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Winter Harbor selectmen approve warrants, review town finances
Summary
At the Sept. 8 meeting, Winter Harbor Selectmen approved minutes, warrants and routine financial reports and reviewed account balances, bond holdings and tax collection rates; payroll and accounts payable totals were also recorded. The board moved into executive session on personnel matters.
The Winter Harbor Selectmen approved routine minutes and warrants and reviewed the town’s financial reports at their Sept. 8 meeting.
The board approved the Selectmen meeting minutes of Aug. 25, 2025 (minutes record: "Approved 2-0"). Warrants #10 (dated Sept. 2) and #11 (dated Sept. 5) were recorded as approved in the minutes (listed as "Approved 30" in the document). The Treasurer’s Report dated Sept. 5, 2025 was approved (minutes record: "Approved 3-0"). The Tax Collector’s Report dated Sept. 5, 2025 was similarly approved (minutes record: "Approved 3-0").
Town financial figures noted in the meeting materials included a Trio-General Ledger balance of $461,904.18 as of Sept. 5, 2025 and a six-month certificate of deposit of $105,382.87. Investment bond market values were listed at $3,522,980.90 (6/30/2025) and $2,977,111.23 (7/31/2025). Taxes receivable and collection rates in the minutes show FY25 at $25,258.80 (98.98% collected) and FY24 at $3,712.75 (99.82% collected). Payroll and accounts payable totals were recorded as Town P/R #10 $16,241.07 and Town A/P #11 $145,542.19 (total $161,783.26).
The approval items in the minutes do not name motion makers or seconders; vote tallies are reported in-line in the minutes. The minutes list some tallies explicitly (for example, "Approved 2-0" and "Approved 3-0") and record the warrants’ approval as "Approved 30"; the latter appears in the printed minutes as written and is not clarified within the transcript.
After routine business the board adjourned the regular meeting at 7:00 p.m. and entered executive session at 7:03 p.m. for personnel matters; the session concluded at 7:22 p.m.
