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Hancock County commissioners approve contracts, personnel changes and set tax schedule
Summary
At its Feb. 3 meeting, Hancock County commissioners approved routine monthly reports, a new trash memorandum with the town of Stuben, a regional ACO agreement, an airport contract wage-scale change, accepted a jail resignation and a promotion, set the tax due date to Sept. 1, 2026, and authorized a vendor change for county treasury cards.
Hancock County commissioners on Feb. 3 approved a slate of routine reports, contracts and personnel actions during a meeting held in person and via Zoom.
The board voted unanimously to accept the agenda and to approve minutes from a Jan. 21 special meeting. Commissioners approved a 2026 regional ACO agreement, accepted the Unorganized Territory monthly report and multiple department monthly reports including maintenance, EMA and SCC.
On solid-waste services, staff said the town of Stuben requested repeal of the existing memorandum of agreement and a new contract because the town’s trash vendor contract follows a calendar year and includes a substantial price increase. Commissioners moved to repeal the existing memorandum and to approve a new memorandum for trash removal services commencing 02/03/2026 and ending 06/30/2028; both motions passed by recorded voice votes.
At the airport, staff requested approval of change proposal No. 3 with Nicholson and O’Day to align certified payroll and wages with Executive Order 14236 so the contractor’s certified payroll and payments could be processed; the commission approved the change and authorized the chair to sign.
Jail personnel actions included acceptance of the resignation of Travis Truff effective 02/03/2026 and approval to promote Tristan Neffle from part-time on-call corrections to full-time corrections with benefits, effective 02/07/2026; commissioners recorded the approvals and staff said the change brings the jail to full staffing.
The board set the county tax due date to Sept. 1, 2026, with a 4% interest rate applying to delinquent taxes not received after Oct. 31, 2026. Commissioners accepted an Unorganized Territory financial statement from "Chester Community p CPA" for the year ending 06/30/2024.
The treasurer was authorized to change the county’s corporate/private vendor card services from Comdata to Tri Cities Bank after discussion of local vendor acceptance and potential rebates.
Human resources opened bids for a compensation-review project; bids recorded in the transcript (verbatim) included a KMA range of $32,375 to $37,006.25 (hours noted as 485 to 215 in the transcript), Pioneer Human Resource Department $123,000, Gallagher Benefits (phased bid recorded as "23005 0 5" in the transcript), and MGT $58,009.50. HR requested two weeks to review the bids and return recommendations.
The commission approved the Hancock County Opioids Summit Funds Advisory Committee bylaws and application form, appointed county administrator Mike Crocker as Hancock County’s proxy to the Maine County Commissioners Association Board of Directors for 2026, and approved the 2026 community benefits grant process and application deadline of 04/01/2026.
Before adjourning to executive session on union contract negotiations, commissioners handled monthly bills and signed recapitulation assessments of county tax forms as part of routine financial housekeeping.
