TOWN
OF SABATTUS
Roll
Call of Board of Selectmen:
Present Guy P.
Desjardins, Chairman
Present Stephen J. Wood, Selectman
Present Gino R. Camardese, Selectman
Present Mark R.
Duquette, Selectman
Present Bill Henshaw, Selectman
In
Attendance:
Tracy Fabrizio, Town Administrator Donald Therrien, Fire Chief
Suzanne Adams, Town Clerk
Robert Scott, EMA Director
Thomas Fales, Police Chief
Paul Loesberg
James Wood, Road Commissioner Scott
Lansley
Jerry Sabins, Transfer Station Manager
Motion to accept the Selectmen Meeting Minutes of
November 21st as written made by Selectman Steve Wood and seconded by Selectman
Mark Duquette.
All in Favor.
Department Heads:
Thomas Fales, Police Chief-Informs the
Board that the Town now has an overhead projector that he bought from State
Surplus for $35.00.
Tracy Fabrizio, Town Administrator
& Treasurer-
1.
Review Delinquent Taxes-Delinquent taxes as of 11/27/06 is $ 113,370.66
consisting of 109 accounts. Delinquent taxes collected from 11/20/06 through
11/27/06 was $75.00.
Motion
to accept the Treasurer’s Report as read
made by Selectman Bill Henshaw and seconded by Selectman Gino
Camardese.
All
in Favor.
2.
School Warrants – Met with Karla, School Business Manager,
discussed with her that school
payroll and accts payable warrants must be in the town office no later than
Tuesday by 1:00. This will allow the town
staff to process the warrants and Board of Selectmen to review the warrants
Tuesday evenings- The School warrant was faxed over this morning with only one
signature from the School Board. Guy
Desjardins, Chair states that if we find out that we are not signing that
warrant because of lack of signatures and the checks are still released, then
we will need to freeze the School account. Tracy will follow up with an e-mail
to Karla.
Motion made to table the
School warrant until we get the majority of the School Board signatures made by
Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Mark Duquette.
All in Favor.
Motion
to accept Glen’s Dube proposal to remove the
asphalt made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.
All
in Favor.
Jerry
Sabins, Transfer Station-
1.
Trash Compactor, Circuit burned
out-Electrician will
be contacted to assess the problem and fix- continued
from
11/21/06. Gino Camardese called an
electrician to check want is needed to fix the problem. It could be that either
a transformer or a sub-panel is needed.
2. Metal
Roof over Metal Container needs to be closed in- should have been
closed in per building
specifications proposal, Contractor will be
notified-continued from 11/21/2006. Gino
Camardese will meet with
Brown Construction to discuss costs
about closing in the whole backside to prevent water problems. The
original
contract only called for a top
trim.
Robert
Scott, EMA Director-
Reminds the Board that after the first of the year we need to set up monthly
meetings for our Emergency Plan.
Comments
from the Floor:
Chief
Don Therrien-Spoke
to Gary Simard, Fire Protection Officer, who will send a formal letter stating
that he will donate his time to meet with the Board.
Scott
Lansley, State Representative- Informs the Board that the State plans on
installing double flashing lights at the intersection of Crowley, Bowdoinham,
and Route 9. This hasn’t
been funded yet but could be
installed by Spring or early Summer.
Unfinished Business:
1. Transfer Station, Replace 2 Slide Rails on Bottom of Trash
Dumpster – Phone
Poll to Board of Selectmen on 10/26/2006, Board
of Selectmen Approved - $2000 expenditure, Transfer Station Equipment Escrow account-Invoice
Pending –Continued
from 11/21/2006, Selectmen’s meeting. Jerry
Sabins has still not received the bill for this yet. This will stay on the Agenda until next week.
2.
16 Tickets
to the December 2, 2006 MAINEiacs vs Saint John’s Fog Devils Hockey game – Given
on
behalf of the Lewiston
Mayor and City Council, Raffle to residents & employees-names drawn tonight
. The winners were: Claire Madden, Tony
Lessard, Mark Duquette, Lydia Lee Therrien, Jon Mennealy, Tracy Brousseau,
William Dailey, and Austin Fournier.
3. Janitorial Services-
Seeking services for municipal building. The ad will stay on the Board. Chief Don Therrien states that his father
might be interested in the job, he has experience with the Auburn Mall.
New Business:
1.
Skelton, Taintor and Abbott/Town Attorney’s Office//Mark
Frenette, will
review and assist writing the articles for the warrant for the Special Town
Meeting. He is more than willing to
assist in writing the articles. The
Special Town Meeting will be held on Tuesday January 9th at 7:00
p.m. This will be posted on the sign up front and posters will be placed in the
lobby.
2.
Maine Municipal Association, Human Resources, assist
with the hiring process for the new Town Manager. MMA has sent a proposal that
will cost $4500.00 to assist the Town. This is an eight- step process. The
Selectmen will take an active roll but MMA will take the lead roll. The Board feels that the work involved is
worth the cost. The budget will have to
be looked at to see were the funding will come from.
Motion to table this until next
week’s meeting to see where the money will come from and have a chance to
review it made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman
Mark Duquette.
All in Favor.
3.
Board of Selectmen to discuss the hiring process for
the new Road Foreman position-set up workshop. A job description will need to
be set up. The MMA website has sample
job descriptions. This will stay on the Agenda for next week.
4.
Set up workshop, review ordinances and possible
implementation of new ordinances-
set a date for Board of Selectmen, Department Heads, CEO and Auburn Fire
Protection Officer. Will set up a time for a workshop once a letter from Gary
Simard is received.
Motion to adjourn at 7:10 made by
Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood. All in Favor.
Selectman
Meeting Minutes of November 28, 2006, Accepted On__ ___ , 2006.
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Guy P. Desjardins, Chair
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Stephen J. Wood, Selectman
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Gino R. Camardese, Selectman
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Mark R. Duquette, Selectman
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William E.
Henshaw, Selectman
MEETING MINUTES COMPILED BY SUZANNE ADAMS, TOWN CLERK