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Winter Harbor selectmen elect G. Harrington chair, approve financial reports, end yellow town trash bags
Summary
At a July 14, 2025 Selectmen meeting, Winter Harbor elected G. Harrington as chair, approved routine financial reports and warrants, signed a Schoodic EMS contract, voted to discontinue the yellow town trash bags in favor of stickers, and approved moving FEMA funds into investments in connection with a proposed new fire truck.
Winter Harbor Selectmen elected G. Harrington as chairman and handled several routine and operational matters at their July 14, 2025 meeting at the Town Office.
Sara J Liscomb, the town manager, called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. R. Hemenway moved to elect G. Harrington as chair; the motion was seconded and carried, recorded in the minutes as approved 2-0. The board approved the Selectmen meeting minutes of June 30 and the Town Meeting minutes of June 18, and approved Warrants #1 (dated July 10) and #3 (dated July 11).
The Treasurer's report dated July 11, 2025 was approved 3-0; the minutes list a Trio-General Ledger balance of $860,580.01 (7/11/2025), a six-month certificate of deposit of $105,382.87, and bond investments with market values shown in the report. The Tax Collector's report dated July 11, 2025 was also approved 3-0; the minutes record FY25 taxes receivable of $60,011.28 collected at 97.57% and FY24 at $20,055.88 collected at 99.05%.
The board signed the Schoodic EMS contract (minutes note: "Signed 2-0").
On solid-waste policy, after discussion the Selectmen voted to discontinue the yellow town trash bags and move to using only trash stickers; the minutes record the motion passed 3-0.
The board discussed purchasing a new pumper tanker fire truck. Minutes state a motion was made and seconded to move all FEMA money to the investment account in connection with that purchase; the motion was approved 3-0. The minutes do not specify the purchase price for the truck or further procurement steps.
Votes at a glance: elect chair (G. Harrington) — approved 2-0; approve minutes and warrants — approved (tallies varied, recorded as 3-0 where noted); Treasurer's report — approved 3-0; Tax Collector's report — approved 3-0; Schoodic EMS contract — signed (2-0 notation); discontinue yellow trash bags — approved 3-0; move FEMA funds to investment account (fire truck context) — approved 3-0.
Public comment near the end of the meeting included R. Arnett asking whether the town could provide new woodchips for the playground and D. Young thanking the town for mowing. The meeting adjourned at 7:31 p.m.
The minutes were signed by Sara J Liscomb, Town Manager. The record does not specify next procedural steps for the fire-truck procurement or the timeline for vote on the personnel-policy revisions; S. Liscomb reported she will draft the personnel-policy changes to be voted at the next meeting.
