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Votes at a glance: Wells Select Board approves licenses, warrants, mower bid and schedules public hearings
Summary
At its Sept. 16 meeting the Wells Select Board approved multiple routine licenses and purchases, accepted donations, adopted a warrant policy, and scheduled public hearings on a donated study and a state conservation grant; all recorded votes were unanimous (5-0).
The Wells Select Board recorded a series of unanimous votes (5-0) on Sept. 16 covering liquor-license renewals, municipal warrants, a recreation equipment purchase, donations and procedural items. Key actions the board approved or scheduled:
- Liquor and entertainment licenses: Renewals for Yummy 2 Inc. (d/b/a East Restaurant, 636 Post Road), Pre Jockey Enterprises (d/b/a Main Diner), and Sea Glass Village Condominium Association (d/b/a Seaglass Village Homeowners Association) were granted, and a special entertainment permit renewal for Seaglass Village was approved. The board closed the associated public hearings and granted the licenses with recorded votes of 5-0.
- Warrants and payments: The board approved the general assistance warrant dated Sept. 16, 2025 in the amount of $2,374.75, the warrant dated Sept. 16, 2025 in the amount of $3,944,405.53, and an advance-check warrant dated Sept. 10, 2025 in the amount of $58,299.96. The motions to approve and sign the warrants passed 5-0.
- Recreation equipment: The board accepted a single bid from Abbotts Power Equipment and authorized a Walker riding mower for the Recreation Department at a total cost of $20,000 (enterprise account funds). Motion passed 5-0.
- Donations and grants: The board voted to accept a series of modest donations (multiple donors giving $125 each) for the Founders Park community center and to write thank-you letters to donors (vote 5-0). The board scheduled a public hearing on Oct. 7 to consider accepting a $50,000 gift from Howard Hall to fund a hydrologic and capacity analysis of the Drakes Island floodgate, with a proposal from ATAR Engineering. The board also scheduled a public hearing on Oct. 7 to consider accepting a $350,000 grant from the Land for Maine Future Trust Fund for three town-owned conservation parcels (tax map 29 lot 5; tax map 46 lot 14; tax map 39 lot 14). Both scheduling motions passed 5-0.
- Procedural items: The board adopted an annual disbursement warrant policy (5-0), scheduled informational public hearings on referendum articles for Oct. 7 and Oct. 21 (5-0), approved a resolution supporting a proposed trail on KKNW Water District land (5-0), and approved minutes of the Sept. 2, 2025 Select Board meeting (5-0).
All votes reported at the meeting were recorded by voice as unanimous. Where the transcript did not name the motion maker or seconder, the record indicates the board moved and seconded items before the 5-0 votes.
