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Cushing selectmen approve warrants, schedule twin public hearings and limit employee driving after personnel review
Summary
At their Sept. 14 meeting the Town of Cushing Selectmen approved Warrant #34 and #35, set public hearings on Coastal Waters Management changes and General Assistance for Sept. 28, and adopted a policy barring employees with questionable driving records from operating town vehicles following an executive session.
The Town of Cushing Board of Selectmen met Sept. 14, 2015, at the Cushing Community Center and approved Warrant #34 and #35 and the minutes of Aug. 24, 2015. Chairman Alton Grover called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.; all five selectmen and Town Clerk Lisa M. Young were present.
The board scheduled two public hearings for Sept. 28, 2015, at 6:00 p.m.: one to receive public comment on proposed changes to the Coastal Waters Management Ordinance and a second for General Assistance rules. The hearing notices were set by motion (Daniel Staples moved; Laurie Haynes seconded for the warrant; Daniel Staples moved; Heidi Alley seconded for the GA hearing) and approved unanimously.
Unfinished-business discussion flagged a regional solid-waste contracting question: Selectman Martha Marchut said PERC had distributed a proposed service agreement to Waldoboro-area transfer stations and that the Municipal Review Committee believes the draft is not in members’ best interests; the MRC is not ready to commit. Marchut said the town’s Transfer Station Committee is updating a municipal services agreement among three towns and asked for greater local involvement.
A planned discussion of a potential fire truck was tabled because the Assistant Fire Chief had not provided printed information the board expected. Selectmen also noted concern that the Fire Chief had twice made offers on a truck without prior authorization from the board.
During citizen comments a resident of Killeran Lane asked about roadside trimming that damaged trees; Chairman Grover said the town maintains rights-of-way to keep vegetation back. Kathy McLeod of the Cushing/Friendship Food Pantry reported rotten front windows and suspected carpenter ants; the board agreed pantry funds should remain focused on food and directed staff to obtain three local repair estimates to consider at the next meeting.
The board entered executive session under 1 M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(A) for a personnel matter and returned at 7:40 p.m. Afterward, the board adopted a policy, on motion, barring any town employee with a questionable driving record from driving town vehicles on the recommendation of Maine Municipal Association Risk Management. The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m.
