Selectmen

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.  
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Continued to work on the budget for the 2016 Warrant for Town Meeting.

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
2. Read  and  accepted  minutes  from  the previous meeting.
3. Entered into an executive Session with the Code  Enforcement  Officer  to  discuss  a “Consent Agreement” for  land use violation. Selectmen, CEO and property owners were present.
4. After a lengthy discussion, exited Executive session. Decision made to go forward with a revised Consent Agreement (to extend the time frame for  payment  of  fines,  etc.) CEO will continue to work with property owners toward final resolution of the situation.
5. Selectmen continued to work on 2016 budget.
6. Selectmen worked on the 2016 town report and warrant.
7. Warrant#2 ($11,692.44)

(Meeting postponed from January 12th due to icy road conditions).

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Selectmen worked on the 2016 budget for the March Town meeting Warrant.

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant#25 for 2015 ($19390.35)
4. Reviewed and signed Warrant#1 of 2016 ($22,067.65)      
5. Selectmen entered into Executive session with Code Enforcement Officer to discuss a legal issue.
6. Exited Executive session. No decision was made. This was an informative session.

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Received the certificate of Liability Insurance for American Tower Corporation.
4. Reviewed a letter from the Kennebec Behavioral Health in regards to services provided for Vienna residents. They will again be on the town warrant in our list of special accounts.
5. Received a request from Life Flight for a donation. Selectmen discussed and decided not to put their request on the warrant going forward. (Note: Life Flight has never cashed the $100 check we issued to them in 2014.)

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.  
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant 24 ($74,352.21)
4. Selectmen voted to take any 2015 over drafts out of the contingency fund voted in at March 2015 town meeting.

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Selectmen entered into executive session (meet with code enforcement officer) Discussed a property ownerʼs code issues that may need to go to court.
4. Selectmen exited executive session. John Archard, CEO, will continue to work on a Consent Agreement in the matter.

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant #23 ($90,688.61)
4. Discussion on recent bad weather and how it affected town road conditions.     
5. The Selectman appointed Sue Burns, Jim Anderberg and Marianne Archard as the new Ordinance Review Committee.
6. The town spent $10,159.00 for legal services in 2015.
7. Reviewed Bank Reconciliation report.

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed an abatement application, which was denied per John Sexton.
4. Dan Goucher, road commissioner reported that he pulled a large rock from Cumner Road. Grading was done on Bean Road and potholes were filled in on several roads around town. Upcoming work will be to repair a culvert on Mountain Road and maintenance on Trask Road.

5. Selectmen received the Decision on Lawless v Town of Vienna. 
   Quote:

   “The Court denies Petitioners ʼ M.R. Civ.P.80B appeal because:
   1) The Board of Appeals had jurisdiction over Intervenorsʼ appeal of the Planning Boardʼs Decision;
   2) The Board of Appeals did not commit an error of law or abuse its discretion in interpreting Section 7.2 (E) of the Wireless Ordinance; and
   3) The Board of Appeals did not abuse its discretion in declining to reconsider its decision. 
   
   For reasons stated, the entry will be: Petition is DENIED; Town of Viennaʼs Board of Appeals Decision of February 9, 2015, Administrative Appeal of Global Tower Assets, LLC and Northeast Wireless Networks, LLC is AFFIRMED.” Unquote
   
    

   Selectmen will post the full 18 page Decision on our website. See here

1. Reviewed and dispersed mail.
2. Read and accepted minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant #22 ($61,986.63).
4. Discussed issues with vehicles being left too close to the road during snowstorms. Parked vehicles should be well off the road so as to not interfere with plowing; otherwise, they could be subject to towing.