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Select Board approves warrant with edits, ARPA allocations and special election schedule
Summary
The board approved multiple warrant articles and routine budget items — including ARPA-supported accessibility work, an $18,600 three-year lawn mowing contract, and a $50,000 transfer to the long-term capital fund — and accepted a resignation that triggered a June 17 special election.
The West Bath Select Board approved the warrant for the upcoming town meeting with several amendments drafted with attorney input and confirmed multiple fiscal items, contract awards and a special election schedule following a resignation.
On ARPA and facility work, staff reported front-door ADA work scheduled (installation date given) along with generator and propane installations; ARPA line items were reviewed and the board approved covering a reported shortfall of $2,311 for the stated accessibility and generator projects.
The board accepted a single, three-year no-escalation bid from Jordan Landscaping for town mowing services totaling $18,600 ($6,200 per year) and approved the contract. The board also voted to transfer remaining unspent fire department operations funds to the fire department capital fund as written in Article 25, and approved Article 31 to transfer $50,000 from surplus fund balance to the long-term capital improvement fund to replenish reserves for future projects (members noted the fund’s role in financing a planned school roof project).
Several warrant articles (16–25 and others) covering wages, insurance, administrative expenses, dog licensing, legal fees, general assistance, public works and sanitation were presented and approved in sequence; the board amended article 18 to add $200 for lawn maintenance and approved the change.
On procedural items, the board approved attorney edits to two draft warrant articles and authorized staff to finalize language for posting. The Select Board accepted the resignation of Capital Alley effective June 30, 2025, and scheduled a special election for June 17 with nomination and absentee deadlines specified in the meeting.
The board also approved a small ordinance amendment to the marine resource conservation ordinance (Article 30) removing a shellfish-license restriction, and approved using snowmobile registration funds for the Over the Hill ATV Club (Article 32).
Where the transcript recorded 'All in favor?' there was no roll-call tally in the record; the board recorded approvals by voice vote and directed staff to implement the approved reimbursements, contracts and warrant posting steps.
