Select Board Meeting Minutes Thursday April 10th 2025

 

Select Board Meeting Minutes

Thursday April 10th, 2025

 

-Opened the meeting and established a quorum. S. Ford and B. Duffy & Dan Carter present. Also present, D. Ford; L. Dow; David Carter; J. Larrabee; R. Larrabee; T. Everdell; J. Wetterskog and R. Colburn online

-Approve minutes from 4/3 meeting- Motion and 2nd to accept as written. 3-0 approved.

CEO REPORT- The Planning Board had their monthly meeting on 4/8 and did their introductory review of the proposed “Glamp ground” project on Caterpillar Hill. Lots of discussion as well as some negative feedback/concerns from some of the neighbors including well water issues and the number of proposed sites. The property owner has soil evaluator; Bill LaBelle scheduled to do a soil test, as well as a backup evaluator. The next steps include a site walk scheduled for April 17th at 1pm as well as a public hearing set for May 1st at 7pm at the Ridge Rd Fire Station. Much more discussion to come on this. Discussion of Carter Point ROW. Duane has been in contact regarding the reopening under new ownership the old C&G Store and he feels that they have the go ahead as there is not change of use happening. Still receiving lots of correspondence regarding various septic system installs on various properties.

FIRE CHIEF/ PLANNING BOARD REPORT- David has received a couple of quotes for the new roof at the Sargentville Fire station. He is going to try to get a couple more as there was quite a big difference in the two. He is also going to be in contact with a locksmith for Lyndsey. There is a Firefighter class at the Ridge Road Fire Station tonight- 04/10. In regards to the planning board; David would like to ask that we assign a new Select Board lesion to replace Colby. Barry will take that on. David also requested that the Planning Board be able to hire a secretary to take minutes. Lyndsey has offered to join monthly meetings and additional special meetings as necessary. Lastly, David on behalf of the Planning Board asked if anyone had heard anything from Michael Rossney as an alternate on the planning board, he hasn’t been to a meeting in over a year. The Select Board recommends seeking another alternate candidate.

DISCUSSION and/or ACTION ITEMS:

  1. Mildred Gray Taxes- Barry has been on the hunt for heirs of Mildred Gray with no luck. The taxes are in arrears for $11,000 and no payments made since 2010, will report back on this, as the Board feels that they have exhausted their options and should begin the sale process. Revisiting the list again for those not yet contacted, Lyndsey will draft letters to those who we have current mailing addresses for and ask them to come before the board to make some sort of agreement.
  2. Carter Point end of road ROW- There has been lots of work done to the shore at the end of Carter Point as well as much discussion about the deeds and a long standing “wrought” right of way of the path to the shore. The Larrabee’s deed notes land as belonging to them and they would like the towns interest be formally written into the documentation to not only protect themselves but also the town. They do not wish to take anything away from the town or change what has “always been” they only wish to make it official. There has been great effort made to mark out the path and the hope is that going forward there can be legal definitions of who is responsible for things like maintenance, signage and even tax and insurance liability. Mrs. Larrabee will meet with legal council to begin the process and will work with a board member to get this done.
  3. Town Officers Meeting schedule with selectmen- TABLED- The Select Board will revisit this once they have an opportunity to talk with each of the department “heads”
  4. Schedule hearing for liquor license for Lobster Lady eatery- Lyndsey went over the process for liquor license hearings for the newer board members and recommended the hearing be during the regular Select Board meeting on Thursday April 24th at 6pm to fulfill the public notice requirements. Motion and 2nd to hold hearing on aforementioned date and time. 3-0 approved. Lyndsey will post in the paper for 2 weeks prior.
  5. Ongoing office cleanup, shredding, file and desk placement- Still plugging away at the sorting and filing. Barry and Lyndsey came in on a Sunday and cleaned out the front room of the Select Board side of the office. Barry will bring a dolly to begin moving filing cabinets to that front room to clear up even more space. Shredding on Site (Records management) will be coming to do an unscheduled swap and will leave us with 2 additional bins to continue our clean out.

ADJOURN:

Motioned and 2nd to adjourn. Approved 3-0 @6:59pm

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Lyndsey Dow

approved 2-0 04/17/2025