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Selectpersons authorize negotiation with Goodwin, set $65,000 payment and remediation timeline
Summary
After an executive session, the Selectpersons voted unanimously to negotiate a settlement with Goodwin that would require a $65,000 payment, test wells, remediation to original grade with revegetation and completion by May 16, 2025 or face a $2,500-per-day penalty.
Selectperson Jack Bridges moved and the Selectpersons voted unanimously to direct town negotiators to seek a settlement with Goodwin that would include a $65,000 payment to the town and specified remediation work.
The motion, made after an executive session for legal consultation under 1 M.R.S.A. § 405(6)(E), listed the terms the board authorized negotiators to pursue: boundary-line definition, payment of $65,000, attorney's fees, installation of test wells, remediation of the site to original grade including revegetation, and completion of the work by May 16, 2025. "Failure to complete the work would be subject to a $2,500/day penalty for each day beyond May 16," the motion recorded in the minutes said.
Why it matters: the negotiated terms combine a financial settlement with technical and environmental remediation steps and a clear completion deadline and penalty, shifting primary responsibility for site cleanup and financial remediation toward the private party if agreed.
What the board recorded: the motion was made by Selectperson Jack Bridges and seconded by Selectperson Adam Foster; the minutes record the vote as 4-0 in favor.
Next steps: The Selectpersons' vote authorized town negotiators to pursue those terms with Goodwin; the minutes do not record whether a formal settlement agreement was executed at the meeting, only the authorization to negotiate and the specific contract terms to seek.
