Select Board Meeting Minutes Thursday September 25th, 2025

Town of Sedgwick

Meeting Minutes

9/25/2025

 

 

Opened the meeting and established a quorum: S. Ford, B. Duffy and D. Carter present. Also in attendance: L. Dow; D. Ford, D. Carter and J. Franklin. Members of the public online.

Read and approve the minutes of the last meeting: Motion and 2nd to approve minutes as written 3-0 approved

 

CEO REPORT:

Duane received a call from Sabine Caden, she is working with a broker to sell 15 acres, the advice she needed Duane could not assist her with. Duane revisited a few issues from last week including the issue at the Salt Pond where people are blocking the road. The board discussed getting signage to deter people from blocking off and using the land illegally. While on the subject of signage they discussed taking inventories of all public access and obtaining the appropriate signage.

 

FIRE CHIEF REPORT:

David submitted documentation to Susan to sign for the roof at the Sargentville Fire station. They are set to begin work in October. He wanted to note that a long member of the department, Priscilla Allen; had passed away and there would be a service held this coming Saturday. The department was called for mutual aid to Blue Hill on Long Island for a wood fire. There was a pump test done and a part needing to be purchased, David is waiting to get a price.

 

 

DISCUSSION and/or ACTION ITEMS:

  1. From 5pm to 6pm Executive Session Personnel Matter pursuant to 1 M.R.S Section 405(6)(A)- Susan and Barry met with Daryl Astbury and Paul Carter- No action was taken.
  2. Appointed Positions- Need to look into appointment papers.
  3. Read and approve 2025-2026 General Assistance Ordinance Maximums- Every year the state puts out guidelines for Municipalities for those who request help from the town. These are maximums for things like food, rent, electricity etc. Their year runs October-September, so this is just formality. Motion and 2nd to accept and adopt the yearly maximums from General Assistance. 3-0 approved.
  4. IFW Registrations- The staff attended MOSES (IF&W) training and were reminded about the need to adopt a policy for folks to be required to bring in an old registration, registration number and/or identification when necessary. Lyndsey provided signage for posting in the office and online. The system that we use is a state system and requiring these documents helps the staff be more efficient and reduces potential errors. Motion and 2nd to adopt a policy requiring registrant to bring previous registrations or equivalent identifier in order to renew Boat/Snowmobile/ATV registrations additionally to be prepared to provide identification for Hunting/Fishing licenses when necessary. 3-0 approved.
  5. Snow Plowing Salt and Sand- Salt has been ordered and Paul Carter will haul the sand to be mixed. There was discussion around a salt/sand shed and whether or not there were any grants available to help the town build one. Barry will talk with Harold Hatch since Penobscot was recently discussing this as well.

 

UNRESOLVED BUSINESS:
1. Flags- We have received approval from Versant to put up the flags. Dan will begin do so next week so that they are up and the photos can be taken to send to the Cole Transportation Museum. Barry asked Dan if he thought Mr. Boardman would like to volunteer or knows anyone else who would like to volunteer to put out the flags on veterans graves next year. Dan will mention it to him.

  1. Pertville Rd- Carrie Eaton attended the meeting to discuss her mom’s taxes. The board was not prepared and will look into it and be prepared at a later date with an arrangement plan. She also wanted to know if they could begin cleaning up the site at 70 Pertville rd. The board cleared them to begin working again. She was informed that the DEP was not involved and did not need clearance from them.

 

PUBLIC COMMENT:

Justin Franklin had a comment about the purple loose strife and the research that he had done on his own about it. From his understanding they can lay dormant for 3-5 year and then explode, so whatever is going to be done about the issue needs to be done soon. There was much discussion about this at the last meeting and at the Walker Pond meeting.

 

ADJOURN:

Motion and 2nd to adjourn @ 6:45pm

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Lyndsey Dow

3-0 approved