Wednesday.
- There was discussion regarding a letter Tom wrote to Maine Department of Transportation thanking them for their work on Route 2. Tom said the State is planning on working on Route 69 next year.
NEW BUSINESS:
Overhead Door (Maintenance Program): Tom Richmond explained that by signing an agreement for maintenance with Overhead Door, the yearly maintenance on the fire station bay doors is 15% lower. There is no cost for the agreement. John Luce made a motion to accept the maintenance agreement with Overhead Door. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
Christopher Schultz (Abatement Request): Tom explained that due to a computer error (there is no plumbing or heat in his camp), Mr. Schultz requested partial abatements for the years 2011 and 2012. Tom stated the assessor had granted an abatement for 2012, but prior year’s abatements have to be approved by Selectmen. Earlyn Bowers made a motion to grant the abatement request for Christopher Schultz for the year 2011 in the amount of $104.55. Doug Small seconded. Four voted in favor. Suzan Rudnicki abstained.
Haskell Road Bridge (town meeting): There was discussion regarding the Haskell Road Bridge being undermined because water is running under the culvert instead of over it, and whether to include the cost of engineering (approximately $13,500.00 estimate from Plymouth Engineering) as an article on the 2012 town warrant. Tom said he had spoken with someone from the Federal Department of Fisheries & Wildlife to see if they would give us any help with it. They said they would send someone out to look at it, but it hasn’t happened yet, and because of the permitting process, it would probably be the summer after next before we could start working on it. No action taken.
Department of Labor Violations: Tom stated the Department of Labor has agreed to come back in February to re-check the fire station and town office for the violations that have been corrected. Tom said about $7,000.00 in violations have been corrected, mostly in the fire station and a few receptacles in the town office, and the staff has to have hazardous waste training.
EXECUTIVE SESSION: Josh Devlin made a motion to go into executive session pursuant to 22MRSA §4305(3B) to discuss general assistance. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor. Selectmen went into executive session at 8:13 pm. Selectmen reconvened in regular session at 8:24 pm. No action taken, informational only.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of November 26, 2012 in the amount of $19,891.48. Suzan Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of December 3, 2012 in the amount of $3,979.74. Suzan Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of November 26, 2012 in the amount of $11,691.63. Suzan Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of December 3, 2012 in the amount of $25,454.83. Suzan Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
OTHER BUSINESS: Tom let the Board know the fire chief offered the full-time fireman/EMT position to the fire fighter/EMT from Brewer, who was the second choice of the committee and Fire Department officers. He has accepted and will start on January 1, 2013, for forty-four hours a week.
ADJOURNMENT: Suzan Rudnicki made a motion to adjourn. Doug Small seconded. Five voted in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:28 pm.