PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Prior to the beginning of the regular Selectmen's Meeting, the Town Administrator Lloyd Coombs led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of our country.

MOWING CONTRACT BID OPENING: Bids received for the annual mowing contract were as follows:

Motion by Todd, seconded by Rita, to award the 2005 mowing contract to Coastal Ground Maintenance at a price of $225.00 per mowing. The motion passed unanimously.

PREVIOUS MEETING'S MINUTES: Motion by Dale, seconded by Rita, to accept the minutes of the meeting of April 11, 2005 as printed. The motion passed unanimously.

SELECTMEN'S COMMENTS: Dale announced the hiring of Jeanne Bernard for the vacant Clerical Assistant position.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Diane Longley said that the Animal Control Officer (ACO) was slow in responding to a dog running at large. She said that she called the ACO's home at 2:30 p.m. and no one was home. Finally, she said the ACO was called at work but he did not response until 3:40 p.m. David said that the Town could not provide 24/7 coverage and that the ACO had responded in a timely manner.

ROAD COMMISSIONER'S REPORT: The Road Commissioner was not present and no report was given.

FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT: Ken Desmond, Fire Chief, reported that there have been 13 runs &endash; 7 fire and 6 EMS since the last Selectmen's Meeting. EMS Director's Job Description: Roger Brawn, EMS Director, said that he had developed a job description for the EMS Director which reflected the separation from the Fire Department that was approved at the Special Town Meeting. Motion by Dale, seconded by Rita, to approve the attached Job Description as amended. The motion passed unanimously.

OLD BUSINESS:

a. Approval of School Warrant: Motion by Dale, seconded by Rita, to approve the attached School Budget Warrant for May 4, 2005. The motion passed unanimously.

b. Approval of the Municipal Warrant: Motion by Dale, seconded by Rita, to approve the attached Municipal Budget Warrant for May 5, 2005. The motion passed unanimously.

c. Town of Woolwich v. Spaulding: The Selectmen reviewed an email from Leah B. Rachin, Attorney at Law, regarding property in Wiscasset owned by Jenny Spaulding. Motion by Phillip, seconded by Dale, to have the law firm of Bergen & Parkinson proceed with a forced sale of the Wiscasset properties to satisfy the court judgment. The motion passed unanimously.

d. Range Lights ROW: The Selectmen reviewed an email from CMP representative Paul Fecteau which advised that CMP could not give the requested ROW to the range lights off of the Chop Point Road as the property was owned by William King and not CMP. The Selectmen asked Lloyd to invite Bill King to attend the next Selectmen's Meeting to discuss the matter.

e. Radioactive Material in Railroad Cars: The Selectmen, Health Officer and Fire Chief discussed the newspaper reports of the shipment in leaking railroad cars of low level radioactive material from Maine Yankee. The Health Officer, Jack Albis, spoke of the refusal of Maine Eastern Railroad to allow him to inspect railroad cars stored in the Town of Woolwich. The Selectmen requested Lloyd to draft a letter to Maine Eastern Railroad seeking permission for the Health Officer, along with a railroad representative, to periodically inspect railroad cars stored in the Town of Woolwich. The letter will be copied to various federal and state officials.

f. Municipal Building Maintenance: Motion by Todd, seconded by Rita, to have Lloyd send out Requests for Proposals for pointing, sealing and painting the Municipal Building. The motion passed unanimously.

NEW BUSINESS

a. Approval of Payroll Warrant: Motion by Rita, seconded by Todd, to approve the payroll warrant of April 22, 2005. The motion passed unanimously.

b. Approval of Accounts Payable Warrant: Motion by Rita, seconded by Todd, to approve the accounts payable warrant of April 22, 2005. The motion passed unanimously.

c. Assessing Concerns: Rob Graham, part-owner of the property located at Map U-04, Lot 2-1, asked for an explanation of his assessment. The Selectmen asked Lloyd to have Juanita provide a written response.

d. Road Discontinuance Request: The Selectmen reviewed the attached request of Mark M. Waltz representing John Burne's request for road discontinuance. In particular, the Selectmen were concerned with the request to give up the retention of the public easement. The Selectmen requested Lloyd to contact MMA Legal Services to get an opinion regarding the retention of the public easement.

e. DEP Closed Landfill Inspection Recommendations: The Selectmen reviewed the recommendations contained in the Maine Department of Environmental Protection letter of April 8, 2005. The Selectmen decided to continue with the annual mowing of the closed landfill. Dale will remove the discarded tires.

f. Committee Appointments: Motion by Phillip, seconded by Rita, to make the following three year appointments:

Agricultural/Forest Resources Committee - Clark Granger and Joan Jordan

Board of Appeals &endash; Gregory Doak and Richard Ruddell

Conservation Commission &endash; John Grill (Associate) and Clark Granger (Regular)

Planning Board &endash; Allen Greene, Gregg Buczkowski and Clark Granger

Interlocal Planning Committee &endash; Richard Ruddell

Recreation Committee &endash; Collette Coombs and Richard Ruddell

Shellfish Conservation Committee &endash; Paul Grover, Jr.

Road Committee &endash; Robert Meade and Warren Skillings, Sr.

The motion passed unanimously.

g. MRS Ratio Declaration: Motion by Rita, seconded by Dale, to approve the attached MRS Ratio Declaration. The motion passed unanimously.

h. TRIO Sketching Software: Lloyd advised that a representative of CLT had recommended that the Town purchase the TRIO Sketching Software. The Selectmen declined to make that purchase.

CODES ENFORCEMENT OFFICER'S REPORT: Bill Longley, CEO, was present but did not have anything new to report.

ADJOURNMENT: 8:05 p.m.

Lloyd Coombs

Approved: /s/ David A. King, Sr.

cc: Selectmen/Staff

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