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Cushing Selectboard approves GigTel phone service, appoints planning members and lists foreclosed property for sale
Summary
At a late-May meeting, the Cushing Selectboard unanimously approved a new phone-service contract with GigTel that will cover the fire station and library; appointed Mark Christopher to the planning board with Ethan Mood as an alternate; and voted to list foreclosed Map 20 Lot 15 with agent Stacey Souza.
The Cushing Selectboard met Monday and unanimously approved several routine actions, including a new town phone-service contract, a planning-board appointment and the listing for sale of a foreclosed property, according to the meeting minutes.
The meeting was called to order by Chair Cheryl Stackpole at 6:00 p.m. Select Board member Tracey Bally moved to approve Warrants #20 and #21; Select Board member Michael James seconded the motion, which carried 5-0. The board also approved the minutes of May 12, 2025, as amended after a motion from Tracey Bally and a second from Michael James (motion carried 5-0).
On unfinished business the board voted to award the town's phone-service contract to GigTel. Select Board member Cheryl Stackpole moved to accept the GigTel bid; Tracey Bally seconded. The minutes note that the award includes service for the Fire Station and the Library and that the bid is lower than the town's current phone expenditures. The motion passed 5-0.
In new business, the board appointed Mark Christopher to the Planning Board and named Ethan Mood as an alternate after interviews conducted by Select Board members Cheryl Stackpole and Tracey Bally; the motion passed 5-0. The minutes list several attendees under “Public Present,” including an "Ethan Moon," which is inconsistent with the appointed alternate name recorded as "Ethan Mood" in the action; the minutes show both names.
Also in new business, the board voted to list a foreclosed parcel (Map 20 Lot 15) for sale with real estate agent Stacey Souza. The motion to list the property was made by Chair Cheryl Stackpole and seconded by Tracey Bally; it passed 5-0.
At adjournment the board was informed by staff member Clarence Flanders that Fire Engine 2 was broken down and at the shop. The minutes state that Michael James (also listed earlier in the document as “Mike James”) and Nick Smith are working on a proposal about the transfer station to bring to the next Thomaston Selectboard meeting. The board adjourned at 6:22 p.m. after a motion from Craig Currie and a second from Tracey Bally; the motion carried 5-0.
The minutes contain a date/header inconsistency: the document header lists "Cushing Selectboard Minutes 05/12/2025" while the meeting line indicates the meeting occurred Monday, May 27, 2025 at 6 p.m. The minutes do not provide dollar amounts for the GigTel award or details about the upcoming transfer-station proposal; those items were noted as future follow-up.
