Select Board approves minutes, appointments, two quitclaim deeds, proclamation and warrants

At the April session, the Mount Desert Select Board approved routine administrative business, including prior meeting minutes, clerk appointments, municipal proclamations, deed discharges and warrants.

The board approved the minutes of March 2 and March 16 after motions were made, seconded and approved by voice vote. The board appointed ballot clerks for the 2026 town meeting under Title 30-A M.R.S. §2528 and annual election clerks under Title 21 M.R.S. §503; both appointments were approved.

Town staff explained two quitclaim deeds to discharge town liens after owners paid lien balances: one for property at 2 Lookout Way (Northeast Harbor) and a second for 19 Walls Street, Mount Desert. Staff described the 2 Lookout Way item as a bookkeeping step required so the deed may be recorded in the Hancock County Registry of Deeds; the board approved both quitclaim deeds.

The board signed a Municipal Clerks Week proclamation (May 3–9) and approved closing town offices on Tuesday, May 5 at 1:00 p.m. to allow clerks to take staff to lunch and prepare for the town meeting. The board also accepted the resignation of Gabe Lunt from his public works position effective April 5, 2026.

Finance items: the board acknowledged and signed town invoices and payroll warrants, including AP2660 (reported in transcript as $933,438.86) and DD2620 (reported as $4,770.99). The transcript contains several warrant line amounts that appear to have transcription errors in the recorded text (those figures are reported in the minutes as read aloud). The board moved, seconded and approved the warrants and payroll items; one abstention was recorded on a subsequent vote.

A motion to adjourn was moved, seconded and approved, and the meeting ended.