TOWN OF STETSON
SELECTMEN’S
MEETING MINUTES
04/20/05 @ 6:00PM
I. OPEN MEETING
A. OPEN SESSION
B. ROLL CALL Present: Mr.
Carroll, Mr. Hipsky, Mr. White and Mrs. Ham
Guests: Mr.
David Bucstaber, Mr. Kim Tracy
C. MINUTES OF THE
MEETING 04/06/05 were viewed by the Board.
D. BOARD OF ASSESSORS
1. The revaluation update is a work in
process. Ms. Thompson and the Board have
been working on this steadily.
E. QUIT CLAIM DEEDS
F. EXPENDITURES WARRANT
invoices were viewed and approved by the Board.
II. OLD BUSINESS
A. The Board agreed to keep the cleaning contract as it
currently is described and advertise the contract in The Express for one week
with a deadline of Wednesday, May 18, 2005.
B. The Town Report is at the printers and will be ready
the first of May, the Board acknowledged.
C. Mr. Hipsky has contacted Mr. Scott regarding his
property located in the center of town.
Mr. Scott told Mr. Hipsky that the property is owned by Mr. Davis
too. Mr. Scott needs to talk with Mrs.
Davis about the offer that the Town has offered to purchase this piece of
property.
D. Mr. Carroll has asked Mrs. Weymouth is she would be
interested in being the Newsletter Editor; the Board is waiting for a response.
E. Mr. Carroll has spoken with Ms. Thompson regarding
the regional assessing grant that was awarded to the town through PVCOG. Ms. Thompson is still willing to do the work
for this grant even though she no longer works with PVCOG. At this time PVCOG doesn’t have an
assessor. Ms. Thompson is going to get
more information and report back.
III. NEW BUSINESS
A. The gate at the Upper Dam needed repairing in order
to reseat. Leighton’s Custom Machine
shop repaired the gate, the Board acknowledged.
B. PVCOG requesting fuel bid requirement, the Board
acknowledged.
C. Mr. Perry emailed the Selectmen reporting that the
website has had 1000 hits and wanting to know if they were happy with
site. The Board
Agreed they were happy with the web site. Mr. Buchstaber asked the Board why the town
doesn’t add the Taxpayer, Map, Lot and Valuation to the website. Ms. Ham will
ask Mrs. Biggar and Ms. Thompson what they think of this idea and report back.
D. The Board acknowledged the General Assistance mail in
review for our town that stated we are in compliance.
E. Maine Municipal Association is accepting nominations
for Executive Committee. Mr. Hipsky
nominated Mr. Carroll and Mr. White seconded the motion. Mr. Carroll didn’t accept at this time he
wants to get more information on the term before accepting the nomination.
F. Webber Energy 2005-2006 Price Protection Program was
sent to the Board.
G. The remaining balance for the Town Charge account is
approximately $10,000. Mrs. Biggar and
Mrs. Ham would like to purchase three new computers at $500 or less for
each. Mr. Jeff Perry told us he would
network the computers free of charge.
Also, we would like to get estimates for a new carpet at the Town
Office. The Board all agreed to these
purchases but want to wait until the middle of May 2005 to make sure the
account is still in good standing.
H. Mr. Hipsky is going to schedule a meeting for the new
town office committee for the week of May 8, 2005 at the Library Conference
Room, the Board acknowledged.
IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. ANIMAL CONTROL
B. APPEALS BOARD
C.
CEMETERY
1. Mr. Manchester
and Mr. Kroemer dropped off a business card which is fixing/repairing head
stones. Mr. Carroll stated that he believes
they had done this work for the town before and they didn’t do a good job.
2. Mr. Carroll and Mr. Hipsky will plan on
measuring for a fence at the Clark’s Hill Cemetery next week.
D. CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER/PLUMBING INSPECTOR
E. EDUCATION
1.
April 25, 2005 agenda was acknowledged by the Board.
2.
Mr. Carroll reported that, at the meeting with the school board members,
other district selectmen and Mr. Ney; under the current biannual budget next
year could bring a large increase.
F. FIRE DEPARTMENT
1.
Mr. Tracy was present and explained to the Board why the Fire Department
had another past due invoice. Mr. Tracy
told the board he was trying and would try to better not to have this happen
again. Mr. Carroll reminded Mr. Tracy
that this is the fifth past due invoice the town has received and it isn’t
good for the town’s credit, Mr. Tracy agreed.
2.
Mr. Tracy will have the mutual aid contract for review and signature
within the next few meetings, the Board acknowledged.
3.
Mr. Tracy reported that the new fire truck is in the shop because of
engine problems and will be back hopefully within a couple of days, the Board
acknowledged.
G. HISTORICAL SOCIETY
H. MEETINGHOUSE
1. March 2005 minutes were acknowledged by the
Board.
2. The trash container located outside at the
Meetinghouse needs to be replaced. Mr.
Hipsky will check into different options to replace this and report back.
I. PARK &
RECREATION
1. Mr. Buchstaber reported that Mr. Gray tilled
the baseball field at the school and Mr. Mark Merrill rolled the field free of
charge.
2. The board discussed the Mary Craig
foreclosure property located on the water.
Mr. Carroll reported that after speaking with the attorney the town does
own the property but recommends not putting an structures on the property for a
minimum of 15 years. The town has no
interest in putting a structure; they are considering a picnic table or two
with a parking area.
J. PLANNING BOARD
1. Land Use Meeting scheduled for 4/28 at the
Meetinghouse basement.
K. LIBRARY
L. RECYCLING &
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
1. Spring trash day scheduled for 4/23 from 9-2,
the Board acknowledged.
2. Recycling complaint from the Brown Road was
acknowledged by the Board. Mr. Carroll
followed up on this complaint with Sullivan’s.
M. ROAD COMMISSIONER
N. TREASURER
O. WELFARE DIRECTOR
P. STATE LEGISLATIVE CORRESPONDENCE
V. CORRESPONDENCE was
acknowledged by the Board.
VI. TRAINING
Minutes are not
verbatim but summarized and recorded by: Dennell K. Ham
Approved
by:
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