Town of Brooklin
Select Board Meetings
January/February 2009
NO Minutes for Jan 6, 2009
Minutes for Jan. 13, 2009
Present: Gray, Grant & Smith
MINUTES were read and approved from meeting held on Dec. 30th. Voted 3-0 to accept.
20 CONES were ordered by the Fire Dept. from the DOT. 10 will be used by the Fire Dept and 10 to be used for Town Roads.
Fire Fighter One Class is being held with 11 attendees and 4 attending are from Brooklin.
Albie Smith made a motion to appoint David Tarr to the Shellfish Conservation Committee to replace Jim Morse. Term to expire May 1, 2011. Also, to appoint Allison Dibble to this committee to replace Tom Hardy and her term to expire May 1, 2012. It was voted to appoint these two residents to the Shellfish Cons. Committee. Voted 3-0
Help was provided to 3 families from the Fund for a Warmer Town.
Meeting adjourned at 6 PM
Warrant # 28: $8,453.08
Receipts: $71,668.00
No Minutes for Jan 20, 2009
Minutes for Jan. 27th, 2009
Present: Gray, Grant & Smith
MINUTES were read and approved from meeting held on Jan. 13th Voted 3-0 to accept.
BUDGET WORKSHOP is scheduled for the Select Board on Saturday, January 31st at the town office, 9 AM. Jim Cummins has stopped in the office to gather information for the Budget Advisory Committee. The board will meet with Jim and other Advisory Committee members at the town office on Wed, Jan. 28th at 4 PM to review the basic layout of drafting a budget for the town expenses.
Grant will call Downeast Graphics and get a quote for printing the Town Reports this year.
Meeting adjourned at 6 PM
Warrant #30: $34,364.68
Receipts: $89,751.94
Approved Minutes - February 3, 2009
(Approved on February 17, 2009)
Present: Gray, Grant & Smith
No Minutes were read.
A meeting was held with the Chairman of the School Board, Mary Cummins and Bob Webster, School Supt., to review the school budget figures. Lots of questions were asked and explanations were discussed for this coming budget which was showing a slight increase.
The Fire Chief came in and presented his budget for the coming year and he is keeping the costs the same as last year for $39,000.00
The Road Commissioner also stopped in to discuss his budget for the upcoming year.
Neil Allen said he could keep his budget the same as last year with no increases at $48,000.00.
Another Budget Workshop is scheduled for this Saturday, Feb. 7th at the Town Office at 9 AM.
Meeting adjourned at 6 PM
Warrant #31: $123,863.85
Receipts: $24,893.59
Approved Minutes February 10, 2009
(Approved on Feb. 17, 2009)
Present: Gray, Grant & Smith
HOUSING COMMITTEE members were present to discuss the status of the Tax Exempt form 501C3 from IRS. Peter Sly, Hendrick, and John Hopkins were present and discussed with the board the possibility of using the authority of the selectmen to accept funds for the Housing Committee due to the difficulty of IRS issuing new 501C3 status. A phone call was made to MMA and everyone listened to the conversation with attorney, Bill Livengood. Bill Livengood will follow up with further information.
Rob Clapp, from Merle B. Grindle Agency, visited the office to review the insurance policies we have and ask if there are any changes to be made. He was told of a new fire truck arriving around the first of March and also, the new addition for the Fire Proof Vault. Rob will give us a quote on increasing the bond liability insurance from $25,000 to $50,000.
The selectboard voted to purchase a new “cash receipts” program from Trio. Sharon Freethey asked if we could order this to make her job easier and all town officials can use this same program rather than separate programs. All reporting will be uniform. The cost is $2000.00. Voted 3-0 to purchase.
APPEALS BOARD member, Robert Austin, resigned from the board. His written resignation was received today.
Sam Friend stopped in to discuss the fire dept. budget.
Meeting adjourned at 6 PM
Warrant #32: $4,907.34
Receipts: $357,318.54
Approved Minutes - February 24, 2009
(Approved 3-17-09)
Present: Gray & Grant
Neil Allen, Jim Cummins, Chris Pitman, Sam Friend
No minutes were read.
Neil Allen, road commissioner, discussed the Old County Road work with Jerry Gray. Neil will be out of town the first of March for a week or so and wanted the Board to be aware of this.
Grant called the BKS to ask about the $10,000 donated to the Town from the Edmund Williams account to be used for the Town Vault. Clair Sullivan is out of town and will be discussed when she returns. The Vault does have heat and lights working now. The only job left to complete is the air conditioning portion of the climate control unit. This will be done in the summer or early spring. Also, some touch up work on the outside once the snow has completely gone.
Albert Smith will be out of town for two weeks, returning to the office on March 10th.
Jim Cummins reviewed the budget figures the board has been working on. Jerry explained each line and how the board arrived at the suggested dollar amounts. Jim has been wonderful to work with, asking important questions, and also suggesting improvements to our accounting system.
Meeting adjourned at 6 PM
Warrant #34: $46,324.48
Receipts: $56,079.68