Town of Mount Desert
Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
November 17, 2014
A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held this date in the Seal Harbor Fire Station Community Room, Seal Harbor, Maine.
Those present included: Chairman John Macauley; Selectmen Martha Dudman, Matt Hart, Tom Richardson and Dennis Shubert; staff members Town Manager Durlin Lunt, Police Chief Jim Willis, Fire Chief Mike Bender, Harbormaster John Lemoine, Public Works Director Tony Smith, and Town Clerk/Recording Secretary Joelle Nolan; and members of the public.
I. Call to order at 6:30 p.m.
Chairman Macauley called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
II. Public Hearing(s)
A. None
III. Minutes
A. Approval of minutes from November 3, 2014 meeting.
MOTION: md moved, seconded by tom, to approve the minutes from the November 3, 2014 meeting as presented. The vote was in favor, 3-0-2; with Selectmen Hart and Shubert abstaining due to their absence from the meeting.
IV. Appointments/Recognitions/Resignations
V. Consent Agenda (These items are considered routine, and therefore, may be passed by the Selectmen in one blanket motion. Board members may remove any item for discussion by requesting such action prior to consideration of that portion of the agenda.)
A. Department Reports: Public Works
B. League of Towns Meeting Minutes October 28, 2014
C. Eastern Maine HomeCare Thank You
D. Municipal Review Committee Quarterly Distribution
E. Planning Board Meeting Minutes October 21, 2014
MOTION: ds moved, seconded by mh, to accept the Consent Agenda as presented. The vote was unanimous in favor, 5-0.
VI. Selectmen’s Reports
Md meetings outside of neh intentions to encourage villagers to attend, not working. Duly noted. Mh consistency of schedule nice. Something relevant to village might make a difference. Chair ease of setup. Tom good idea to get around. Ds good gesture.
MOTION: Md/mh all regular meetings in neh 2-3 failed
VII. Old Business
None presented.
VIII. New Business
A. 2015-2016 CIP Review
Tml nothing unusual, much the same as last year. Briefly reviewed differences in dollar amounts from last year.
Gordon beck warrant committee asked for overall philosophy that guides the CIP. Tml lend some predictability to process. A few years ago, inventoried every piece of equipment in town >$5000 anticipate needing. Best guess for life and cost. Trying to make sure we could level out the budget. As of today foresee needing. Chair hit hard with sewer projects, for which enough reserves were not in place. Tml trying to avoid spikes. Tom not yet protocols for “projects”. Town getting more creative in financing. Beck asking for $500,000+ more, shouldn’t there be a game plan to say an inventory is fantastic, rainy day funds, but are there some lines that should be set. Seems like an awful lot money put aside, more asked for, then big items
bonded anyway. Pwds thinks we do that already without a written policy. Explained process with examples. Ds important to note fcb made decision not to replace ladder truck last year. Good example of consideration. Tom this report lists everything, taken time to get here. Base on concept that we need this equipment. Bonding more. Difference between pre-taxing vs taxing as we spend. Chair funding work in progress. Tom have been dipping into undesignated reserves for capital projects; money is being spent.
B. Such other business as may be legally conducted
Chiar time for tml annual performance review. Bos has his goals. Tml last year each member completed eval form individually, meet in exec sess, group consensus, ask questions, set goals, review pros/cons. Exec session next meeting 12/7?
IX. Treasurer’s Warrants
A. Approve & Sign Treasurer’s Warrant AP1531 in the amount of $96,052.71
B. Approve Signed Treasurer’s Payroll, State Fees, & PR Benefit Warrants PR1519, PR1520, AP1529, AP1530 in the amounts of $46,627.98, $41,617.85, $2,430.50, & $21,785.74, respectively
C. Acknowledge Treasurer’s School Board AP/Payroll Warrant(s)6 & 10 in the amounts of $28,434.28 & $66,420.27, respectively
MOTION: tom moved, seconded by mh, to approve, sign, and acknowledge Treasurer’s Warrants A – C totaling $303,369.33. The vote was unanimous in favor, 5-0.
X. Executive Session
A. None
XI. Adjournment
MOTION: At 6:55 p.m., tom moved, seconded by ds, to adjourn the meeting. The vote was unanimous in favor, 5-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Matthew J. Hart,
Secretary
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