Select Board Meeting Minutes Thursday October 16, 2025
Town of Sedgwick
Meeting Minutes
10/16/2025
Opened the meeting and established a quorum: S. Ford, B. Duffy and D. Carter present. Also in attendance: L. Dow; D. Ford, B. Astbury, P. Carter, J. Astbury, J. Wetterskog, J. Franklin and S. Webb. *Technical difficulties online
Read and approve the minutes of the last meeting: Motion and 2nd to approve minutes as written 3-0 approved
CEO REPORT:
Received a call from Elliott and Elliott regarding an addition to a structure on Shore Road. Duane advised of the options. Duane noted to Lyndsey that the website does not reflect the change to the setback vote on at a previous town meeting. Lyndsey will work on getting that updated. Tracy Greene called regarding a cabin on wheels to sell his Olive Oil, and what his options are. Duane spoke with the planning board and they agreed this my trigger the site plan review application. Will notify Mr. Greene. Duane received a call from a woman at Covenant way who had previously been displaced from her home. Since leaving the house has been a spot for squatters and rodent have taken over. She asked that the town condemn the place. Duane has been in touch with the health officer and the next step would be to find out who her case worker is and get some more information.
*Added to agenda- Plow Contract signing
DISCUSSION and/or ACTION ITEMS:
- Snowplow Contract- Ben Astbury, Paul Carter and the Select Board reviewed the new plow contract and agreed to the details including price. Noted that the price was the same as previously stated in Daryl’s contract. Motion and 2nd to accept. 3-0 approved.
- Upcoming election workers: Lyndsey has been in contact with most of the folks who helped at previous Elections. Coverage should be all set for 11/4. Need to find out what the pay was for last year for those who wish to be paid for this election. Lyndsey discussed the process for conducting and election including how absentee ballots will be processed. A quad voting booth has been purchased and handicap signs for parking outside.
UNIFINISHED BUSINESS:
The board received a quote for RJD to resume completing quarterly reviews. There was some discussion around the price per day, quarterly review price and revaluation costs. The board asked if they could speak with Matt when he was in the office next to get clarification on some of this. Lyndsey will reach out to Matt to coordinate.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Jerry- Mentioned to the Board that HCPC was asking for towns to complete a survey asking if their map/lots were in an electric GIS system. HCPC is going after a grant to have the map/lots
Susie- Asked about old photos that used to be displayed around the town office. She wondered if she could help facilitate putting these photos back up for people to see. The board agreed that people would like to see these photos around again. She will come in next week to go through the photos.
ADJOURN:
Motion and 2nd to adjourn @ 6:52pm 3-0 approved.
Respectfully Submitted,
Lyndsey Dow
3-0 approved as written