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TOWN OF
PRESENT.
Selectmen-Chairman Mark Scally, James Federico, Larry MacKenzie, Gary MacLeod,
Mark Marston, Administrative Assistant Shirley Tapley, Deputy Town Clerk Erica
Ingalls, Fire Chief Les Brown, Public Works Director Danny Violette, Tina
Dionne, Louis Perreault, Richard Allen,
Lincoln News
Shelley Farrington. Meeting is recorded.
1. 2010
2.
BID
3. EXECUTIVE SESSION.
Motion made and seconded to hold an executive
session pursuant to 1 M.R.S.A. SEC 405 (6) (A) with Fire Chief Les Brown to
discuss per diem applicants. Carried 5-0.
IN:
Decision. Mark
Scally said as a result of the executive session the Selectmen
have temporally waived the interview process on the
Selectmen's part. Scally said there were three
applicants for the paramedic positions which Chief Brown will
order background checks
Chief Brown also wanted to follow up the Able
Program.
S. Tapley said the legal
opinion received stated the criteria for the Able program is supervision of the
employee. Tapley said the concern is that the
Supervisor, who is Chief Brown is
called away a lot on ambulance runs or emergencies and
cannot always be physically present at the public
safety building where the Able employee would
be working which leaves the employee unsupervised.
Scally said in lieu of what
the attorney has advised that the Selectmen pan this
request.
L. MacKenzie said the
town would be liable if something were to happen and there is no supervisor
there. Scally said that although the Able
employee is covered under the Able workers
compensation that the town could be sued as well if there was a claim.
When asked how the Able employee was supervised
currently at his present Able job, Chief Brown said he did no know how he was
supervised since it is not a full time department.
J. Federico said he felt that as far as liability
issues go that is what the town has insurance for
and that excuse could be used on almost anything.
Federico said he would like to do what can be done to help someone out
that is disabled or handicapped but that his concern is
medications on the ambulance and firearms and ammunition kept at the police
station and asked Brown what process in place for
getting to medications. Brown said the medications
are locked up and the employees know where the key is kept and that
the Police side is locked up.
L.
MacKenzie said he would not have a problem with
giving this person a thirty day trial and that there would be ways to make
sure the key system is secure.
Chief Brown said he did not believe the thirty day
trial would not work for this gentleman since he would have to give up his
current Able position to take this position.
Chief Brown said that he understood the
Boards position and that if the Board was uncomfortable with this it was
fine.
S. Tapley pointed to the legal advice received and the Able
agreement
application guidelines.
Reading from the Able Agreement, Tapley stated that
the training site application is based on the
prospective site's commitment to adequately
supervise and train participants according to established National Able Network
guidelines. Tapley said if Chief Brown says he can
satisfy this supervision
requirement then it could work. Brown said he
could not always be present and that according to
the legal opinion that others at the site are not trained to supervise the
employee. Brown
said he would contact the Able Program and request
that a Representative meet with the Selectmen to address these concerns.
4.
PUBLIC WORKS.
Danny Violette said the majority of the crew wants
to go back to the five, eight hour days instead of
the summer schedule of four, ten hour days. M.
Marston asked if there was any savings or additional cost switching
back to the five day week. Violette said there was minimal
savings with the summer schedule but nothing
substantial. Federico said that D. Violette had stated
there could be some projects coming up that would benefit
from a ten hour day and asked if this was something
in the Directors sculpt if he wanted to do this for
a week or two. Chairman Scally said that would be up to the Selectmen since the
vote to go to the summer schedule was and is
established by the Selectmen so a four day work week
should be approved by the Selectmen.
Motion made and
seconded to have the Public Works department go back to the
eight hours, five day a week day schedule.
Carried 5-0.
HOT TOP.
Violette said the plan is to
hot top
D. Violette relayed to the Selectmen that he
received a call from the State of
5.
TRAVEL REQUEST.
Mark Scally stated Mark Marston wanted to
address agenda item number seven at this time since
Danny Violette was present.
M.Marston pointed out
that the travel request states there is zero expense to the town
but that there is an expense to the town since it is a day
that the crew is not working on filling pot holes or
sweeping streets and that the employee is being paid. Violette said if that is
what the Selectmen want he can fill in the wages for
the travel request in the future.
J. Federico asked what the benefits were to
attending this.
Violette said there is a variety of work related benefits such as
viewing different equipment and meeting with vendors. R.
Allen said there is also
safety information at the event.
Marston said he had no problems with employees
attending workshops that are needed for
certifications or trainings and just wanted
clarification on the expense to the town.
Motion made
and seconded to approve and sign the Travel Request
for the Public Works Crew; Danny Violette, Steve
Campbell, Lee Powers, Richard Allen, Jeff Tapley and Jerry
Johnson to Skowhegan on June 3, 2010 for the Annual Highway
Congress.
Carried
5-0.
6.
WARRANTS.
Motion made and seconded to approve and sign the
warrants through
7.
SELECTMEN'S MEETING MINUTES.
Motion made and seconded to
approve the Selectmen's
meeting minutes of 8.
AMBULANCE ADJUSTMENTS.
Motion made and seconded to approve
and sign the Ambulance adjustments in the amount of
$9,156.69 and the Ambulance Uncollectible amount of
$1,472.89.
Carried 5-0. 9.
CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT.
Motion made and seconded to approve
and sign the Certificate of Appointment for Police Reserve Officer
10.
VETERANS EXEMPTION.
Motion made and seconded to approve and
sign the Veteran's Exemption Application for Alfred
McAlister.
Carried 5-0. 11. COMMITTEE REPORTS. Mark Marston said the Resolve regarding the land initiative that was recently signed by this Board is being held at this time and will be mailed out once all the Resolves from others are done. 12.
CITIZEN'S COMMENTS.
L.
MacKenzie said he read that the LD-1 information
collected by the towns will no longer be shared from MMA to the
State Planning office.
Louis Perreault asked what the requirements of
the Able program are. Scally said the Able program
is for people that are disadvantaged in some way.
The Able program pays
the salary and workers comp coverage for the employee and the
town would be getting a worker for free and allowing an
opportunity for the worker to become a useful member
to society again.
Richard Allen said installing brushes on the John
Deere tractor would be a money maker for the town. Allen said the investment
would be about $5,000 to $6,000 and that a tree belt
area could be done easily with this type of equipment. This
would also save on the Town's Sweeper and
manual labor when brooms are needed. Federico said
this idea could be talked about during next year's budget. 13.
OTHER.
S.
Tapley stated that Police Chief Cramp has asked that the Selectmen
approve to send a Letter of Support to the Director of
Court Information for reconsideration of the
consolidation of the Millinocket and Lincoln Courts-
consolidating the Clerks office
to the Nothing to report from the executive session.
M. Scally said there is a
Kare Committee meeting here at
Jim Federico said he wanted to talk about the used
car lot area down on
J. Federico said the street lights are still a
problem. Federico said he counted fifteen lights
that are out just in a ten minute ride he took last evening.
Federico said he has already
spoken with 14.
ADJOURNMENT.
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