Selectmen

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.

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.

1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. Reviewed and signed Warrant #14 ($18,913.42).
4. The selectmen discussed the new legislation on freezing taxes for elderly people.
5. Meeting adjourned.

1. Reviewed and dispersed the mail.
2. The selectmen read and accepted the minutes from the previous meeting.
3. The Neals inquired about the process to get a permit to put a septic system at their camp on Flying Pond.
4. Meeting adjourned.