BROOKLIN SELECT BOARD MEETING
Posted Agenda Meeting 4/7/09 and Minutes for 3/17 and 3/24
TUESDAY APRIL 7, 2009 @ 5:00 PM
AGENDA
- Approval of minutes from the last meeting.
- Discussion of actions taken at Town Meeting.
- Set up meeting with Town Attorney re: Dow property gift.
- Review of Center Harbor file.
- Other business.
- Adjourn at 6:00pm.
Approved Minutes -March 17th & March 24th, 2009
(Approved March 31, 2009)
March 17th, 2009
Present: Gray and Smith
Grant out of Town, Wade Dow, Rob Clapp
Wade Dow and Rob Clapp were in the office to discuss various issues of insurance on the shore property Wade & Forest Dow would like to give the town of Brooklin. The Town Attorney had questions on the liability insurance covering this property and a letter was faxed to the attorney from The Grindle Agency. Jerry will request the Town Attorney to draft a lease agreement between the Town and the Dow’s for review.
Sharon Freethey and Jerry discovered the assessor had made an error in reporting the excise taxes received by the Town on the Municipal Valuation report for the 07-08 year. The assessor did not report the full amount rec’d for the year. The select board will double check any reports for accuracy in the future.
Some individuals requested their properties be combined into one property to receive one tax bill rather than 2 or more.
Meeting adjourned at 6 PM
Warrant #37: $83,758.15
Receipts: $39,479.72
March 24th, 2009 Select Board Meeting
Present: Gray, Grant & Smith,
Gigi Hardy, Sharon Freethey, Tammy Andrews
A staff meeting was held for a few minutes to go over recent items and to be ready for the town meeting coming right up. Some items on the Town Warrant were flagged by the Clerk and they needed to be explained and edited. The clerk could not open the Town Warrant file from word perfect and neither could the printer for the town report. Grant will transfer the warrant from Word Perfert into Microsoft Word for future use. There are 3 ordinances that need to be posted with the Town Warrant this year. (1) Shellfish Ordinance (2) Naskeag Parking Ordinance (3) Shoreland Zoning Ordinance. The date set to vote on the school budget (after town meeting) is April 10th and the Clerk approved of this date set by the Supt. of Schools.
Tax collector attended a Tax Lien Seminar last Thursday, April 19th which she attends every other year. The seminar goes over changes and updates in the law for processing tax liens. Jerry Gray and Neil Allen attended a Paving Seminar in Ellsworth. Gray said it was very informative and felt like the price of asphalt will follow gas prices.
Shelving is needed in the Fire Proof Vault. Gigi needs some locked files for her records and she will look at shelving and locked cabinets and get back to the board. The treasurer and select board agreed to work on improving the bookkeeping systems and try to end up with one set of books for the auditor.
The board voted 3-0 to certify the language of the proposed ordinances with changes and give to the Clerk to post with the Town Warrant.
Two abatements were approved (3-0) by the board to be issued for (1) Rae Jesseman 2006 $18.52 (2) Wm. & Gertrude Hinckley 1996 $9.38
Meeting Adjourned at 6 PM
Warrant #38: $4,727.16 Receipts: $53,441.56
PUBLIC MEETING AT 6:30 PM to review the changes to three (3) town ordinances that will be voted on at Town Meeting.
Present: David Tarr, Chairman of Shellfish Conservation Comm., Christ Pitman, Clam Warden Ron & Mary Fowle, Deborah Lothrop, Cecil Holden, Wes Flye, Joyce Barr, Jim Morse, Tom Hardy, Packet Report, Ben.
Ron & Mary Fowle were unhappy that the cove across from their house had been closed by the Shellfish Conservation Committee and they were not notified of the closing. The Ordinance specifies an area to be closed for conservation each year, and Wells Cove was chosen by the committee. Ron would like to see the members on the shellfish committee be elected rather than appointed and he would like to have two people certified as a Warden rather than one. David Tarr, Chairman, agreed with Ron and it is something the Shellfish Committee have been discussing.
Naskeag Parking Ordinance was tabled. Some changes need to be made and researched and these cannot be done in time for Town Meeting. This article in the Town Warrant will not be acted on. There were no questions on the changes for the Shoreland Zoning Ordinance.
Meeting adjourned at 7PM