TOWN OF STETSON
SELECTMEN’S
MINUTES
Date: July 14, 2010
I. OPEN MEETING
The meeting was opened
with Don Carroll leading the Pledge of Allegiance.
A. ROLL CALL
Donald
Carroll, Brenda Clark, Lois Hawes, George Hockstadter, (first newly elected
meeting) and Terry White.
B. ELECT CHAIR & VICE CHAIR
Upon motion by George
Hockstadter, seconded by Terry White, it was voted 4 to 0 to nominate Don Carroll
for Chairperson of the Board. (Don Carroll abstained)
Upon motion by George
Hockstadter, seconded By Lois Hawes, it was voted 4 to 0 to elect Don Carroll
as the Chairperson to the Board of Selectmen. (Don Carroll abstained)
Upon motion by George
Hockstadter, seconded by Don Carroll, it was Voted 4 to 0 to nominate Brenda
Clark for Vice Chairperson of the Board.
(Brenda abstained).
Brenda Clark nominated
Terry White as Vice Chairperson to the Board.
The motion died as there was no second to the motion.
Upon motion by George
Hockstadter, seconded by Don Carroll, it was voted 4 to 0 to elect Brenda Clark
as Vice Chairperson to the Board of Selectmen.
(Brenda Clark abstained)
C. MINUTES OF THE
MEETING
1.
Approve
Town Meeting Minutes of June 12, 2010
Upon motion by Terry
White, seconded by Brenda Clark, it was voted 3 to 0 to approve the Town
Meeting Minutes of June 12, 2010. (Lois
Hawes abstained because she was not present at the meeting, and George
Hockstadter did not vote, as he was not a selectperson at the time of the
meeting.)
2. Approve
Meeting Minutes of June 23, 2010
Upon motion by Terry
White, seconded by Lois Hawes, it was voted 4 to 0 to approve the June 23m 2010
meeting minutes. (George Hockstadter did
not vote, as he was not a Selectperson at the time of that meeting.)
D. QUIT CLAIM
DEEDS
None.
E.
WARRANT
1.
Payroll Warrant – Approve warrant # 66 & # 1
Upon motion by Lois
Hawes, seconded by Brenda Clark, it was voted 4 to 0 to approve Warrant
#66. (George Hockstadter did not vote,
as he was not a Selectperson at the time of this Warrant.)
Upon motion by Terry
White, seconded by Lois Hawes, it was unanimously voted to approve Warrant #1.
2.
Expenditures – Approve warrant # 67 & # 2
Upon motion by Lois
Hawes, seconded by Terry White, it was voted 4 to 0 to approve Warrant
#67. (George Hockstadter did not vote,
as he was not a Selectperson at the time of this Warrant.
Upon motion by Terry
White, seconded by Lois Hawes, it was unanimously voted to approve Warrant #2.
Upon
motion by Lois Hawes, seconded by Brenda Clark, it was unanimously voted to
transfer $40,000 from the undesignated account to the checking account.
F. BOARD OF ASSESSORS
Upon motion by George Hockstadter, seconded by
Terry White, it was unanimously voted to grant the Abatement recommended by
Assessing Agent for
Jason Hewitt in the amount of $411.00.
Also noted that
the Tax Commitment will most likely be ready for the next meeting.
II. OLD BUSINESS
1.
Merrill
Merchant Bank
Representatives from
Merrill Merchants Bank were present, and expressed that they would like to have
the Town’s Business. They presented the
Board with a proposal of the Services they could offer the Town. Consensus of the Board was to compare the
charges and service fees with the Bank we presently do business with now.
2.
Town
owned property on the Bus Road
After little discussion
of accessibility;
Upon motion by Terry
White, seconded by George Hockstadter, it was unanimously voted to have an
appraisal done on the property, and then put it out to bid. The appraisal will be paid for out of the
Pleasant Lake reserve funds.
3.
Mowing
Bids
Consensus of the Board
was to 19 miles of town maintained out to bid, and the bids to be returned for
the 28th Selectmen’s meeting.
4.
Signing
of Contracts (Cleaning, Snowplow, Refuse/Recycling etc.)
Consensus of the Board
was to sign the above yearly fiscal contracts.
III. NEW BUSINESS
1.
Appointments
Upon motion by George
Hockstadter, seconded by Terry White, it was unanimously voted to appoint the
following people for the present fiscal year:
Danielle Ham and Christy
Hewitt for Parks and Rec Director
Amy Butler for Librarian
Catherine Ricker for
Animal Control
Timothy Briggs for
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Appeals Board: Robert Frappier, Sr., Marlene Webber, Michael
Hands, and Ronald Miles.
Planning
Board: Mike Kosciusko, Delores Butler,
Charles Merrill, Alan Brown, and Kirsten Hepler.
Plumbing Inspector: Travis Gould
Assessing Agent: Danielle Smith
Code Enforcement
Officer: Danielle Smith
Health Officer: Nyree O’Donald
2.
Shadow
Boxes
Upon motion by Lois
Hawes, seconded by Brenda Clark, it was unanimously voted to purchase the
Shadow Boxes to display the Town Report as a keep-sake.
3.
Town office flag pole
Terry White will fix the
flag pole to allow the flags to be raised in the way that they should.
4.
MMA
Election of Vice President & Executive Committee Members
Consensus of the Board
was to cast their ballot for Sophia Wilson of Brownville for
Vice President, and for Michelle Beal of Ellsworth, Marston Lovell of Saco, and
Robert Yandow of York for Directors.
IV. COMMITTEE REPORT
A. ANIMAL CONTROL Nothing.
B. APPEALS BOARD
May soon have a meeting to deal
with a porch.
C.
CEMETERY Nothing.
D. CODE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER Nothing.
E. E911 Nothing.
F. EDUCATION
Nothing.
G. EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE Nothing.
H.
EMT/RESCUE Nothing.
I.
FIRE DEPARTMENT Nothing.
J.
MEETINGHOUSE Nothing.
K PARKS & RECREATION The
Board of Selectmen received a letter for Amanda Rachael Photography requesting
to be reimbursed for a portion of her expenses for a failed appointment to take
professional photos of
the Stetson teams. This request was sent
forth by the former Parks and Rec director and was not followed through
on. (see
attached)
Upon motion by Terry
White, seconded by Brenda Clark, it was unanimously voted to reimburse $200.00
to be paid out of the contingency fund.
L. PLANNING BOARD Noted
that the Planning Board will be looking into Certificate of Occupancy Permits
to be issued in the Town of Stetson.
M.
PLUMBING INSPECTOR Nothing.
N. RECYCLING & SOLID WASTE COLLECTION Nothing.
O.
ROAD COMMISSIONER Don
Carroll spoke with John Biggar and John will get estimate for patching on
Sunday, and also requested that Richard Webber put more detail on his bills.
P.
STATE
LEGISLATIVE CORRESP Nothing.
Q.
TREASURER Diane
Lacadie reported that the Fiscal year Audit will take place on August 10th.
R.
WELFARE
DIRECTOR Nothing.
S.
MEMORIAL
COMMITTEE
It was noted how
wonderful that the new benches look and to request that Don Carroll look into
why the Stone has not yet been engraved.
T.
OTHER
Nothing.
V.
TRAINING
The upcoming Election
Conference was noted
VI.
PUBLIC
COMMENTS
Marlene Webber asked
that people submit ideas for Stetson Days.
Marlene also again requested that the discharge on the mowers be pointed
in the opposite direction of the flower bed.
Lois explained that the mower itself is a mulching machine and the
discharge is directed away from the flower bed.
Richard Webber reported
that there is a new garage built on Ralph’s Lane.
VII.
SELECTMEN
COMMENTS
Brenda Clark reported that
the Veteran’s Supper went very well and that $264.00 was raised for new flags.
Lois Hawes questioned
the procedure that is taken if a permit is denied by both the Planning Board
and the Board of Appeals. Don Carroll
explained that there could be fines imposed, and the case could end up in
Superior Court.
Upon motion by Terry
White, seconded by George Hockstadter, it was unanimously voted to authorize
Don Carroll to be the authorative member of the board to deal with road issues
that may arise between meetings.
VIII.
EXECUTIVE
SESSION
1. 1 MRSA SECTION 405 –
(6) (A) - Personnel Issues
Upon motion by Don
Carroll, seconded by Lois Hawes, it was unanimously voted to enter into
Executive Session to deal with personnel issues (MRSA Section 405 – (6)(A). Time 8:10 p.m.
Upon motion by Terry
White, seconded by Lois Hawes, it was unanimously voted to come out of
Executive Session and back into Public Session at 8:15 p.m. and to take no
action as the result of the Executive Session.
IX.
ADJOURNMENT
Upon
motion by Terry White, seconded by Lois Hawes, it was unanimously voted to
adjourn the meeting at 8:20 pm.
____________________________________Donald
Carroll
____________________________________Brenda
Clark
____________________________________Lois
Hawes
____________________________________George
Hockstadter
____________________________________Terry
White
Minutes recorded by;
Diane Lacadie