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Northport
Selectmen's Meeting Notes
4/17
/03
E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR TOWN OFFICE…. northport@gwi.net …
Saturday May 3rd Elections
-- Polls open from
8AM
to
6PM
&
Annual Town Meeting
May 5th at Blue Goose
7PM
Committees & Communications
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Land
Use Ordinance Committee: Next
meeting April 24th
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Administrative
Ordinances: Work to begin. Eric
Galant/Eastern Maine Development Corp to help
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Transfer
Station Committee: Next Meeting
Thursday May 8th at
7:30AM
. NEW MEMBERS WELCOME. Pine
Tree Waste to attend also Environ Services for "universal waste"
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Financial
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Town
Budget Comparisons reviewed
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Up
$180,000 in roads & bridges account
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County
Commissioner
's request up almost $100,000
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School
Board presented their budget. It
calls for "zero growth" in expenditures -- $17,270,438
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Northport's
allocation to SAD 34 is $1,738,792, a decrease of $5,540 from
previous
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Rooney
following up on "bond issue" for roads and bridges; $2.5 million
dollar "bond issue"
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CBDG
Workshop to take place 5/7. Lindahl and Galen Plummer to attend
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Policy Decisions & Administration
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Need
a reading on
Wyman
Park
lot at Knights Pond
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R8-Lot
68 relative to conservation status from Bill Kelly
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Bids
being accepted for lawns & cemetery mowing
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Bids
being accepted for installing cemetery fence on
Beech Hill Road
across from
Town office
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Code Enforcement, Planning & Permits
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A
Planning Board building permit decision error was discussed related
to
Shore Road
access & Kelly Cove subdivision. Lindahl
to contact MMA for guidance to remedy from a procedural standpoint and
report back to Bixler (ZBA) and Foley (Planning Board)
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Therio
to draft & define permit procedures to improve workflow and
planning
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Therio
reviewed April activity
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Planning
Board needs a few new appointments
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Noonan's
building in
Temple
Heights
scheduled to be cleaned up by
5/15/03
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C.
Knight to become plumbing
inspector once he passes test and work with Frank Therio
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Frank
Therio to continue in his role as CEO. Therio and Knight to be each
others’ back up
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Legal & Other Issues
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Charlie
Dhyse's
Temple
Heights
water plan??? No feed back to date
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R.
Taylor/Saturday Cove issue resolved
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Roads & Bridges
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Amon
Morse & R.F. Whiteley presented "interrogational". Paul Rooney
has followed up.
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RSMS
still under utilized. Meet with
Phil Curtis
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Status
of insurance bond. Status of
billings for
Bog Road
culverts
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Magruder
to list Spring Projects
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Real Estate Assessors Functions, Tax
Policy, Liens & Collections
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Follow
up item: "Aqua-culture" rafts. Check to see if we can collect
personal property taxes from the business.
Ramification for other shore-based businesses?
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Transfer & Recycling Station
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Lindahl
to follow up with Bill Butler re Transfer Station Operating Manual updates
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Need
year end tonnage/statistics from Pine Tree
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Pine
Tree to store empty containers/dumpsters in our transfer station in trade
for cost of transporting
recyclables to
Camden
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Pine
Tree will supply gravel for an area of about 70x100 where they will store
their containers. Magruder costs to Pine Tree just under $3,000. Gravel to
be spread at town expense State rate plus 10%.
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Harbors & Waterways
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Mike
Brown to seek a request from the Coast Guard for a private aid to navigation
for mussel rafts. Such an aid
would be at owner's expense.
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Taylor
issue almost behind us. Pennies to be picked
up.
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New
floating dock system for Saturday Cove ready to go
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See
about collecting a mooring fee for aqua-culture operation
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Draft
of warrant article amendments to local Harbor Ordinance tabled for present
time
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Fire and Health & Safety
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Status:
A committee of three (3) members has been established to complete 911 maps
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Bayside Village
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Burgess
to e-mail Vlodek to coordinate dump runs from Bayside. We would like
delivery of trash to be on days when dump is open and operating. Currently
Bill Paige is coming in at off-hours. We loose financial control as a
result.
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Phase
II on water down Bluff and Shore Roads. Hearing held 4/14 for CBDG Grant funding. Potential of 34 plus homes to be added to
new line.
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Status
of Water Utility District
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Fire
suppression objectives broadly discussed. A cross-country water line
discussed; pipe specification to be 12" in diameter.
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Issue
to introduce legislation to change the powers of a Village Corps to appoint
a separate CEO from the municipality is on hold and if it proceeds will be
introduced as single bill versus an amendment that would/could be tacked on
to another bill (if that's clear).
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Future Agenda Items
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Preparation
for Town Meeting
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Comments
& Suggestions… contact us at:
northport@gwi.net
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