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Cushing Selectmen accept warrants, reverse cemetery transfer and sign letter to Waldoboro; county budget rise noted
Summary
At the Nov. 10, 2014 meeting the Cushing Selectmen accepted Warrants #46 and #47, approved Oct. 27 minutes, reversed a prior motion to transfer cemetery funds after an accounting correction, signed a letter asking Waldoboro to act on a transfer-station committee recommendation, and discussed unfinished hot-topping work; Tom Mellor reported a 5.27% rise in the Knox County budget.
The Cushing Selectmen met on Nov. 10, 2014 and carried a set of routine and follow-up actions. Early in the meeting the board voted to accept Warrants #46 and #47 (motion by Selectman Daniel Staples, second by Selectman Laurie Haynes; carried 5-0-0) and to approve the minutes of the Oct. 27 meeting (motion by Laurie Haynes, second by Daniel Staples; carried 5-0-0).
Selectman Martha Marchut told the board that the Town Clerk had discovered the Norton Cemetery mowing bill had been charged to the wrong account and asked that the earlier motion to transfer cemetery funds be reversed; Selectman Daniel Staples moved to reverse the prior transfer and Selectman Laurie Haynes seconded. The board approved the reversal, carried 5-0-0.
Under Other Business Tom Mellor, newly elected to the Knox County Budget Committee, said there were nine committee members who met each Thursday and reported the Knox County budget had increased 5.27% over the prior year, largely driven by health insurance and contractual step raises. Marchut also raised a transfer-station committee matter: Waldoboro's committee had voted to recommend removal of the hauler representative for conflict of interest, Friendship had sent a similar letter, and the Cushing Selectmen signed a drafted letter asking Waldoboro's Select Board to act; Selectman Staples said he would try to attend Waldoboro's Nov. 18 meeting.
On unfinished business the board discussed hot-topping: Chair Alton Grover said the contractor had not completed the work despite two calls and that he had located a potential replacement; the Selectmen agreed Grover could hire the replacement and Grover said he would call Paterson and tell him not to proceed. No new business was raised.
The meeting concluded with public comment on the handling of donated Fire Department funds (reported separately) and an adjournment motion by Robert Worthing, seconded by Daniel Staples, which carried 5-0-0. The board adjourned at 6:40 P.M.
