Town of
Selectmen’s Meeting
Minutes
October 16, 2007
Roll
Call of Board of Selectmen:
Present: Mark R. Duquette, Vice-Chair
In
Attendance:
Gregory
Gill, Town Manager
Donald Therrien, Fire Department
Suzanne
Adams, Town Clerk Amy
Therrien
John
Hyde, Road Foreman Steve
Wood
Robert
Scott, Fire Chief
Mike Yohe
Don Fournier Jr. EMA Director Paul Gagne
Dan Guerrette, Lake Dam Commission Anita
Gagne
Chris
Morin, Fire Department Glenn Connell
Motion to accept the
Meeting Minutes of October 2, 2007 made by Selectman Gino Camardese and
seconded by Selectman
All in Favor.
Department Heads:
Thomas Fales Sr.,
Police Chief- not
present but the Board is informed by Town Manager, Gregory Gill that a maintenance schedule has been set up for the cruisers with
Public Works.
Gregory
Gill, Town Manager
1.
Review Delinquent Taxes- Delinquent taxes outstanding as of Friday October 12, 2007 is
$136,227.49
consisting of 126 accounts. Delinquent taxes collected from Friday
September 28 through
Friday October 12, 2007 was $
1,761.27.
Motion
to accept the Treasurer’s report as read made by Selectman
Selectman Gino Camardese
All in Favor.
2. Check Reconciliations-Both the Town and the
School accounts reconciled to zero.
John Hyde, Road
Foreman- The
Board was informed that road patching was started today. They were also informed that Public Works is hoping to hold an
open house by next year.
Jerry Sabins, Transfer
Station Manager-Not
present but Gregory Gill requests the Board to pick a date for the Sabattus
Recycling Appreciation Day. Selectman
Selectman
Guy Desjardins remarks that P.R. Russell Inc. has done a great job of clearing
out the brush at the station and with no cost to the Town.
Robert Scott, Fire
Chief
1. Informs the Board that
Engine 2 needs a new speedometer. It will not pass State inspection without
one.
The total cost for parts and labor could be
$636.44 depending on the hours of labor.
Motion to allow Robert
Scott to fix the speedometer not to exceed $650.00 made by Selectman
All in Favor.
2.
Volunteer Insurance-Since we now have volunteer insurance, he asks the Board
if the Fire
Department can now start cleaning
chimneys again. This brings in revenue
for the Fire Association
and provides
a service that the Town needs. There are
no set fees but donations are accepted. The
Board okays their
doing so.
Don Fournier Jr., EMA
Director-Tells
the Board that he handed some paperwork to
the Town Clerk to copy and then she will pass them out to the Board concerning
the Animal Shelter during a disaster. He will then review it with the Selectmen
at a later date.
Comments from the
Floor:
Mike Yohe, Mixers
Owner-Informs
the Board that he is planning on
holding another Harley’s Night for Halloween. 583 people attended the last one.
He will be checking with the Town Manager and the Police Chief concerning the
next one.
Robert Scott, Fire
Chief-Informs
the Board that last week was Fire Prevention Week. Classes were given to the
Primary School,
Unfinished Business:
1.
New Business:
1.
Appointment papers for
Glenn Connell & James Cyr- The Board signs the paperwork to
appoint
Glenn Connell and James Cyr for the Update to
the Comprehensive Plan Committee.
2.
Appointment papers for
Holly (Bubier) Latlippe-The Board signs the
paperwork to appoint Holly
Latlippe to
the Solid Waste & Recycling Committee.
3. Municipal Warrant- The Board signs the warrant for the
November Local Election.
4.
Registrar’s Hours-The Registrar asks the
Board’s permission to stay open one hour later on October 30th for
Absentee ballots and voter registration. The Board grants permission.
5. Time Warner Cable-Our current contract expires on July 11, 2009. The contract allows us to charge a
franchise fee from one to five percent.
This fee would allow us to be assigned a PEG channel where local
meetings and school events could be televised. The Board feels that this is
worth looking into. Town Manager,
Gregory Gill will get in contact with Michael Edgecomb, the Government
Relations Manager for Time Warner Cable to set up a workshop.
6. Lucille Laliberte, Resident on Setting Sun Drive-Resides on the
waterfront and has lost up to three feet of subsoil due to erosion. She
requests that the water level be dropped at least five feet so that she may do
repairs. Dan Guerrette, Secretary to the Sabattus Dam Commission, explains that
the gates were partly opened on Sunday, will be opened a little more on
Wednesday, and by Saturday should be completely opened. This should drop the water level by five
feet. If the water level is not
sufficient, Vice-Chair Mark Duquette who is also a member of the Sabattus Lake
Committee will call the other members of the Committee to hold an emergency
meeting to take care of the situation. In the meantime, Ms Laliberte will be
calling DEP to acquire any necessary permits needed to fix her shore land
property. She also offers to give the Selectmen a tour of the erosion problems
along the shore.
7.
Agreement for the
Management of Septic Tank Waste and Holding Tank Waste Disposal-This is an agreement
between Sabattus and the Lewiston-Auburn Water Pollution Control Authority.
This agreement allows Sabattus to dispose of their domestic septic tank waste
and domestic holding tank waste for an annual fee of $250.00.
Motion
to sign the Agreement with the Lewiston- Auburn Water Pollution Control
Authority and to authorize the Town Manager to sign the agreement made by
Selectman Guy Desjardins and seconded by Selectman
All in Favor.
8.
Motion to approve the
2007/2008
All in Favor.
9.
School Consolidation-Selectmen Guy
Desjardins, Mark Duquette and
Town Manager Gregory Gill along with members of the School Board were
invited to attend a meeting
with the Department
of Education in
to consolidate that met with the Department’s approval. We
are having a problem finding a district to
join with due to the fact that our School ( Litchfield, Sabattus &
Wales) is 2.4 million dollars over EPS.
Representative Scott Lansley offered to do a workshop with the Board to
explain the EPS process and
to try to
reduce the excess.
Motion
to adjourn at 7:45 made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman
All in Favor.
Selectman
Meeting Minutes of October 16, 2007, Accepted On__ ___ , 2007.
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Bill
Henshaw, Chair
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Mark
Duquette, Vice Chair
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Gino
R. Camardese, Selectman
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Guy
Desjardins, Selectman
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MEETING MINUTES COMPILED BY
SUZANNE ADAMS, TOWN CLERK