Select Board Meeting Minutes Thursday September 18th, 2025

Town of Sedgwick

Meeting Minutes

9/18/2025

Opened the meeting and established a quorum: S. Ford, B. Duffy and D. Carter present. Also in attendance: L. Dow; D. Ford and J. Franklin.  Not online tonight as the internet and phones are done.

Read and approve the minutes of the last meeting: Motion and 2nd to approve minutes as written 2-0-1 Duffy abstained.

CEO REPORT:

John Gray office called to the Maragh property on Walker Pond for a new house going in with radiant heat. Duane revisited the pad for the horse stable in West Sedgwick. Sundog solar sent a letter of intent for two heat pumps on Caterpillar Hill Rd. Received a permit from consultants doing work at Stumpy Cove- will take a look to see if anyone has started any remediation. Duane spoke with a lady doing permitting out of Camden for a shorefront resident on Carter Point (Richardson). Duane received an email from Michael Sheehan about clam diggers down at the Salt Pond, believed to be a closed area. Need to take a look to see about signage.

 

DISCUSSION and/or ACTION ITEMS:

  1. DMV Behnken- The board described the situation with Mr. Behnken which resulted in a letter being sent asking him to come in to speak with the Board. He followed up with a deflective email and decided not to attend the meeting. Barry asked that the board send another letter stating that they don’t feel this has been resolved and that they need to speak with him in person.
  2. New Phone/Fax Line- Up and running. Things seem to be going okay- There was an incident that resulted in a box truck taking out the utility line that runs the phone and internet. Town office business was halted until Consolidated comes to fix the lines.
  3. Tax bill feedback, issues- Everyone seems receptive to the explanation of the changes in assessments. Matt will be here on October 2nd and available to speak with anyone who has any questions.
  4. Update jobs description schedule- Will need to begin updating job descriptions and creating a personnel policy manual.
  5. Audit paperwork- Amy has been working with Wadman’s office on a timeline for audit preparation this year. Will keep everyone informed on status.
  6. Budget 2026 schedule- Waiting for the audit prep and tentatively will begin budget work on November 1st.

UNRESOLVED BUSINESS:
1. Flags- Dan with the help of Lyndsey got all the paperwork into Versant to apply for permits to hang the poles. He did an inventory of the pole numbers. Insurance will be sent to Versant by Friday. Looking at a week turn around. Once the approval is received, they will begin to hang the flags.

  1. Pertville Rd- Barry asked if Mr. Hobbs came in to fulfill his payment arrangement. He called and said he was sick but would come in at a later date to pay. Barry asked the rest of the board if he came in to make a good effort to get the property cleaned up, if they would lift the condemned order. They agreed to give him a chance to do this.
  2. Snowplow season- The board would like to meet with Daryl and Paul to discuss the logistics of the salt/sand and upcoming plow season. Barry will reach out to both parties to set this up next Thursday at 5pm.
  3. Purple Blue Strife- Mill Pond- Barry has spoken with a few people- none of which who were familiar with this plant species. Barry will discuss at the next Brooksville meeting.

ASSISTANT’S REPORT:

Lyndsey asked the board to schedule a hearing for General Assistance maximums next Thursday the 25th at the beginning of the meeting. The state does this yearly as the ordinance runs October 1st to September 30th. This gives us guide for those who apply for help from the town.

ADJOURN:

Motion and 2nd to adjourn @ 6:44pm

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Lyndsey Dow