October 18 Meeting

Town of Westmore

Select board Meeting Minutes

Of

October 18, 2005

In attendance: John Alexander (Chairperson), David Stevens & Nancy Mallary Select board members. Citizens-Debi Rash, Gerald Saindon, Louisa Dotoli, Vince Dotoli & Carmen Anderson.

At 6:00 p.m. the meeting was called to order by John Alexander.

Health Meeting- no report.

Road foreman report- no report.

Approval of minutes from previous meetings- Motion by Nancy and seconded by John to approve October 4, 2005 Select board meeting. Passed unanimously.

Citizens comments-

Motion by Nancy Mallary, Seconded by David Stevens to have The Westmore Association’s address changed/forwarded to the Town Clerk’s office for the off season. Passed unanimously.

Reports:

• Discussion of audit. Motion by Nancy seconded by David for Greg to call Rosalie @ Beshaw to find out the date expected for the Draft Audit Report. Passed unanimously.

• Motion by Nancy seconded by David for David to get the final estimates from Greg and see Woody to find out when the truck will be ready. Passed unanimously.
• Motion by Nancy seconded by David for Gerry Saindon to look for a "life trapper" who would take two beavers from the dam on the Willoughby Lake outlet $50 each and get back to John. Passed unanimously.
• Carmen Anderson shared information that The Westmore Association is pursuing Rte. 5A large vehicle use concerns with the State. A contingency from all the towns on Rte 5A had a meeting in Montpelier with state and federal officials to discuss the issue. It had been discovered that Maine and New Hampshire have already passed a law allowing higher load limits on their interstate highways.
• Motion by David, seconded by Nancy, David will talk with Dennis RE Gravel Grant and sign a compliance/completion form. Passed unanimously.

• Motion by Nancy seconded by David for Greg to place an ad in the Chronicle next week to ask for trash pick up bids for the year 2006. Bids are due on or before 11/15 at 6:00 PM. Passed unanimously.
• Gerry Saindon was given permission to ask Dennis to get the dock out of the water.
• The listers gave a presentation of tax mapping and re-appraisals. They were asked to write a letter for the Town Report detailing their request, including a budget. They were also asked to send a letter to the State saying we will be taking the re-appraisal issue to Town Meeting to be voted on.
• Motion by Nancy seconded by David to approve up to $240 per week for the assistant town clerk position thru 12/31. Passed unanimously.
• Motion by Nancy seconded by David for John to sign a letter to Blue Cross taking Pam off coverage and to replace Bev with Greg as an authorized person to deal with our account. Passed unanimously.
• Motion by Nancy seconded by David that David will talk to Dennis RE the gravel grant for Town Road 22. Passed unanimously.
• Motion by Nancy seconded by David for Greg to write Dale Perron RE status of Old Cottage Lane classification. David to follow up with Mr. Perron. Passed unanimously.
• Motion by David seconded by John for Nancy to write a letter thanking Kathy White and Pricilla Aldrich for their help with Town Clerk assistance. Passed unanimously.

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