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

PREVIOUS MEETING'S MINUTES: Motion by Dale, seconded by Rita, to approve the minutes of the Selectmen's Meeting of June 4, 2007 as printed. The motion passed unanimously.

SELECTMEN'S COMMENTS: Todd McPhee said that he had put the docks in at the waterfront park. There were no other comments.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Several neighbors of 44 Carlton Point Rd were present and asked many questions of the Selectboard. Among the questions were how was Mr. Wood able to obtain, building and septic system permits for that site as they have been told for years that the lot was unable to be built on. Bill Longley said that whether or not it was grandfathered for building would depend on when the lot was created. David King said that Rick Lang, the plumbing inspector, had three concerns of his own after looking at the lot. His first concern was the well setback, second, the septic setback and third, the set back from the river. Rick Lang will be calling in the morning and if they don't meet the setback requirements the work will be stopped. It was asked if the Planning Board could review what was going on but Allen Greene, PB Chairman, said that the Planning board doesn't do that sort of thing. Dan Skillin would like to have a copy of the permit plan.

ROAD COMMISSIONER'S REPORT: Jason Shaw reported that they were doing some patching and regular maintenance. There were no problems/issues to report from the Town office personnel.

CEO/FIRE CHIEF'S REPORT: CEO/Fire Chief, Ken Desmond, was ill and not able to attend. There wasn't a report.

OLD BUSINESS:

a. Ed's Stuff Update: Ken Desmond had not reported to the Selectmen or Administrator as to whether he and the Fire Marshall had done a walk through or not. Administrator will call Ken and find out. The administrator will also write a letter to the lawyer.

b. Insurance quote update: As of the date of this Selectboard meeting no insurance quotes had been received. David King said the Small agency would have a quote for us by June 19th. Once the Administrator has three quotes she is to contact David King. A special Selectboard meeting will likely be called to examine the quotes and choose an insurance provider.

c. Meltzer Abatement: Dave received a letter from Skip Stinson, the Town's lawyer, which had a letter attached from the Meltzer/Mikesell's lawyer, Mr. Therriault. The Meltzer/Mikesell's decided to await a decision on the Carr abatement appeal before going ahead with their own. The Carr's won their appeal for abatement from the Town. Mr. Therriault feels that the Meltzer/Mikesell's should receive an abatement automatically due to the results of the Carr abatement appeal to the County Commissioners. Dave King said he doesn't think an abatement should be issued to the Meltzer/Mikesell's. Todd McPhee thinks that the next move should be made by the County Commissioners'. Moved by Dan, seconded by Rita to not revisit the abatement. It was denied on January 18, 2005 and nothing has changed. Vote was 4-0-1.

d. Callan Abatement: Motion by Dan, second by Rita to approve an abatement of $270.32 for Tobias Callan on Map R08 Lot 058C. Unanimous.

e. Other: No other old business.

NEW BUSINESS:

a. Appointment to the Conservation Commission: Motion by Dan, second by Rita to appoint Doris Nuesse to the Conservation Commission. Unanimous.

b. Shellfish Committee: Steve Goodenow was not in attendance. Paul Grover spoke. The Shellfish committee wants to give Jon Hentz, Shellfish Warden, a $1.00 an hour raise which means that he may have to cut back his hours to still fall within the budget.

c. Appointment of Shellfish Warden: Motion by Dale, second by Dan to reappoint Jon Hentz as Shellfish warden and to give him a $1.00 an hour raise. Vote was 4-1. Dave said that Jon Hentz would be on the agenda in two weeks to talk to the Selectboard about funding the Mr. Salty program.

d. Solid Waste Invoice: The Administrator will contact Patrick Wright to see if he was the one that took items to the Bath Landfill.

e. Invoice from Thompson-West/Grants publication: The Selectboard is not interested in this publication.

f. Generator: The generator was out of service for almost a week due to cables burning up and shorting out the generator. Dave feels that the Town needs to start budgeting more money than is currently being set aside as he feels the generator will not last the 20 years that it is suppose to. Dan said that the generator is under 9 years old. The contractors must not be maintaining it. Administrator, Lynette Eastman, said that the office personnel never sees anyone working on it other than when it breaks down and the company is called. Dave got a survey and answered the questions very bluntly. Told them that their service was bad and that they need to make necessary corrections. Dave said he tries to put coolant in it regularly. Todd asked if the contract was monthly or quarterly. Administrator will look up the contract to find out.

g. Mike Hoover/Planning Board Appointment: Mike returned his application for appointment to a committee to Lloyd Coomb's email on the 23rd of April. The due date for having the forms turned in was April 20th. The emailapparently got deleted by mistake. Therefore, becausewe didn't have the form, another person was appointedto the Planning Board. Mr. Hoover stated that when hearrived at the next PB meeting, he was surprised to seethat someone else had been appointed. The Selectboard determined that from now on the Clerk will contact the prospective appointees if we haven't received their application. Once the appointments have been made, the Clerk will then send them a notice so that they can come in and be sworn in. The Clerk will also contact the Committee Chairs before the appointments are done.

h. Assessing Agent Contract: Motion by Todd, Second by Dan to sign the Assessing Agent Contract. Unanimous

i. Other: Todd requested that papers for all items on the agenda be put in their boxes. Administrator will see that that happens in the future.

Adjournment 7:05 PM.

Lynette R. Eastman

Approved

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