SELECTMEN’S MEETING
MARCH 20, 2006
PRESENT:
Denise Lindahl; Dee Reid; Ed Moran; Barbara O’Leary
Liquor License Renewals:
Dos
Amigos; Don & Tara Warner
Don and Tara Warner were present to
discuss their liquor license renewal application.
They presented a letter to the Board (copy attached)
Since Mrs. Warner had been in the
office the previous week trying to get approval for their liquor license, Denise
felt she should explain the process. Denise
began by giving some history of the Select board and the law stating they cannot
make decisions outside of a Board meeting. In
the past, Denise explained, a resident had accused the Board of making decisions
outside of a Board meeting and sued the Selectmen and the Town.
She said they were aware that their license had expired last October and
that their renewal application turned in at that time was incomplete.
Barbara had written them a letter stating what was missing on the
application and noting the public hearing would not be held until the
applications was complete. Denise
reminded the Warners there had been no response from them until the prior week.
At that time it was too late to post a notice for a special Selectmen’s
meeting and therefore they could not address the application until today.
Denise said she had been in contact with Tony Austin of the Liquor
License Board and explained all of the above to him.
It was agreed, if the application was now complete and the Selectmen saw
no immediate problems, the Board could write a letter to the Liquor Board giving
temporary approval for the license, pending the upcoming public hearing.
Barbara stated the Warners had
completed the application last week and all necessary information was now
included. After review of the
application by the Board, Denise Lindahl made the following MOTION:
To grant a temporary liquor license for
Dos Amigos and place and fax a letter to the State of
Maine Liquor License Board
stating the temporary approval. Second
and approved 3-0.
Ed Moran made the following MOTION:
To place an ad for a public hearing on
April 3, 2006 at about 10:00am, concerning the application of a renewal liquor
license by Dos Amigos. Second and approved
3-0.
Don Warner asked about the process for
obtaining a Special Amusement Ordinance. Barbara
gave him an application to be filled out. Ed
explained hearings will be set for the April 3 meeting and if they wish to be
included, he must fill out the application and return it to the Board prior to
the end of the meeting this date.
Northport
Golf Club:
The Board reviewed a liquor license
renewal application. Ed questioned
the Class Type applied for, but felt that could be cleared up at the hearing and
should not hold up setting the hearing date.
Barbara was asked to write a letter to Kevin Nickerson of the Northport
Golf Club asking him to date the application prior to the hearing.
It was agreed by
Dee
and Denise the Class Type would not hold up the public hearing.
Ed made the following MOTION:
To accept the liquor license renewal
application of the Northport Golf Club with concerns noted, and schedule a
public hearing for April 3, 2006 around 10:00am.
Second and approved 3-0.
Hideaway Diner:
Ed & Doris Moran
The liquor license renewal application
was reviewed by Dee Reid and Denise Lindahl.
Ed Moran recused himself. The
application was determined to be complete and the following motion was made:
MOVED:
To accept the liquor license renewal application of the Hideaway Diner
and schedule a public hearing on April 3, 2006 about 10:00am.
Second and approved 2-0.
SPECIAL AMUSEMENT PERMITS:
The application for a special amusement
permit by David & Kathy Staples of Willy World was reviewed and accepted.
The following motion was made.
MOVED:
To accept the application for a Special Amusement Permit for Will World
and schedule a public hearing on April 3, 2006 immediately following the liquor
license renewal hearing. Second
and approved 3-0.
At this time Don Warner returned with
his completed application for a Special Amusement Permit, including the $25 fee.
The application was reviewed and accepted as complete.
The following motion was made:
MOVED:
To accept the application for a Special Amusement Permit for Dos Amigos
and schedule a public hearing on April 3, 2006, immediately following the liquor
license renewal hearing. Second
and approved 3-0.
Barbara stated she had a call from Gary
Smith of Hellen’s Kitchen regarding their renewal liquor license in June.
He has asked for clarification on their Special Amusement Permit, stating
they just received the approval in February, but at the hearing it was mentioned
these permits would be renewed with the liquor license each year.
Barbara asked if they would be required to renew the SAP, although it was
granted in February. Denise said the
SAP would need to be renewed with the liquor license application in June to get
the business on the same renewal dates for SAP’s and liquor licenses.
Legal:
Denise stated Bill Kelly would not
respond to the letter Mrs. Kennedy placed in the paper concerning their court
case with the Town. He felt the case
was won fairly by the Town, the judge made her decision and no response is
required.
Harbor Fines:
Denise gave an update on the Richie
Taylor court decision. Mr. Taylor
has not paid the fine and Bill Kelly may file a disclosure subpoena and attach
his home for non-payment. Dense
explained this is what happened last year when the Town went to court with Mr.
Taylor and he did not pay the fine in the case.
Candidate’s Night:
Barbara stated the following candidates
have turned in their nomination papers and they are complete:
Selectman:
Jeanine Tucker
Craig Poulin
Richie Taylor
Road Commissioner:
Bill Magruder
Amon Morse, III
It was AGREED to hold a
candidates night on Monday, April 24, 2006 at the Fire Department from 6:00 –
7:30pm. Denise will contact the
candidates and let them know of the date.
School Referendum:
Discussion followed on the controversy
over hours open at the last school referendum.
The times were posted, but some people came after the polls closed and were not
able to vote. Bob Whitely insisted
the Town had closed the polls too early and in violation of the times the polls
should be open. Barbara had
explained to Mr. Whitley the hours had been posted and in Northport, referendums
closed at 6pm. Mr. Whitley called
Dee Reid and suggested the votes cast in Northport were illegal.
Barbara checked with the Bureau of Elections and was told, based on
population, Northport must be open for 4 consecutive hours.
After that, the Town may choose when to close.
The warrant was posted with the open and close times, and that is what
matters. In the future the Town may
change the hours, but for now they will stay the same.
Dee suggested we send a bill to the
School District for the costs of the referendum, as does
Belfast
. It was discussed and deemed
necessary by Denise and Ed.
Dee
also mentioned many towns attending a recent GA training either send separate
tax bills for school to residents or have a line on their one bill that breaks
down the total money due into school, county and local taxes.
Barbara agreed to look into our tax bill printing process to see if a
printed breakdown was possible.
EMA
Ed will ask Doris Moran to place a
notice in the Northport news column asking for volunteers to form an emergency
management committee. Once the
committee is formed they will need to appoint a Director.
Denise said she would mention the formation of a committee in her speech.
Barbara mentioned it would be
beneficial to the Town to have an historical committee to organize Town
information. At present it is
sporadic and sparse. As older
residents pass away, historical data is lost forever.
Denise said she would mention this in her speech also.
GA
Dee reported on the general assistance
training workshop she attended in
Augusta
on March 8th. She noted
that the seminar instructors reminded everyone in attendance of several
statements listed on the GA application. If
they weren’t already doing so, towns should point out to the GA applicants
that under
Maine
law:
Assistance that you receive must be
repaid to the municipality if you are ever financially able to repay it.
Parents who are financially able are required by law to help their
children under the age of 25, as spouses are legally required to financially
support each other. The
municipality has the right to require these relatives to repay any assistance
that is granted. This notice is
found on the back side of the assistance form.
Bookkeeping
Vicki Eugley submitted additional hours
worked getting ready for the auditors. It
was MOVED to pay Vickie Eugley the additional hours and take the money
from Office Help if necessary. Second
and approved 3-0.
Cemeteries
Barbara was asked to place an ad in the
paper for cemetery work for 2006. Bids
will be opened at the 5/1/2006 meeting. It
was AGREED to purchase the flags for the cemeteries for Memorial Day.
LD1
Discussion followed on the LD1 warrant.
Barbara would like to add a warrant article that would allow the
Selectmen to overspend the budget should the need arise.
With the new LD1 formula, and the uncertainty of the school budget, it is
possible the proposed Town budget will not be enough.
Ed did not feel the warrant was necessary since there would be no
increase in the requested Town portion of the budget, or corresponding mil rate
over the last year. No decisions
were made.
Minutes
The minutes of February 6 were reviewed
and grammatical changes made.
Dee
asked Barbara to check with Frank on the year regarding Ashley Landry’s
building permits; is it 1999 or 1990. The
minutes were approved 3-0.
The minutes of February 20 and March 6
were reviewed with grammatical changes made.
The minutes were approved 3-0.
Next meeting will be 4-3-2006
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