Selectmen's Meeting - September 11, 2018

  1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
  2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
  3. Agreed for next meeting’s agenda: the selectmen will vote to adopt the MMA model ordinance for general assistance–Appendices A-F for the period of October 1st, 2018 through 9-30-2019. By law this must be posted for 7 days.
  4. The selectmen went through boxes of old paperwork, deciding what can be disposed of and what must be kept (time periods vary according to the documents). If confidential papers can be eliminated they must be shredded.
  5.  The town received the final sign off from FEMA. The reimbursement amount will be $4,857.62.
  6.  Meeting adjourned.

Selectmen's Meeting - September 4, 2018

  1.  Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
  2.  The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
  3.  Dan Goucher, road commissioner reported that the paving process on Kimball Pond Road and Trask Road continues and the base coats are scheduled for the week of September 24th, weather permitting. Dan is also working on culverts and other roads–patched holes and repaired washouts on the Stream Road; ditched the upper part of the Kimball Pond Road: and graded the Anderson Road and Cross Road. The Klir Beck road will be graded this week - waiting for rain to help it set.
  4.  Reviewed and signed Warrant # 17 ($88,410.96).
  5.  Meeting adjourned.

Selectmen's Meeting - August 21, 2018

  1.  Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
  2.  The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
  3.  Mike Rogers, from Maine State Revenue conducted the sales ratio analysis of recent sold properties. So far, the town has been able to stay at 100% since the 2008 town wide revaluation.
  4.  Reviewed and signed Warrant # 16 ($22,835.04).
  5.  Selectmen had an executive session to discuss a property issue with a town resident.
  6.  The selectmen received a new tree growth application from a town resident
  7.  The selectmen reviewed the bank reconciliation report.
  8.  Meeting adjourned.

Selectmen's Meeting - July 10, 2018

  1.  Opened and dispersed mail.
  2.  Read and accepted minutes from previous meeting,
  3.  The selectmen reviewed the Bank Reconciliation report.
  4.  Dodi talked with Global Document Destruction. They are a commercial shredding service. Selectmen are going through paperwork, files, etc. to see what can be disposed of according to the “Rules for Disposition of Local Government Records”. All the old files were brought out of the former furnace/storage room. We will start with those. When everything on file/in boxes, etc. has been gone through, we will make an appointment with Global to do onsite shredding. Hopefully in late August or early September.
  5.  Dodi is meeting with John Sexton, our Assessing Agent, at the town House tomorrow to review several property assessments.
  6.  Wi-Fi has now been installed at the Town House.
  7.  Adjourned.

Selectmen's Meeting - July 24, 2018

  1.  Opened and dispersed mail
  2.  Read and accepted minutes from previous meeting
  3.  The selectman worked on the E911 addressing officer’s paperwork. The records need to be updated since the previous officers' resignation. The selectman discussed naming a private road off the Klir Beck road as a new building will be built on this road and an address is needed. Until a new E911 Addressing Officer is appointed, selectmen will be handling new addresses and updating files.
  4.  There will be no meeting on July 31st, which is a 5th Tuesday.

Selectmen's Meeting - July 17, 2018

  1.  Opened and dispersed mail.
  2.  Read and accepted minutes from previous meeting,
  3.  Reviewed and signed Warrant # 14 ($71,479.79)
  4.  The selectmen and Fire Chief Brian Church discussed the need for dredging of the Mill Stream Pond (in the past this has been reviewed, found to be very expensive, with no grants available). The pond has filled in and this has made it difficult for the Fire Department to use this as a place to fill the trucks. The Army Corps of Engineering will be contacted along with the D.E.P. The option of installing well tiles was also discussed. Brian will be contacting the Kennebec E.M.A.
  5.  The Health Officer (Dan Onion) tested the water from the swimming area at the boat launch on Flying Pond. The test came back with no danger of e coli.The water is safe for swimming.
  6.  Adjourned.