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Selectmen Meeting Agenda - Amended 05/26/09
Town of Mount Desert
Board of Selectmen
Agenda- Amended

Regular Meeting
May 26, 2009
Location: Somesville Fire Station, Somesville


6:35 PM Public Hearing:         Main Sail Restaurant, Special Amusement Permit

I               Call to order at 6:30 pm
                
II              Minutes
        A       Approve minutes of February 17, 2009 and May 11, 20090.
                
III             Appointments and Communications
        A       Approve appointment of Sharon L. Gilley and Kathleen Branch to Public Protection Committee.
        B       Approve appointment of ballot clerks for June 9, 2009 Special Town Meeting for school validation referendum elections.
        C       Confirm appointment of Matthew Rankin and Joanne Dunton as seasonal Public Works employees at a rate of $12.00 per hour, effective May 27, 2009.
        D       Acknowledge receipt of department monthly reports; Fire, Assessing.
        E       Acknowledge receipt of notice of award of Highway Safety Speed Enforcement Grant.
        F       Acknowledge receipt of Somesville Treatment Plant Upgrade Weekly Construction Summary for week of May 8, 2009, May 15, 2008.
        G       Acknowledge receipt of note of appreciation from Eastern Agency on Aging for 2008 Town Meeting approved contribution.
        H       Acknowledge receipt of request letter to Main Street property owner seeking permission to inspect property.
        I       Acknowledge receipt of response and request from Down East Chapter of Ford Model T Club.
        J       Acknowledge receipt of monthly financials, General Ledger, Expense Report, and Revenue Report.
                
IV              Consent Agenda
        A       Approve Special Amusement Permit for Main Sail Restaurant, Class E License, (dancing accompanied by music produced by radio or other mechanical device/one or more vocalists and/or instrumentalist with mechanical amplification).
        B       Approve release of $500.00 from Account #85-29800-00, Horace & Mary Reynolds Scholarship Fund, (Balance $13,693.30) for 2009 MDI High School Scholarship.
        C       Approve Bangor Hydro Electric Company utility location permit for one pole on Lower Dunbar Road (Seal Harbor) approximately 83 feet southerly from the junction of Whoville Way.
                

V               Selectmen’s Reports
                
                
VI              Old Business
        A       Review attorney research on dumpsters.
        B       Approve financing source for Fire Department ladder truck purchase.
        C       Approve purchase of Fire Department personnel protective equipment (turnout gear) from Industrial Protection Services, LLC for $1,985.00 per set.
                
VII             New Business
        A       Confirm approval of award of NEH village green boundary survey to CES, Inc. in the amount of $2,500.00.
        B       Approve 2009-2010 Selectman’s meeting schedule.
        C       Authorize Finance Director John Graves as the Town’s Authorized Officer to administer the bankcards.
        D       Approve General Assistance Fair Hearing Authority inter-local agreement and authorize Town Manager to sign agreement on behalf of the Town.
        E       Acknowledge receipt of letter of introduction from RestoreNEH.

        F       Award 2009 Rural Waste Water Support Program Pumping Bid to Action Septic Service.

VIII            General Issues
        A       
                
IX              Committee Reports
        A       Safety Committee minutes of meeting of April 16, 2009.
                
X               Treasurer’s Warrants
        A       Approve Treasurer’s Warrant #89 for $422,060.74.
                
XI              Executive Session
        A       
                
                Adjournment.  The next regularly scheduled meeting is Monday June 1, 2009 at 6:00 P.M. in Town Office Meeting Room, Northeast Harbor.
                

* CONSENT AGENDA (These items are considered to be routine, and therefore, will not be allotted Selectmen discussion time on the agenda.  The items may be passed by the Selectmen in one blanket motion.  Any Board member may remove an item from the “Consent” portion of the agenda for discussion or questions by requesting such action prior to consideration of that portion of the agenda.)