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Hancock County commissioners approve routine reports, personnel changes and land lease; postpone escrow transfers
Summary
At the March 3 meeting the commissioners approved routine monthly reports, a land lease, a personnel transfer, and appointments; they postponed review of 2025 end‑of‑year transfers to Department 12 escrow accounts and met in executive session on union negotiations.
The Hancock County Commissioners met March 3 in Ellsworth and approved a slate of routine motions and personnel actions.
By unanimous votes recorded as 3‑0 (mover: Commissioner Clark; second: Commissioner DiBella), the board accepted and filed monthly reports for the Unorganized Territories, Airport, Emergency Management Agency, Human Resources, and the Regional Communications Center, and approved the monthly bills and warrants.
The board approved a land lease for Parcel Number 2 with Leroy and Emily Muise effective April 1, 2026. The commissioners also approved a personnel transfer moving Stacia Johnson from a full‑time dispatcher at the Regional Communications Center to a part‑time corrections officer at the county jail at pay grade 9‑C, $26.66 per hour, effective March 7, 2026.
Commissioner Clark requested postponement of Agenda Item 12b, review and approval of 2025 end‑of‑year transfers to escrow accounts for Department 12, noting he had received pertinent information he could not discuss at the meeting; Commissioners Wombacher and DiBella agreed to delay the item to a future meeting.
The board voted to enter executive session under MRSA Title 1 §405(6)(D) for union contract negotiations with the Fraternal Order of Police representing the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office Association. The meeting entered executive session at 9:01 a.m. and exited at 10:29 a.m. The session’s substance was not disclosed in the open minutes.
The meeting adjourned at 10:35 a.m. Minutes were submitted by Administrative Assistant June Guillerault.
