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Carrabassett Valley Select Board delegates vehicle lease, approves site-use agreement and waives bidding for environmental assessment
Summary
At its June 8 meeting the Select Board unanimously delegated authority to sign a police vehicle lease subject to Town Meeting approval, approved an Outdoor Center reservation agreement with added liquor and insurance provisions, accepted a Flycatcher bid for an environmental assessment at the $5,000 threshold, and confirmed a general assistance payment approach.
The Carrabassett Valley Select Board on June 8 approved a series of administrative and procurement actions, all passed unanimously, including delegation to execute a vehicle lease pending voter authorization, modifications to an Outdoor Center reservation agreement, acceptance of a contractor estimate for environmental permitting due-diligence, and a reaffirmed approach to general assistance payments.
Town Manager Garrett Corbin asked the board to authorize the Town Manager and/or Police Chief to enter into a purchase-and-sale agreement with an auto dealer and a leaseback agreement with Sugarloaf for a new truck, subject to approval at the June 16 Town Meeting. Jay Reynolds moved to delegate the Town Manager to sign the vehicle lease pending Town Meeting authorization; the motion passed unanimously.
Corbin requested immediate approval of a new Outdoor Center Site Reservation Agreement because a wedding is scheduled for June 20. Board members asked that the agreement include a field for the liquor license number, specify insurance limits of $1 million per occurrence and $2 million aggregate, and clarify whether fireworks are permitted (the draft did not address fireworks). Corbin agreed to add the three items. Annie Tuell moved to approve the agreement with those additions; the motion passed unanimously.
The board considered a waiver of bidding for an environmental permitting assessment for a two-acre purchase authorized at Town Meeting, noting the estimate met the $5,000 bid threshold and that contractor availability was limited; Flycatcher was available to do the work quickly. Jay Reynolds moved to accept the Flycatcher bid; the motion passed unanimously.
On general assistance, the board reaffirmed its long-standing approach: the town will pay the first GA request from its local funds and seek state reimbursement only if the same individual makes a second request or the GA budget is otherwise exceeded (state reimbursement is about 90 percent). Annie Tuell moved to adopt that policy; the motion passed unanimously.
At the meeting's close the board voted to enter executive session to discuss a personnel matter under 1 MRSA §405(6)(A); no votes were taken during the executive session. The board adjourned at 6:02 p.m.
