NEW GLOUCESTER – End-of-the-fiscal-year business dominated the selectmen’s agenda Monday, with resignations, new appointments and transfers of unspent funds.
Selectmen accepted resignations from two longtime appointees, health officer Corinne Wills and waste board representative William Cooper.
Wills, a registered nurse, served the town the past 30 years. The health officer post will be handled by code enforcement officer Debbie Parks beginning on July 1.
Cooper’s resignation June 30 as town representative to Mid-Maine Waste Action Corp.’s executive board ends 14 years of service. The post will be assumed by Town Manager Rosemary Kulow, the board agreed.
Laurie Brady was appointed to the Planning Board. One post remains vacant on the seven-member committee.
The board also reappointed Ruth Waterhouse, who has served on the board since the mid-1980s. And, the board will send a thank-you letter to Abigail Lumsden, who is not seeking renomination. She served on that committee since 1988.
Timothy Terranova and Sara Stanton were appointed trustees of the New Gloucester Library.
Harold Bartlett and A. Wayne Cobb were named to the Fire Station Committee, which will coordinate draft a building plan for the fire and rescue department.
Members of the Capital Improvement Planning Committee include Royce Bartlett, Ray Hamilton and Cobb.
Steve Chandler was named to the John Lowe Scholarship Committee.
In other business, $93,385 earmarked for specific projects will be carried over to the next fiscal year. The money covers nine projects, such as highway guardrails at $3,500, paving at $32,312, road reconstruction at $7,000, a new roof for the meeting house at $4,500, and upgrades to ball fields at $28,000. Also included is $1,200 for water testing studies of Sabbathday Lake. Remaining funds from a fencing project at the New Gloucester Fairgrounds, at $1,373, will be used for Community Day in the fall.
Selectmen agreed to seek proposals for legal services. Town attorney Chris Neagle of Verrill and Dana of Portland has left the firm, and selectmen say they want to seek proposals from other law firms.
Finally, Whited Truck Center of Auburn was given the contract for a two-wheel-drive diesel truck for the Highway Department. Whited had submitted a bid of $50,266.
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