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Council told reconsideration must wait until next regular meeting; DOT review limits municipal liability
Summary
Town legal/staff explained at the workshop that workshops cannot take formal action and that any motion to reconsider must be made at the next regular meeting; presenters said Maine DOT review and sovereign-immunity protections limit municipal liability for the pilot.
Eric told the council that, under the council’s procedures and Robert’s Rules, a motion to reconsider must be made at the next regularly scheduled meeting and cannot be acted on at a workshop because workshops cannot take formal action.
Council members raised liability concerns should the pilot devices create road hazards. Jim Tassy and others said the DOT must review any pilot on a state road and that sovereign-immunity protections typically apply to municipal planning exercises; one council member noted the packet included waiver language about liability for damages from devices during a demonstration.
