TOWN OF
MONDAY JANUARY 23, 2012
4:00 P.M.
PRESENT.
Selectmen-Chairman Clint
Linscott, James Jamo, Gary MacLeod, Mark Marston, Mark Scally, Administrative
Assistant Shirley Tapley, Town Office Staff Cherri Deveau, Erica Ingalls, Bev
MacLeod, Fire/Rescue Supervisor Les Brown, Jim Federico, Louis Perreault, Kelly
Willigar, Kim Marston, Alfred Theriault, Recreation Director Frank Clukey,
The Lincoln
News Shelley Farrington.
Meeting is recorded.
1. EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Motion made and seconded to meet in executive
session pursuant to 1 MRSA SEC 405 (6) (A) with the Town Office Staff to discuss
job duties.
Carried 5-0.
IN:
Action.
Motion
made by James Jamo to hire Erica Ingalls full time with benefits as Town
Clerk/Tax Collector/Registrar of Voters and Ambulance Billing Clerk with 24
hours per week dedicated to the Town Clerk/Tax Collector/Registrar position and
16 hours per week dedicated to the Ambulance Billing. This position will be
reviewed in 3 months and at the probationary period of 6 months. The salary for
this full time position is paid from ambulance department revenue and the
vacation time benefit paid from the Administration budget. This motion was
seconded by Mark Scally to be effective
The Town Office Staff asked the
Selectmen to consider an auto attendant/voicemail feature for the phone system
stating the system would assist the staff with time management and help with the
employee workloads since the phone call would ring directly to the person being
called. This phone feature has been quoted at $1,600.
Motion made
by Clint Linscott seconded by James Jamo to approve the installation of auto
attendant/voicemail feature to the town office phones at a cost of $1,600 to be
paid from the
2. 2012/2013 RECREATION BUDGET. Recreation Director Frank Clukey presented the 2012/2013 Recreation budget. The Selectmen felt a budget for propane should be added in the amount of $200 under the Senior Citizen account. It was noted the swimming pool budget reflects an increase to allow the pool to be open 9 weeks. Last year the pool was open 7 weeks. Motion made and seconded to approve the 2012/2013 Recreation Budget in the amount of $ 69,999. Carried 4-1. Mark Scally opposed.
LAST YEARS BUDGET
$65,749
THIS YEARS BUDGET $69,999
$ INCREASE (DECREASE) $4,250
%
INCREASE (DECREASE)
6.5%
Frank Clukey stated he will present the Recreation Contract Service budget next week due to the contract is up for renewal and there are some changes relating the health insurance benefits.
3. EXECUTIVE
SESSION.
Motion made and seconded to meet in Executive Session pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A.
SEC 405 (6) (A) with
Recreation Director Frank Clukey for the annual Department Head evaluation.
Carried
5-0.
Decision.
The
evaluation form will be placed in the employee's personnel file.
4.
WARRANTS.
Motion made and seconded to
approve and sign the warrants through
5.
SELECTMEN'S MEETING MINUTES.
Motion made and seconded to
approve the Selectmen's Meeting Minutes of
6. AMBULANCE
ADJUSTMENTS.
Motion made and seconded to approve and sign the
Ambulance Adjustments in the amount of $1, 861.12 and the Ambulance
Uncollectible in the amount of $6,964.55.
Carried 5-0.
7.
MOVIE LICENSING INFORMATION.
Chairman Linscott responded to the request of last weeks meeting for an
explanation of the invoices for Summerfest. The first $1,265.00 (invoice is
actually for $1,250) was an invoice from Terry Mclaughlin for electrical work to
install a 200 amp entrance at the park and all the associated wiring that goes
with that work. Linscott said there appeared to be
miscommunication regarding moving the Gazebo and the cost
associated with moving it since that was done at the same time as the electrical
work.. Linscott said the funds for the amp entrance were correctly coded and the
minutes are available which show the request from Kelly Willigar for the 200 amp
entrance and that this work would be paid from the Summerfest account.
Linscott explained another invoice for $250 for the
four outlets that were needed at the Opal Myrick Park and said that this invoice
was actually paid from the public works department since there may have been
some sort of swap for use of McLaughlin�s backhoe by the Public Works
department. Linscott
stated the sign that fell over at the Cemetery with an invoice for $187.00
looked like it had been paid for by Summerfest but that it had not. The
accounting shows the comment line as Summerfest/Cemetery but in actuality there
were bills to Summerfest and to the Cemetery department as well as to another
department that got coded separately but that space does not allow detail
showing each amount for each department on the printed report. Kim Marston said
she was ok with this and that this has now been explained and that they are fine
with the explanation but said that she wished it has been explained and cleared
up earlier.
Linscott said he thought it had been
resolved earlier but that it is very clear now and that issue is now resolved.
Kim Marston said that the movie
licensing is needed if they want to continue with showing movies as fundraisers
for Summerfest and that they are willing to take the fee of $545.00 for the
license from the Summerfest account. K. Marston said they are asking that the
Board of Selectmen approve this license for the Summerfest Organization only.
Motion made
and seconded to approve the Motion Picture Licensing Corporation license
application to be used exclusively by the Summerfest Committee to show movies in
the
8. REPORT
OF THE COMMITTEES.
Mark Marston stated the
Katahdin Forest Scenic Byway Committee will be holding a meeting at Pelletier's
Restaurant in Millinocket on February 3, 2012 from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Note: The
date for the meeting was corrected by Mark Marston after the meeting from Feb. 3rd
to Feb 2, 2012.
S. Tapley reminded the Selectmen of the
Joint Board Kare Meeting on
9.
CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
Mark
Marston reported that a citizen has stated that the snowplows are going to fast
in town. M. Marston said the dumpster trash issue is still ongoing.
Linscott asked that Mike Noble
check the status of the dumpsters and asked if just skimming off the top is
adequate and if there a way to have the landlord clean the dumpster completely
out.
Kim Marston stated that since Kelly is
allowed to lock up for Zumba that if she had a key to the front door this would
eliminate the need to pay someone to unlock and lock up after the movie
fundraisers. Kim said that she and Kelly also do the clean up after the
fundraisers. The Selectmen approved the request to allow Kelly Willigar to have
a key to the municipal building front door and thanked them for this service.
10. OTHER.
S. Tapley stated that there
will be a Public Hearing in
S. Tapley said she has a draft letter
ready for review by the Board of Selectmen to send to Representative Herb Clark
and Senator Doug Thomas requesting they hold a meeting with the Governor
regarding the Sudden and Severe funding since these funds have not been
disbursed.
S. Tapley said
she contacted Attorney Rob Crawford to relay to
C. Linscott said Beth Whitehouse of
Partnership for a Healthy Maine has requested the town establish the
Linscott said Whitehouse asked he
discuss with the Selectmen a liquor sales license certification program.
Linscott said that this program provides training to
stores/businesses that sell liquor to identify things like underage drinkers or
when to stop serving alcohol to people.
There is a fee for this five
year license and the town does not want to make this a burden to area businesses
but would invite Beth Whitehouse to a meeting to explain the program.
Linscott stated the school meeting
held last Thursday went well.
The ministerial fund account was discussed. Linscott
said he did not feel there was any negativity at the meeting and said he felt
the meeting was to express options and to protect our schools.
Linscott
said he does not want to lose the town schools and that it would be an economic
blow if the schools were closed. Linscott said he felt it was not doom and gloom
for this year. Mark Marston said he felt it was a good informational meeting of
what may happen in the next three years to the schools. Marston said the capital
improvements for the roof/structure, the boiler and air filtration system are
very expensive.
Marston said declining
enrollments and looking at tuitioning students to
Mark Scally asked for clarification
for the statement that the Selectmen sold who down the river.
Linscott answered the question saying he thought it
was because the Selectmen signed a 10 year commitment for a fixed rate for the
mill but also said that the town�s assessor agent had said this is a sign of the
times. Gary MacLeod wanted to clarify what the Selectmen did this past year.
MacLeod said statements made by Clint Linscott and others at the school meeting
angered him. Macleod said he had drafted a letter of resignation after the
school meeting but decided to speak of this matter at this meeting.
MacLeod explained the prior Board of Selectmen
signed on to a tax agreement of $700,000 for the mill and that was the deal or
it was nothing at all. The mill was going to be disassembled and there would be
no valuation to the property at all. Besides that there were two tax year
abatements filed to the tune of $4,000,000 and that attorneys had said that they
had a case. Macleod said that at the school meeting Linscott said he did not
understand last years budget and MacLeod said that he did not believe that
statement and that the tone used by Linscott seemed to imply that the five
people who made the decisions last year were stupid. Linscott said he stated he
has not figured the budgets out yet and that he did not cut the Selectmen but
that there are unbudgeted lines.
Linscott
said that the police department has already overdrawn the overtime salary line.
Scally said that line was overdrawn because there was a loss of reserve officers
that could not have been predicted.
Linscott
said he thought the Selectmen did have the worst job in town last year. Scally
said the Selectmen were hoping against hope that things would work out.
Linscott
said he had warned the Selectmen that reserve officers would be leaving and that
it could not been anticipated but that these are his worries. Linscott said he
did not have an agenda when he ran for Selectman but that he wants to understand
the budget going forward.
Scally said the point is that
the Selectmen can make this work and that the necessary cuts were made with only
minor adjustments and inconveniences to the services in town. Scally said the
past Board did not sell the town down the river and that is evident by the fact
that the mil rate this year is practically the same.
11.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Motion made and seconded to meet in executive
session pursuant to 1 MRSA SEC 405 (6) (A) with Anthony Civiello regarding
employee duties. Carried 5-0.
Note: Anthony Civiello was invited to attend the
session but was not attendance.
IN:
Decision.
Motion made by Mark Scally and
seconded by Gary MacLeod to terminate Anthony Civiello as an employee of the
Town of
12.
ADJOURNMENT.