Select Board Meeting Minutes
Thursday April 17th, 2025

-Opened the meeting and established a quorum. S. Ford and B. Duffy present. Also present, D. Ford; L. Dow; David Carter and J. Wetterskog. R. Colburn online.
-Approve minutes from 4/10 meeting- Motion and 2nd to accept as written. 2-0 approved.
CEO REPORT- The Town Clerk has been receiving calls and messaging regarding the Campground -sometimes at her home which is unfortunate and shouldn’t be happening. We have not received the completed application- and folks are asking for a copy to be downloaded and posted will work on this once the finalized application has been submitted. The Site Walk was well attended and a good explanation and thorough walk through of the property with a good idea of what has been proposed. Mr. Scott gave word that he has passed the soil evaluations, but we have not received official report of this yet. Drew Eaton had someone drive over his septic, so he will have to do some work there. Duane completed inspection of McVay septic system install. Still receiving lots of call on various things, which will be keeping an eye on.
Chief/PB Business- David, on behalf of the Planning Board asked if the PB could hold a work session during an executive session, to deter open comments and to be able to review the application without interruption. Tentative work session set for May 6th- details to be posted later. Mac Heat Pumps will be in touch with David to set up a time to clean the heat pumps at each fire station.
DISCUSSION and/or ACTION ITEMS:
1. Did tax letters get sent out, any responses- Tax Letters were sent out last Friday and Monday- no response. Did not get in touch with MMA legal yet regarding next steps for Tax Acquired sale process. Lyndsey will work on this next week.
2. Order No Parking signs, how many, who putting up- The Select Board discussed ordering whit “No Parking” signs to be put up on Ferry Landing 2 signs on each side of the road- hopefully to deter people from using the road there as parking to go to the shore.
3. Lyndsey’s pay to go to salary. – With the transition to outsourcing payroll beginning July 1st. Lyndsey asked the board to consider her position officially be set to salary. The budget does not include hours for overtime and with a busy season coming up there will be an influx of duties and time needed for Lyndsey to get the job done. We are trying to save money by not charging mileage to make regular trips to the bank or post office, and putting Lyndsey on salary will save the town money during elections and when she’s asked to do “extra” tasks. A time sheet will still be submitted to track hours. Motion and 2nd to approve Lyndsey’s employment be set to salary. 2-0 approved.
4. Discussion on using volunteers to work on cleanup-This week a kind citizen came into the office and helped organize some things in the office, which led to a discussion of advertising volunteer hours for additional filing and sorting. Lyndsey will draft something up and post it around in hopes that we can get some additional help getting things cleaned up here.
ASSISTANT’S REPORT:
Lyndsey has been working alongside Amy to get the office back up and running smoothly. Lots of changes and finding of processes needing to be changed. Amy and Lyndsey would like to attend the MMTCTA Spring Conference on May 8th as the agenda is one that pertains to many things we’re facing here in Sedgwick; like archival records and Tax Acquired sale process. Amy asked that Sedgwick split the cost with Penobscot for this event. The Board agreed they both should attend. The only other thing was the light at the Sand Pit- who is in charge of asking that it be turned off? Susan did it last year and will look into it.
OTHER BUSINESS:
Jerry reported on the Climate Resilience committee meetings via zoom that have occurred, and it has been challenging. They are partnering with Brooklin on a grant proposal and are anxious to work with them to gain additional knowledge of what their committee does. Barry asked who does that grant writing for Sedgwick, and for most we look to Alan Kratz.
ADJOURN:
Motioned and 2nd to adjourn. Approved 2-0 @6:58pm

Respectfully Submitted,

Lyndsey Dow