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Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff.
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail: read and accepted minutes from the last meeting.
  2. Discussed foreclosed properties and the ad that will be placed (on or around June 1, 2015) requesting bids. Ads will be placed in the Kennebec Journal and Franklin Journal, as well as The Vienna Record and the town website.  There will also be flyers at the Town House and the Town Clerk’s office.
  3. More discussion in regard to the cell tower issue.
  4. Selectmen set June 9th as the date the winter sand bids will be opened. Interested parties were notified.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff.
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail; read and accepted minutes from the last meeting.
  2. Selectmen received one mowing bid. Luke Olson was awarded both 2 year contracts. The price remained the same as the 2014 mowing season.
  3. Reviewed and signed Warrant #9 ($16,147.84)
  4. Selectmen reviewed the Plaintiff’s brief in the cell tower lawsuit. Attorney Langsdorf will be filing the Defendant’s (Town of Vienna) brief soon.
  5. Chris reported that brush cutting has been done on the following roads: Tower Road, Kimball Pond Road, Cumner Road, Bessey Road and the Davis Road.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith Jeff Rackliff, Lenny Colleen Meader
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail; read and approved minutes from the last meeting.
  2. Selectmen received one bid for a new three year contract for Winter Road Plowing and Sanding. The bid was from Lenny Meader dba Meader Construction who was awarded the contract. . The first year of the contract (2015-2016) will be the same price as the 2014-2015 season.
  3. Selectmen worked on property card changes for 2015.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff, Marti Gross, Brian Church, Ervin Bean
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail; read and approved minutes from the last two meetings.  
  2. Reviewed and signed Warrant #8 ($26,696.21)
  3. The town received a refund of $104.00 from Maine Municipal Association for the workers comp insurance.   This is for having good work practices and not filing any claims for the year.
  4. Reviewed and signed the bank reconciliation report.
  5. Selectmen discussed the cell phone tower issue and the possible cost to the town before it is reconciled one way or the other.
  6. Ervin Bean came to discuss his property taxes.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
  2. Selectmen discussed the cell tower lawsuit.  Copies of requested town documents were sent to Stephen Langsdorf, town attorney.
  3. Selectmen discussed brush cutting along town roads. The road commissioner will be removing brush along the roadsides within the next couple of weeks. Later in the summer, Selectmen will be sending out request for roadside mowing. This will also be posted on the town web site when the time comes.
  4. Selectmen set May 5th as the date to open the bids on the Cemetery Maintenance and Town Property Mowing contracts.  Requests for proposals have been sent to interested parties.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail; read and accepted minutes.
  2. Reviewed and signed Warrant 7 ($29,949.77)
  3. Reviewed the list of changes from tax transfers, etc. (April 1, 2014 to April 1, 2015) prepared by Creston Gaither. Property cards were pulled for John Sexton, assessing agent.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff, Luke Olson
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail: read and accepted minutes.
  2. Discussed the Varney Road. Report of a logger twitching wood out and onto the road. The Road commissioner was notified of the issue and requested to make contact with both logging operations.
  3. Selectmen worked on the letter being sent to land owners whose property has reached foreclosure status. The Selectmen will be sending the letter giving them a last chance to pay in full within 30 days. The unpaid foreclosed properties will be put out for bid in early June.
  4. Selectmen discussed lawn care and cemetery maintenance with Luke Olson, the current contractor responsible for the mowing. Selectmen will soon be going out to bid for the 2015 and 2016 mowing seasons.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff, Marti Gross, John Archard, Muffy Floyd
  1. Floyds turned in an application putting a portion of their property permanently in Open Space Land.
  2. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
  3. Read and accepted minutes.
  4. Selectmen discussed and researched a complaint brought to the attention of the board. A resident had concerns that a selectman doing any work for the road commissioner was “a conflict of interest”. According to the MMA Selectmen’s Manual, “the Maine common law doctrine of incompatibility is limited to public “offices” for which one is sworn or takes an oath – it does not extend to employment positions.”
  5. Reviewed the Bank Reconciliation report.
  6. Selectmen will soon be requesting proposals for a 3 year contract to Plow and Salt/Sand Roads in the Town of Vienna.
  7. Selectmen voted Dodi Thompson as Chairman of the Board.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
  2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
  3. Selectmen discussed the pending court case. Dodi reported on a consultation with Atty. Langsdorf.
  4. Discussed the upcoming Town Meeting on Saturday.
Selectmen's meeting Present:Dodi Thompson, Chris Smith, Jeff Rackliff, Marti Gross
  1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
  2. Read and accepted minutes from previous meeting.
  3. Reviewed and signed Warrant #5 - $79,121.71
  4. Selectmen discussed a complaint that has been filed in the Superior Court – Jonathan Lawless, et.al. vs. Town of Vienna. They are asking that the Cell Tower set-back waiver (which was approved by the Vienna Board of Appeals) be overturned. Attorney Stephen Langsdorf of Preti-Flaherty will handle the case for the Town.
  5. Selectmen reviewed the bank reconciliation report.
  6. Selectmen will meet at the Town House at 5:00 PM on Thursday, March 5th to label and sort the Town Reports for mailing.