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1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant #18 ($55,998.95).
4. The Broadband meeting went well and the article for October 01, 2022 vote has been approved and posted at the Post Office, Flying Pond Variety Store, the Town Office, and the Town Clerk Office.
5. The Town House parking lot was paved by King & Son Paving. The Selectmen received bids from three companies. King & Son Paving was the lowest bid and provided more earthwork than the other bids (removing rocks from the parking lot). This was paid for from the Waugh Account.
6. Central Maine Power has proposed changing the town street lights over to LED at no cost to the town. The estimated savings would be $469.65 however the town would be required to sign a 10 year contract with Central Maine Power. Selectmen will sign the contract next Tuesday.
7. Trask Road Culvert: Jeff has contacted the Army Corps of Engineers, Maine DEP and the State Biologist. The Army Corps of Engineers want to look
   at the project. The Maine DEP gave the town the “green light” as the project is only replacing the current culvert.
8. Town Revaluation: Jeff has made contact with a few Appraisers about reevaluating the town. The earliest start date will be summer of 2023 and finishing in 2024. The town needs to be brought back to 100% by state statute. When the evaluation is brought back to 100%, the Mill Rate will decrease. This will even out the tax base.
9. Laura has talked with a town resident on the subject of voting at the special town meeting on 10/01/2022. The resident is concerned about non registered/town residents voting at the meeting. The Town Clerk will check residency.
10. The selectmen signed a Quit Claim Deed for a property on Route 41.
11. Meeting adjourned.

1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. The fire truck loan is paid off.
4. Laura Day Rose updated the selectboard on the Kennebec Highlands project on Vienna Mountain.
5. The selectmen signed an abatement.
6. The Selectmen signed Quit Claim Deeds.
7. The selectmen & Broadband Committee reviewed updated projections.
8. Meeting adjourned.

1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant #17 ($98,191.34).
4. Salt shed roof: Finished
5. Winter Sand Bids are due October 11, 2022 at 6:45p.m.
6. Sovereign citizen: Updated
7. Cumner Road ditching: The Road Commissioner is looking into this issue
8. Broadband funding and recent meeting: More discussion after Public hearing on 09/19/2022.
9. 2023 paving projects: The selectboard will talk with the Road Commissioner.
10. Trask Road Culvert projects: The selectboard reviewed soft proposals and a list of state departments (IF&W, ACOE & DEP) which will need to be contacted.
11. Lawn care: The selectboard will need to find/hire a person for the 2023 season.
12. Heat pump: The selectboard looked for soft bids
13. Townhouse maintenance: The selectboard will get bids on painting the exterior and interior.
14. Mike Rogers, from the State of Maine, reviewed 2021 real estate transactions vs. property appraised values.
15. A New Sharon resident, has a driveway on the Davis Road in Vienna, will pay to have their trash picked up at the end of the driveway.
16. A resident asked about the property foreclosure process.
17. Meeting adjourned.

MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE VIENNA
PLANNING BOARD HELD AUGUST 24, 2022

The meeting convened at 7:00 PM at the Town House. Regular members present were Waine Whittier, Alan Williams, Tim Bickford and Creston Gaither. Also present were Richard Stake and Bob Nurse. Minutes of the July 27 meeting were read and accepted.

Richard Stake expressed concern about jet skis on Kimball Pond. Someone told him there are no rules on this pond. The Board advised him that State statutes regarding Great Ponds apply to Kimball Pond, but that the Planning Board has no enforcement power. He says that an access ramp into the pond has been built without a permit. He was advised that DEP controls access ramps and that the Game Warden probably has some enforcement power in this regard.

Alan said that his wife Donna Williams would like to split lot 1 in Siegler Subdivision, shown on tax Map 7 as lot 4-1, into two lots. There is no note on the subdivision plan requiring Board approval for this.

It was moved that Creston should draft a letter stating that the Board does not believe that Board approval is required for the division because more than 5 years have passed since Lot 1 was created, and the proposed lots will exceed the 2 acre minimum required for the original subdivision. The Board voted 3 – 0 in favor of this, with Alan recusing himself from the vote.

The meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.

Creston Gaither, secretary

1.  Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. The selectboard met with the broadband committee, the town Attorney and Mark from Axiom.
4. Meeting adjourned.

1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant #16 ($90,305.97).
4. A resident asked about ownership of properties.
5. The selectboard reviewed and discussed the broadband proposal from Axiom.
6. Meeting adjourned.

1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. A resident shared he is being taxed for the incorrect amount of acreage. The selectmen looked into this and he has been charged for the correct amount.
4. The selectmen talked with Marc Oulette from Axiom about the installation and running of the broadband project. The project is estimated at $2.373 million with an anticipated 70% Grant. The town will take out a bond for the balance.
5. Meeting adjourned

1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant#15 ($13,491.95).
4. The selectboard received an update from the Broadband Committee. Members of the committee talked with various Vienna residents during the Fire Department’s Chicken BBQ and to people at local lawn sales. Residents’ response to Broadband has been very positive.
5. Meeting adjourned.

1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. A resident inquired if he had any recourse for the cost of his wife being taken to the hospital during a welfare check. His wife called someone by accident and that person in turn called 911 for a welfare check. The officer that arrived called for an ambulance which transported his wife to the emergency room in Augusta. The Selectboard knew of none.
4. The Broadband Committee updated the selectboard on the progress and outlined the future process as follows;

• August 31, 2022- Information meeting at 6:30p.m. at the Vienna Community Room. -
• September 01, 2022- the Special Town Meeting Warrant will be posted on the Vienna website, at the post office, and at the Townhouse.
• September 19, 2022- Public hearing at 6:30p.m. at the Vienna Community Room.
• October 01, 2022- Special Town Meeting for VOTE on the Broadband warrant at 9:00a.m. at the Vienna Community Room.

     5. Meeting adjourned.