TOWN OF STETSON
SELECTMEN’S
MEETING MINUTES
2/1/06 @ 6:00PM
I. OPEN MEETING
A. OPEN SESSION
B. ROLL CALL Present:
Mr. Carroll, Mr. Hipsky, Mr. Hockstadter, and Mrs.
Ham; Guests: Mr. Kim Tracy, Mrs. Beverly Tracy,
Mr. Bill Rush, Mrs. Jody Lyford, and Mrs. Marlene Webber
C. MINUTES OF THE
MEETING 1/18/06 were viewed and signed by the Board.
D. BOARD OF ASSESSORS
1. Mrs. Thompson continues to work on the
Regional Assessing Grant, the Board acknowledged.
E. QUIT CLAIM DEEDS
F. EXPENDITURES WARRANT invoices were viewed and approved by the Board.
II. OLD BUSINESS
A. Mr. Carroll has spoken to MMA Insurance and they stated
that the Food Cupboard needs their own liability insurance and a detailed lease
immediately. Mr. Carroll will contact
MMA Legal and ask them if they have an example lease for the Town to follow;
they need to decide whether to have a year to year lease or a month to month
lease. Mr. Rush is not in favor of the
month to month lease. The Selectmen told
Mr. Rush the proposal that the board is going to present to the Residents at
the May Town Meeting regarding expanding the current Town Office into the Food
Cupboard. The Selectmen told Mr. Rush
that they will continue to think of ideas for the Food Cupboard to consider.
B. Mrs. Tracy was present and told the Board that she is
willing to take over the cleaning contract for the remainder of the year. Mr. Carroll told her that the Board is aware
that Mrs. Babcock is not doing a satisfactory job, but she did sign a contact
and it will be hard to get out of the contract.
Mr. Carroll told Mrs. Tracy that the cleaning bids for next year will be
advertised the first of March with a deadline of March 15, 2006 if she is
interested next year.
C. MMA sent a reminder of the safety hazard recommendations
that the Town needs to remedy; Mr. Carroll will look at the emergency lighting
at the Town Office and repair this matter as soon as possible. When the lighting is repaired Mrs. Ham will
contact MMA to notify them that the recommendations have been made.
III. NEW BUSINESS
A. Mrs. Ham is requesting vacation March 8, - March 17,
2006, the Board acknowledged. Mrs.
Biggar will fill in and do the March 15, 2006 Selectmen’s Meeting.
B. The Maine State Planning Office sent information
regarding LD 1, the Board acknowledged.
C. A Weapons Permit was acknowledged by the Board.
D. Mr. Briggs, Local Sealer, sent a 2005 update for the
Town of Stetson, the Board acknowledged.
E. Mr. Carroll reported that the monthly reports look
good over all, the Planning Board is really low, Town Charge is low but all big
expenses have been paid, and the Solid Waste Account is bad with only $20,000
left, the Board acknowledged.
F. PVCOG sent a memo regarding Upcoming State Planning
Office Grants, the Board acknowledged.
G. Mr. Sullivan will be at the February 15, 2006 meeting
to discuss renewing the Solid Waste Account for another year. Mr. Webber will be present at the March 1,
2006 meeting to discuss renewing the snow plow contract. At the March 15, 2005 meeting the Mowing Bids
(both cemetery and municipal) and Cleaning Bids will be awarded.
H. Mr. Timofeev gave his resignation as a member of the
Town Office Building Committee, the Board acknowledged.
IV. COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. ANIMAL CONTROL
1. A stray cat on the Lapoint Road was
acknowledged by the Board.
B. APPEALS BOARD
1. The fee schedule for an Appeal was voted and
accepted at the May 1992 Town Meeting.
Mr. Carroll wants to amend this article, at this year’s town meeting, to
include advertising fees, the Board acknowledged.
2. The Smethursh Appeal is scheduled for Monday,
February 2, 2006 at 7PM, the Board acknowledged.
C. CEMETERY
1. Mr. Carroll told the Board that when the Budget
is complete for the cemetery accounts we will transfer interest from the trust
account, the Board acknowledged.
D. CODE ENFORCEMENT
OFFICER/PLUMBING INSPECTOR
1. Mr. Gould called Mr. Russell and asked for an
update regarding the Marcello Case and Tibbett’s Case; Mr. Russell apologized
but stated he hadn’t done anything because he had been too busy with other
towns. The Board was not very happy that
Mr. Russell wasn’t very helpful lately and stated they should consider changing
attorney’s this year. Mr. Carroll will
contact MMA and get references to present to the Board.
E. EDUCATION
1. January 23 2006 agenda and minutes were
acknowledged by the Board.
F. FIRE DEPARTMENT
1. MMA sent a letter answering some of the
questions that were asked at the December 6, 2005 meeting, the Board
acknowledged. The Selectmen and Mr.
Tracy all received a copy of this letter.
2. The Fire Department will be receiving a
donation in the amounts of $1,000 from MBNA; Mr. Emerson works for MBNA and got
this donation.
G. HISTORICAL SOCIETY
H. MEETINGHOUSE
I. PARK & RECREATION
J. PLANNING BOARD
1. Mr. Timofeev gave his resignation, the Board
acknowledged.
K. LIBRARY
L. RECYCLING &
SOLID WASTE COLLECTION
1. 2005 Recycling Credit from Perc was
acknowledged by the Board. Mr. Carroll
has now received all the information to finish the Solid Waste Report.
2. MRRA sent a reimbursement in the amount of
$80.64, the Board acknowledged.
M. ROAD COMMISSIONER
1. Mr. Carroll received a road complaint from
Mr. Arthurs regarding the Brown Road; he believes the road needs a load of
gravel; the Board will look into this request further.
2. Ms. Savage paid the invoices in full
regarding the damage done on the Blaisdell Road by Mr. Gerry and Mr. Bournival
Jr., the Board acknowledged.
3. Mr. Carroll will complete the sand / salt
survey that was sent, the Board acknowledged.
4. Mrs. Lyford was present to ask the Board what
information they had on proper winter maintenance on gravel roads. Mrs. Lyford had information printed off the
internet from several other States stating what their procedure is for gravel
roads and the use of salt. Mrs. Ham will
get a copy for each Board member. The
Board agreed that Mr. Webber is in control on when to sand/salt the roads. Mrs. Webber stated that safety is Mr.
Webber’s main concern when he is maintaining the roads.
N. TREASURER
1. On January 30, 2006 $50,000 was transferred
to the checking from the undesignated, the board acknowledged,
O. WELFARE DIRECTOR
P. STATE LEGISLATIVE
CORRESP.
Q. OTHER
V. CORRESPONDENCE
VI. TRAINING
Minutes
are not verbatim but summarized and recorded by: Dennell K. Ham
Approved by:
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