Town of Westport Island
Board of Selectmen,
Assessors and Overseers Meeting
October 10, 2011
Present:
George D.
Richardson, Jr, Gerald A. Bodmer & Ross Norton
Citizens: John
& Ruth Nelson, Ann Cavanaugh, Carole Bodmer, Dennis Dunbar
Guests: Charlotte
Boynton (Wiscasset Newspaper), Robert Fairfield
After public
discussion, George motioned to adopt the model General Assistance Ordinances
A-C; Ross 2nd, vote 3-0
George motioned
to close the public hearing at
1. BOS Meeting Commenced:
George called the
meeting to order at
Business Conducted;
2. Warrant:
George motioned
to approve Warrant # 15 for a total of $ 44,943.52
(Payroll- $1,202.54 payables- $ 43,740.98);
Jerry 2nd, vote 3-0
3. BOS Minutes:
George motioned
to approve the minutes of the September 12 & September 26, 2011 selectman’s
meeting; Jerry 2nd, vote 3-0
4. Citizen Issues:
- Dennis Dunbar, representing the
Delorme Mapping Committee, advised the BOS that the Delorme XMap Web
service will no longer be available by the end of the year. He advised
that it could be replaced by either PDF or HTML format pages which could
provide overview maps as well as condensed commitment tables. Dennis
further advised that the Committee still had $1,000.00 available to use in
the purchase of new software in future years should it be needed. George
motioned to leave “name masking” in place in the PDF format file; Jerry
2nd, vote 3-0
- John Nelson advised the BOS that
a work party was being formed to work with Dave Allen on Saturday (Oct. 15th)
@ 1 P.M., to pull out the floats at the Ferry Landing.
5. MMA Risk Management:
George advised
that the MMA Risk Management Services provided a 2011 dividend payment of
$698.00 to
George advised
that the entrance to the Baker Road from the Main Road had now been tarred by
the State, using aggregate, and so far was holding up to whatever causes
deterioration in that area.
7. ShoreFront/Depth Value Methodology:
George advised of
a new formula created by the Certified Assessor (Eugene Huskins) & the BOS Assessors, to determine
shorefront lot values that have a depth of less than 75’. He motioned to
approve this new methodology and enter it into the town assessing
specifications; Ross 2nd, vote 3-0
8. MDOT Roadwork:
George advised
that Mike Burns from the MDOT said that his crew had finished with ditching and
would try to get back to do more culverts. Jerry advised that at least three
more culverts needed replacement as well as ditching was still needed within
1.75 miles from beginning at the bridge.
9. Abatements:
George motioned
to grant the following abatements;
Leigh M. & Raye Amirault, Map 2 /
This abatement
was caused by an error made in 1986 when Lot 9.1 had 1.4 acres deeded out to
become
Ellen Grant & Leigh M. Amirault, Map 2 /
This abatement is
because this
Veronica & Mario DePietro, Map 6 /
Sandra Richardson, Map 5 / Lot 20, 21 &
another small parcel now combined to all become Map 5 / Lot 20 (.79 acres) $136.47 for each year 2009-2011;
Ross 2nd, 3-0
10. History Committee Request:
George advised
that Bill Cooney, representing the History Committee, had requested $500.00
from the Doggett Fund to be used to copy 151 “Lantern Slides” into TIF &
JPEG files for preservation. George motioned to authorize up to $500.00 for
that effort; Ross 2nd, 3-0
11. MacNamara Foundation Tax Compromise:
George motioned to approve
the final settlement request for $5,000.00, to be taken from the contingency
fund, to drop the 2003 real estate tax case with prejudice, for property
located on Tax Map 2 /
12 BOS Meeting Schedule:
The next BOS
meeting on
13. Meeting Adjourned:
George moved to
adjourn the meeting at
Respectfully submitted,
George D.
Gerald A. Bodmer 2nd Selectman
Ross Norton 3rd
Selectmen