BETHEL – Selectmen get a break from the routine of regular municipal business meetings Monday night to deal with internal matters.
They begin the night of Jan. 26 in the town office with a 15-minute workshop at 5:45 p.m. to discuss their charge to the Board of Appeals.
That is to be followed at 6 p.m. by discussion and possible action on a recreation board appointment and authorizing submission of a Maine Department of Transportation community gateways grant application.
Selectmen will then dive into a joint meeting between themselves, the appellate body, the Planning Board, and town attorney Geoff Hole.
Agenda topics include conflict of interest as it applies to town officials, reviews of draft rules of procedure for the Appeals Board and a draft of amendments to the appeals portion of the town code section.
They expect to also discuss variance application procedures and possible revisions to town code.
The meeting-within-a-meeting stems from a controversial June 24 Board of Appeals decision in which it allegedly acted out of order when reversing a Planning Board ruling.
The board granted a variance for an internally-illuminated sign for Bethel’s Best, a new Route 2 eatery. Planners had denied it.
Closing out the agenda are two back-to-back executive sessions on pending litigation at 7:30 p.m.
These include Oakes versus the town with attorney Hole, and Bethel police Chief Darren Tripp versus the town and Town Manager Scott Cole with Portland attorney Anne Carney, who is representing Bethel.
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