Selectmen's meeting

Meeting Date
2015-04-14
Board
Selectmen
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

Meeting Date
2015-04-07
Board
Selectmen
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

Meeting Date
2015-03-31
Board
Selectmen
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

Meeting Date
2015-03-17
Board
Selectmen
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

Meeting Date
2015-03-10
Board
Selectmen
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.