Town Of Islesboro

Board of Selectmen- Regular Meeting

Thursday, January 15, 2014	@ 6:15 PM

Town Office Meeting Room

MINUTES

Members present: Chair Arch Gillies, Sandra Oliver, Jay T. Zlotkowski, Craig Olson, and Fred Rollins

Others Present: Janet Anderson- Town Manager, and Maggy Wilcox

The meeting was called to order at 6:15 PM, and a quorum was established.

MOTION by C. Olson to approve the minutes of January 2, 2014 as amended. S. Oliver seconded the motion and it passed 5-0.

VISITOR'S COMMENTS:	None

UPCOMING MEETINGS

1.	Planning Board Meeting January 17, 2014 @ 6:15 PM

2.	Harbor Meeting January 16, 2014 @ 7:00 PM

3. Health Center Advisory Board January 16, 2014 @ 3:30 PM

4. DRC January 16, 2014 @ 4:30 PM

5. Winter Informational Meeting January 30, 2014: The BOS decided to redo the order of the meeting by topic rather than person. It was also decided an important topic to include is storm emergency/preparedness which Fred Rollins will cover. Janet will redo the outline of the meeting and present to the BOS at the next meeting.

6. A. Gillies will be attending the Maine Island Coalition meeting in Augusta on January 23, and may also attend a meeting in Augusta on January 22 on revenue sharing.

TOWN MANAGER REPORT

The following items were reviewed and/or discussed:

1.	E-mail from Laura Houle with update on the Special Deer Hunt as of 1/17/14. She has tagged 22 deer and Rachel Smith has tagged 2.

2.	With the warm January thaw of late, the town has been receiving road complaints about dirt roads, namely East Shore Drive and Heald Road. Janet said that East Shore Drive is being mended today and Heald Road will be done tomorrow. A. Gillies would like to put the topic of dirt roads on the list of items to discuss - does the town have a long range plan to deal with town owned dirt roads?

3.	FY 15 Budget worksheets have been sent out to Department heads and are due back in late January.

4.	Constant Contact results are in for the mailing on 12/26/13. Results are as follows:

Sent:	260

Bounces:	20

Opens:	141

Clicks:	12

It was decided to hand out business cards or flyers at the info/pot luck meeting on January 30th with information regarding Constant Contact and how one can sign up for this if they so choose. Maggy Wilcox and Peggy Pike noted that the writing was difficult to see when the e-mail is first opened up. J. Anderson will have Tina Pendleton look at this again.

CORRESPONDENCE

1.	Letter from the Board of Selectmen in Camden to the US Army Corps of Engineers regarding dredging in Searsport Harbor.

2.	Minutes of the 11/7/2013 Maine State Ferry Service Meeting. It was noted in the minutes that the Margaret Chase Smith replacement design is ready and expected to be put out to bid in the next couple of months. The BOS are concerned that, if this is true, the ferry service did not solicit ideas for the design from Islesboro residents or town officials first. The BOS directed J. Anderson to look into this and get back to them.

3.	Minutes of the School Board Meeting on 12/9/13.

4.	Email from Cynthia Branscom, MMA regarding an upcoming meeting on January 22, 2014 in Augusta whereby town officials will have the opportunity to explain to the legislators on the Appropriations Committee how important it is that the revenue sharing program not be completely dismantled.

OLD BUSINESS

1.	The Internet Study results are in, but Page Clason and Roger Heinen have several questions and concerns to discuss first. The Board of Selectmen are hoping to get this report before the next meeting to review so that the results can be discussed at the January 29th meeting.

2.	"Islesboro Looking Ahead". A. Gillies updated the document incorporated suggestions from the Board of Selectmen. The document was reviewed and the following motion was made: MOTION BY C. Olson to amend and reaffirm "Islesboro Looking Ahead".

S. Oliver seconded the motion and it passed 5-0.

WARRANT #15

MOTION BY C. Olson to approve Warrant #15, FY 14 in the amount of $135,689.10.

J. Zlotkowski seconded the motion and it passed 5-0.

Town Payroll	$ 39,383.38

Town Payables	$ 35,243.54

School Payroll	$ 43,403.48

School Payables	$ 17,658.70

Total:	$ 135,689.10

COMMENTS

Chair Comments:	A. Gilles reported that seven towns, and thirty one state legislators have now sent letters urging the DEP to do an EIS on the Searsport dredging project.

BOS Comments:	C. Olson said that the DHWWTF is waiting for suggestions on remedying problems and issues with the system from the company who did the scoping. J. Anderson will follow up on this.

S. Oliver said that there is a PBS special on this evening about the life of deer and urges people who might be interested to watch.

F. Rollins reported that CMP is heavily invested in its infrastructure on Islesboro. The five year cutting project will also begin again this coming year and there are standards that are followed regarding size and location of what is cut. A. Gillies felt that these standards would be helpful to inform people of prior to the cutting. Fred also said that CMP is looking into running a whole new circuit to Islesboro.

MOTION BY C. OLSON to adjourn the meeting. F. Rollins seconded the motion and it passed 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 7:36 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Peggy Pike

Secretary to the Board of Selectmen