HARBOR COMMITTEE MEETING
JANUARY 10, 2005
ATTENDANCE: GREG BISS, LEE HARRIS, JOHN SULLIVAN, JOHN BISHOP, CHARLIE LEPPIN, BUD FINCH, ERIC VOISINE, AND MELINDA KRESTEL.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING.
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER BY JOHN BISHOP AT 6:00 P.M.
MOTION TO APPROVE MINUTES (WITH CORRECTION) FROM THE JANUARY 10, 2005 MEETING BY JOHN SULLIVAN. SECONDED BY LEE HARRIS. UNAM.
THE FRED MOORE CASE HAS BEEN SETTLED. HE IS PAID IN FULL AND IN ORDER TO HAVE HIS NAME PUT ON THE WAITING LIST, HE MUST OWN A BOAT AND PAY IN FULL FOR THE SEASON IN ADVANCE.
ANY INVENTORY THAT NEEDS STORED WILL BE AT THE CITY GARAGE WHEN SPACE IS AVAILABLE.
ELECTRICITY HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED TO THE NORTH SIDE HOIST AND THE CABLE REPLACED. THE SOUTH SIDE HOIST STILL HAS WATER GETTING INTO THE HYDRAULIC OIL. THE OIL SHOULD BE CHANGED REGULARLY OR AT LEAST TWICE A YEAR. THE COVER HAS HELPED BUT WATER IS STILL GETTING INTO IT.
LUBEC HAS INFORMED US THAT THE ATTENUATORS ARE OURS IF WE WANT THEM. NO OBJECTIONS WERE MADE BY ANY OF THE AGENCIES INVOLVED THAT HAD ANY INTEREST. THEY HAD UNTIL DECEMBER 31, 2004, TO INFORM LUBEC IF THEY DID. LUBEC WILL BE SENDING PAPERWORK FOR THE COUNCIL TO SIGN GIVING OWNERSHIP TO THE CITY OF EASTPORT. THE ONLY STIPULATION WILL BE THAT 1/3 BE DECLARED AS SCRAP, 1/3 TO BE REPAIRED AND USABLE, AND 1/3 TO BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC FOR ACCESS.
MOTION FOR ERIC TO PRICE A SPOOL OF CABLE AND PURCHASE AFTER CONSIDERING LOCAL PURVEYORS WAS MADE BY JOHN SULLIVAN, SECONDED BY GREG BISS. UNAM.
MOTION TO KEEP THE CURRENT OFFICERS WITH JOHN BISHOP AS CHAIRMAN WAS MADE BY JOHN SULLIVAN. SECONDED BY GREG BISS. UNAM.
MOTION TO RECOMMEND THAT ERIC VOISINE REMAIN AS HARBORMASTER WAS MADE BY GREG BISS. SECONDED BY LEE HARRIS. UNAM.
THE LEASING OF THE FLOATS INCLUDING SOME FROM THE ATTENUATORS FROM LUBEC TABLED UNTIL NEXT MEETING.
INCREASED TRAFFIC AT THE BREAKWATER HAS BECOME A PROBLEM IN THE FISHING AND TOURIST SEASON. POSSIBLE SOLUTION IS TO PAINT STRIPES FOR TRAFFIC DIRECTION.
BUD COMPLIMENTED THE COMMITTEE AND ERIC FOR THE FINE JOB THAT THEY HAVE DONE IN THE RUNNING OF THE INNER BASIN AND ENTIRE HARBOR. CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE COMMITTEE AND ERIC HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONAL.
ADJOURNED AT 6:50 P. M. BY GREG BISS. SECONDED BY CHARLIE LEPPIN. UNAM.
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