Town of Mount Desert
Board of Selectmen
Special Meeting Minutes
Thursday, April 14, 2016
A meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held this date in the Meeting Room, Town Hall, Northeast Harbor, Maine.
Those present included: Vice-Chairman Dennis Shubert; Selectmen Martha Dudman, Matt Hart, and Tom Richardson; staff members Town Manager Durlin Lunt, Treasurer Kathi Mahar, and Town Clerk Claire Woolfolk; and members of the public. Selectman Macauley, excused.
I. Call to order at 5:00 p.m.
Vice Chairman Shubert called the meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
II. New Business
- Authorization to apply for ConnectME Grant for Broadband Installation
Jeff Burnham, of the Broadband Committee, gave a brief overview of the ConnectME grant for broadband infrastructure in Maine. The application is in response to the grant and has been prepared by Time Warner. Pretty Marsh has been identified as the largest area in town without land-based broadband service.
A brief discussion ensued. Selectman Richardson commented that even if Mount Desert isn’t approved for the grant, the Town should be prepared to pay for the installation. The Pretty Marsh section of town was the basis for the initial push in building the broadband infrastructure.
MOTION: Selectman Hart moved, seconded by Selectman Richardson, to authorize the application for the ConnectME Grant for Broadband Installation. The vote was in favor, 4-0.
- Such other business as may be legally conducted
None presented.
III. Adjournment
MOTION: At 5:15 p.m., Selectman Dudman moved, seconded by Selectman Richardson, to adjourn the meeting. The vote was in favor, 4-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Matthew J. Hart, Secretary
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