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Select Board appoints Planning Board member; administrators report $3.99M school assessment and other items

Town of Otisfield Select Board · July 15, 2026
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Summary

The Select Board appointed Kathy Castagnetta to the Planning Board (record shows an abstention by Sarah Burnham), and Administrative Assistant Julie Ward reported several items including a $3,988,466.60 MSAD17 school assessment, an RFP for docks, a preliminary purchasing policy (deferred), and solar meter/net-billing work with CMP.

Administrative Assistant Julie Ward presented several routine administrative items to the Select Board: a burial plot reservation for Betty Bryson; a preliminary purchasing policy draft that the board deferred to Unfinished Business; the MSAD17 total school assessment of $3,988,466.60; and an RFP in preparation for removal and installation of docks. Ward also reported that Darryl Johnson is working with Central Maine Power (CMP) to resolve meter misconfigurations and net-billing issues affecting town solar arrays.

The board considered three applicants for a Planning Board vacancy (Kathy Castagnetta, Ellen Burnham and Amanda Caswell); Castagnetta and Ellen Burnham were present and Castagnetta was nominated to fill the vacancy. The record shows the motion was moved by AP and seconded by FB and that Selectwoman Sarah Burnham abstained from the recorded vote.