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Skowhegan Select Board approves consent items, contracts and administrative actions
Summary
On Nov. 25 the Select Board approved consent minutes, cemetery conveyances and several administrative authorizations, including a $15,247 codification services agreement with General Code LLC, cemetery trust disbursements, Higgins loan fund payments, discharge of a mortgage, and authorization for the town manager to warn public hearings.
The Skowhegan Select Board on Nov. 25 approved a slate of routine and administrative items, including minutes, cemetery transactions, a contract to digitize the town ordinances and multiple fund expenditures.
The board approved the consent agenda, including minutes from the Nov. 14 meeting and a cemetery lot conveyance for Clinton Ellis. The board authorized Town Clerk-Treasurer Gail Pilat to expend up to $19,919.73 from the cemetery trust fund to pay a small subaccount amount ($18.28) to Christ the King Parish and to offset the sexton’s salary. The board also authorized up to $12,000 from the John and Florence Higgins Educational Loan Fund for 2025 loan recipients.
On municipal services, staff presented and the board approved a codification services agreement with General Code LLC at a total project cost of $15,247; staff said the contract includes a $1,200 annual subscription going forward to maintain an online, searchable e-code of town ordinances. Town Manager Nick Nadeau explained the project will consolidate decades of ordinance edits into a consistent, searchable format.
The board also authorized the town manager to execute and record a discharge of mortgage for Robert M. Graff and Jennifer L. Graff after obligations were satisfied, and it authorized the town manager to warn public hearings for standard items in accordance with state posting rules. The treasurer’s warrants were approved as presented.
In unfinished business, the board agreed to schedule a transfer station workshop and a TIF informational workshop; members also discussed recurring vandalism and economics of a leased EV charging station and agreed to bring more data to a future meeting. The meeting closed after a reminder of a special town meeting on Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.
Votes at a glance (as recorded in the meeting): - Consent minutes (11/14/2025): motion carried (as announced by Chair) - Cemetery lot conveyance (Clinton Ellis): motion carries 5–0 - Authorization of cemetery trust fund expenditure (not to exceed $19,919.73): motion carries 5–0 - Higgins Educational Loan Fund expenditure (not to exceed $12,000): motion carries 5–0 - Codification contract (General Code LLC, $15,247): motion carries 5–0 - Discharge of mortgage (Graff): motion carries 5–0 - Authorize Town Manager to warn public hearings: motion carries 5–0 - Treasurer’s warrants: motion carries 5–0
Next steps: staff will prepare required bids/invoices and documents for reimbursements, bring TIF and valuation impact data to a future meeting, and schedule the advertised workshops.
