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Votes at a glance: selectmen approve warrants, licenses, donations, appointments and amendments
Summary
At its Oct. 21 meeting the Wells Board of Selectmen approved warrants totaling roughly $3.01 million, granted liquor licenses, accepted donations, amended a fire apparatus purchase price, approved a corrective quitclaim deed and made two committee appointments, among other actions.
The Wells Board of Selectmen on Oct. 21 approved a suite of routine and administrative actions, including warrants, liquor licenses, donations, a corrected deed, a revised purchase price for a fire engine, amendments to the general assistance ordinance and two committee appointments. Below are the meeting-record motions and outcomes as recorded in the meeting transcript.
Votes and key motions (actions recorded in meeting order where possible):
- Approve and sign the warrant dated 10/21/2025 in the amount of $2,951,892.15; advanced check warrant dated 10/15/2025 for $59,141.79; and general assistance warrant dated 10/21/2025 for $725.78. Vote: 5–0.
- Close public hearing and vote to amend the General Assistance ordinance appendices A–H for 2025–2026 in compliance with the state model General Assistance ordinance. Motion to amend and close public hearing passed 5–0.
- Grant full-time beer, wine and spirits liquor license to Chef Neum LLC doing business as Sea Salt Pie Company, 231 Post Road, Wells. Motion passed 5–0.
- Grant full-time beer and wine liquor license renewal to Seacoast Pizza and Pasta, 901 Post Road. Motion passed 5–0.
- Approve appointment of Marybeth Pordon previously appointed to town clerk (chronology discussed in hearing) — background provided in meeting; note: the transcript records earlier appointment by the board after the prior clerk’s retirement.
- Approve and sign corrected municipal quitclaim deed to release a lien on a property where the original deed was mistakenly released to a prior owner rather than the proper development corporation. Motion passed 5–0.
- Amend prior board approval of the purchase of a Pierce Class A pumper to reflect a reduced purchase price of $1,306,882 (reduction from previously recorded $1,366,882). Motion passed 5–0.
- Accept a series of donations to the town (fuel assistance program, Founders Park donations). Motion to accept donations and send letters of thanks passed 5–0.
- Approve minutes of Oct. 7, 2025 as amended. Motion passed 5–0.
- From executive session: appoint Joshua Carothers as planning board alternate and Kevin Mahler as conservation commission alternate. Motion passed 5–0.
- Adjourn. Motion passed 5–0.
Where the transcript records the mover and second, the meeting record indicates motions were moved and seconded on the floor; many of the motions were procedural and carried unanimously. The meeting did not record contested roll-call votes for these items in the transcript excerpts.
