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Tremont Select Board authorizes permitting software contract, awards wharf repairs and approves warrants
Summary
At its Aug. 11 meeting the Tremont Select Board authorized a contract for permitting software, awarded a wharf repair contract and a security camera installation, and approved a slate of FY25/FY26 warrants including several large line items.
Tremont — The Tremont Select Board at its Aug. 11 meeting voted to authorize several contracts and approved financial warrants covering FY25 and FY26.
The board unanimously authorized Town Manager Jesse Dunbar to contract with Dirigo Spatial Systems Inc. for permitting software after a request from Code Enforcement Officer Angie Chamberlain and the manager. The motion, made by Kevin Buck and seconded by Eric Eaton, passed without opposition.
In separate motions the board awarded a contract to Doug Gott & Sons for repairs to the Steamboat Wharf Road embankment at a cost of $20,175 and approved contracting with Omega Security Group for a security system at the Seal Cove facility for $4,615. Both motions passed unanimously.
The board also approved a large slate of warrants covering FY25 and FY26. The warrants motion, made by Kevin Buck and seconded by Howdy Goodwin, passed 4–0–1 with Select Board member Eric Eaton recorded as abstaining; included among the listed warrants was #15 for $717,998.75. The board recorded the motion as approving multiple numbered warrants and amounts as presented in the agenda packet.
Other contract and administrative approvals recorded in the minutes included unanimous authorization for an amended assessing contract with RJD (covering Oct. 1, 2023–June 30, 2026) and unanimous approval of a quitclaim deed release to Christopher A. Richardson for property at 14 Arnold Road, Tax Map 002, Lot 012A, after confirmation that liens and fees had been paid.
A surplus sale of 40 concrete boat ramp pieces was awarded to Kevin Buck for $751; the motion passed 4–0–1 with Buck abstaining from the vote. The board also voted unanimously to cast Tremont’s votes for Anthony Ward as MMA Vice President and for Phil Crowell, Suzette Francis, and Marc Leonard for the MMA Executive Committee.
The board confirmed its next regular meeting for Sept. 2, 2025 at 5:00 p.m. and adjourned at 6:44 p.m.
The minutes do not record dissent on the permitting, security or repair contract awards; the recorded roll-call-style tallies are in the meeting minutes.
