[This transcript was generated automatically from audio using AI and hasn't been reviewed by a person -- it can contain mistakes, including plausible-sounding sentences that were never actually said. Treat it as a starting point, not a verbatim record.]

[0:20] If you need any of this in that year, may you start here, councilors, be in here.
[0:25] Councilor Bishop, here. Presentation of account council recommendations, we have done.
[0:33] I would like to consider minutes of previous meetings.
[0:36] Shake up at the email of the updated version of that.
[0:39] I'm going to solve that.
[0:40] I'd like to count like to see motion approval.
[0:43] Second, all those in favor.
[0:47] I have five as we see the review correspondence, we have none, I have six ordinances to consider.
[0:54] We have the first reading of the Marksport Waste Facility Licensing Ordnance.
[0:59] Some of the changes were instituted, but we have to have a chance to look at that.
[1:07] There's no questions on that.
[1:08] Any questions from the audience on that?
[1:10] If not, we'll do as we go to a second reading in the public hearing at our next meeting.
[1:19] And I'm Simon is a discussion items.
[1:23] First is about data from the Services Committee meeting tonight on 622-23.
[1:29] Who's the chair of that?
[1:30] Yeah, we discussed the fire and EMS schedule staff and change from going to a 56 hour to a 42 hour week
[1:39] because of the morale and the turnover in the department.
[1:45] I think we've lost, I think they said seven and the last two years, just because we're the only one in the area left to in the 42.
[1:53] Fifty cents.
[1:54] Fifty cents.
[1:54] Fifty cents.
[1:55] Fifty cents.
[1:59] It would require roughly, I think, sort of, about 300,000 a year.
[2:06] More.
[2:07] We'll not technically mark as 100,000 are any incorporating in the budget.
[2:12] So, in this year, if we started it, if I got to prove September 1st and start, we'd have
[2:20] to come up with like 150,000 vosses in there from the ARPA pump,
[2:29] the committee approved
[2:31] a suggestion to come so that it goes on the next agenda for discussion.
[2:36] One of the questions I had, so if most of all from 53 hours of pay to 42, how are they going
[2:45] take upwards of $15,000,000,000, and pay gas.
[2:51] The proposal is that, and I guess we'll have that, would that be savings also,
[2:57] there would be incorporated into it.
[2:59] That $100,000 includes the fact that they're being paid for $40,000, instead of $56,000.
[3:08] But the rate isn't, when we did the budget, we budgeted it.
[3:15] 52 weeks of 53 hours at an hour rate.
[3:20] So when you look at the budget, I'll just look at Chris Conner.
[3:25] He was 52 weeks at 53 hours at his rate,
[3:32] was $70,000, $0.00 budget at his rate.
[3:36] Now going to be 52 weeks at 42 hours at the same rate.
[3:41] So we're going to equate to a $15,000 pay cut.
[3:44] It's not, it's not the same ring, it's a, it's a, it's a melted rate based on the 42-hour
[3:52] rates of others, it's, um, the Chris is going to be one of the highest paid folks there.
[3:58] Yeah, he, he is because he's the, um, longest term, it, with the rates that are, that are, uh, proposed
[4:10] in this, it's about a 9,000, between $9,000 pay reduction, where are those rates we are
[4:19] in a scene?
[4:20] No, you have not.
[4:21] This proposal is this, but if you move it to the council, I'll show you all the numbers
[4:29] that came in that created this, but the reductions are based on the fact that it's about
[4:40] week less work a month with going from, it's 56 hours less work a month than when you
[4:49] go from 40 to 56 to 42. Is this a significant comp time factor in that as well?
[4:55] Yeah, 56. Right, but I'm looking at hourly rate that we've negotiated
[5:00] base of money and 53 hours. And if they're going to work 42, we've already negotiated the
[5:08] So we'll be opening the contract and we're going to go straight to a high rate.
[5:12] The renegotiate, opening of the contract is going to accommodate the schedule and the rate.
[5:16] The same way we did when they went to 56 hours with the whole rate and all that higher, too.
[5:26] But I look at it in a minute.
[5:27] Yes, the rate changed.
[5:29] Right, argument that we've heard and again, I'm asking because the argument we've heard is that the hourly rates we had were one of the reasons before we come higher.
[5:37] by these so we raise those rates, and now we're hearing that the hours which I get, but
[5:43] the hourly rates were just to be comparable to what they asked for before, so I would
[5:49] read, not just pay it for 42 hours at the rate that we've bargained for.
[5:55] Because those rates aren't comparable to the point of our rates that people are being paid.
[6:01] It's not 100% but the proposal is not to go to divide 56, if you multiply 56 times 52, you don't divide that by 52 and then divide it by 42.
[6:17] That's not the rate you get.
[6:19] It's not
[6:23] because the reduction in the amount of wages that they over what they were getting before is significant across
[6:33] but it's also worth a significant reduction in hours work. Right. Right. Right. Yeah.
[6:39] So we're going to reduce the hours but increase the debt.
[6:44] Yes. You'll have that for us. Yes.
[6:48] Okay. Okay. Okay.
[6:53] Any other questions on that?
[6:55] So committee was to put on the next agenda to put this back.
[7:01] And I also have those reads and all of the all ten communities that we've been
[7:05] in Ireland and that we can pay this to our new, we're looking at the past.
[7:13] Next is discussion of this discontinuance of a remainder of unconstructed second street.
[7:23] A number of years ago, and I don't know how many, but it's been within the last eight years,
[7:27] because it happened when I was here.
[7:30] The council discontinues a second portion of second stage that went
[7:39] between two houses. You remember that one that occurred? Well, the survey of second street, that's up here.
[7:48] I mean, if you could see that.
[7:50] I've seen old maps and second street was contemplated to come up and then turn to this road.
[7:56] Well, we never gave up this part of the road. And that's why there's two parties here that would like to see it.
[8:02] continued so that it reverts back to a butters because as you can see the bulkhead on the house
[8:07] on top is inside the contemplated street and it's right up on the other house.
[8:12] This is the edge of that. This is like a real baseball.
[8:15] Yeah. And it's all led you can see up in the woods. It's all led up through there. And if it's
[8:20] only we're going to put a road up there, that's where you end up is where those townhouses are.
[8:26] I'm sorry to be a pain. Can you point to what you're talking to?
[8:29] Sure. Sure.
[8:31] there's an old man that I've seen a couple of them. The second street used to come up and turn
[8:37] down here and never got constructed and then come back on a McDonald's.
[8:40] Come back on McDonald's. It never got constructed. I believe this was probably eliminated but I'm not sure
[8:46] we eliminated down here and below. But what these two parties looking for is to see us give up this because
[8:52] about it, you know, they've got to come to play the street.
[8:56] That's the whole area there, you know, it's in, it's in it.
[9:01] I'm going to ask the question and stop me before I ask it.
[9:06] I don't have a clue what you mean, Mayor.
[9:10] We had an executive session a couple of weeks ago that involved some of the
[9:17] Oh, sure, no, no, this, this, oh, you know, yes, you should stop, but look at the townhouse
[9:32] theater. Right, and as I'm saying, does it, does it, does it include any of that? No, the
[9:38] seminary property is above that. You can see the, the line right there off, let feel, that's the
[9:44] Okay, this one that's this one for the second three is where you're talking about it just was yeah
[9:51] That's gonna question. Yep, fair enough. I'll ask a question. I
[9:56] There are no
[9:59] Okay, so that present
[10:02] That is a contemplated street. What does that mean for the town of Bucksport right now?
[10:08] I'll tell you why I'm asking that question. It might simplify the answer
[10:12] do we anticipate any potential de-dissues with any of the property orders that are
[10:19] but this that's why I'm asking the question well the one above has for as long
[10:25] as I can remember use that contemplated street for a driveway and they're two
[10:32] parties here looking to do it that are the butters did I think so yes that's it
[10:38] is nobody else okay. And anybody, I need to, I don't want to talk about it.
[10:50] Thank you. Thank you.
[10:52] Thank you for your name and where you're from.
[10:53] My name is Jodi Aragona and I own this property.
[10:59] And what you're looking at is my preliminary survey that I voted.
[11:05] So, I tried to on the advice of my surveyor, call a lawyer about this first, talk to them
[11:15] at length three times, gave them this person's deal, which was the person who saw it now,
[11:23] me and the apartments as proposed to butters, and they didn't call me back, and I tried three
[11:31] times over two seasons, and no one called me back.
[11:34] The deal about it, you mean, I just want to make sure.
[11:36] No, the lawyer, the lawyer who was the only lawyer to do this, because I would be wasting
[11:42] my time and money with any other lawyer who would have to learn the ropes of figuring
[11:47] this kind of situation out.
[11:50] So the reason was, we have to make sure that there are no conflicts of interest for us, and
[12:01] put you to the top of the pile. And I heard that for months and months and months. So here I am,
[12:07] now that we are basically two new parties that houses under contract and I haven't moved into
[12:16] mind because it's been under renovations. We're doing this old house style, not the while you're
[12:23] out version of fixing up the house. So I just wanted you to know like that's my preliminary
[12:29] survey and I'm sorry I've noticed that my surveyor was like you may not want me to put
[12:37] this pens in until you just talk to the town. So I called the town manager and that's how
[12:45] wouldn't kind of hear it.
[12:49] So I don't know if this reverts back to us or if they have
[12:59] like as an abutter, some say in that as well, but I'm hoping that since that's their
[13:07] hatch to the basement and this is my corner post and I'm gonna have a hot tub there and I'm
[13:17] So I guess my question,
[13:22] I want to make sure I'm not assuming anything here, so I'll forgive
[13:25] me if I'm being extra careful.
[13:28] The town retains no ownership right to any of the property of question, correct?
[13:32] Or does it?
[13:34] Does the town where it's as contemplated street, does the town own that property or to the property
[13:39] owners that are in question on that property?
[13:43] I would believe the town probably has some interest in it. I don't know about ownership, but
[13:49] there's nobody else too on it.
[13:53] So right now that's okay. So on the tax map, how does
[13:57] that reflect that little partial land? Since this was brought forward every flexor. I don't
[14:04] know where the flexor will be. And I've seen it on 1875 maps and 1880 maps. But what we did
[14:10] The second street with Donald Lemmeon was where all the talks had taken it all, it reverted
[14:17] to a butters, you know, a center line.
[14:21] So, it was split at the center line, to go back, okay, because so, and as I look at that map,
[14:27] I see three of butters.
[14:30] I see the lady that just spoke, the people up above, and then, of course, the property
[14:35] behind.
[14:37] Okay.
[14:37] I don't know about the behind you so I mean I don't see why they would know you'd
[14:42] protrude them into two others okay so were you really did this type of thing
[14:49] forced him yes yes we were with the bay you yeah so this is a
[15:00] I'm just again. More of these things that were on paper somewhere, but never got built.
[15:09] Or were built with buildings, walking them, and the shape of the landscape change, so nothing was possible.
[15:20] So how did that work on?
[15:22] Thank you.
[15:23] Yeah, I mean, that was...
[15:24] Well, we did very well. We just recently did one of the deeds to one of the people
[15:29] that when we said it and we're just going to go to each side, we left it to them to pay for
[15:37] the survey work necessary to establish that long. And one of the, you know, we just, we just signed
[15:46] a D for it here. And I mean, with one of those, the values are, did they, those people did
[15:54] there's one more thing that has to do with that work, but we liked it.
[15:59] The town didn't take on the legal cost of doing this.
[16:04] The town voted and then people had the survey worked on us,
[16:09] but we solved it again.
[16:10] So could we turn this into a similar situation?
[16:16] Yeah.
[16:16] Yeah, I thought we'd done the second straight,
[16:19] when we did second straight people.
[16:20] But apparently we're not done second straight,
[16:23] Because it's got another leg, that's the second second.
[16:27] Right, yeah.
[16:28] That's the second right.
[16:30] That's the second second, actually.
[16:33] Okay.
[16:35] Are we aware of any deeds that have an easement in them?
[16:43] For this property?
[16:48] Again, I mean, okay.
[16:51] The abutters don't. How's that?
[16:54] That's actually the way I would.
[16:56] Nope, got it.
[16:58] And all the abutters have been there aware of this.
[17:05] The abutters in question are aware that would come.
[17:08] Yes, we own the other side.
[17:10] Perfect.
[17:12] That answers my question.
[17:14] What about, not to?
[17:17] Well, that's, you have a behind.
[17:20] I mean, I think the conversation a moment ago was,
[17:25] are they actually in a butter?
[17:33] No further questions.
[17:40] Man, the second a butter dude, if you don't mind
[17:42] coming up and saying, well, I just want to ask you
[17:46] what's your take on?
[17:47] That's what would you like to see happen with it?
[17:49] We have, well, it's a divided amongst two a butter.
[17:52] Because obviously, you can't put a road through there.
[17:55] There's buildings on the other side.
[17:57] So you're an agreement with the other?
[17:58] Definitely.
[17:59] Yeah, there's actually a key in the right
[18:00] the middle there would be easier to just
[18:02] in order to survey and have our
[18:04] stunned to that.
[18:06] Okay.
[18:06] Split it.
[18:07] And you're showing kind of what you use
[18:09] as a dry blade right now.
[18:11] All right, pretty good.
[18:12] This is here.
[18:13] And that's your place.
[18:14] Yeah.
[18:15] Okay.
[18:15] And that's the answer.
[18:17] Okay.
[18:19] Okay.
[18:20] Okay.
[18:21] Okay.
[18:21] Thank you very much.
[18:28] Any other questions?
[18:35] I guess the question is
[18:36] whether you want me to put this on
[18:37] an agenda for
[18:40] Action, or you want me to have a resolve of what you want to do with this item?
[18:45] You need a motion for that, I just...
[18:48] What someone needs to say to you?
[18:51] Okay, I guess the question is, we want this up the next council meeting to be in the agenda item to discuss about...
[18:59] Planning that?
[19:01] This contains a remainder of this contemplative street to split between the two of others.
[19:06] I'll make a motion for her, but you don't need to make a motion.
[19:09] I don't.
[19:11] Yes.
[19:11] Yes.
[19:13] I wish you.
[19:14] Okay.
[19:14] Okay.
[19:15] Thank you.
[19:22] Next agenda item is resolved 2022 to approve the purchase of heat pumps for the town office and ice-rank building.
[19:29] How to calculate proceed.
[19:31] Motion approved.
[19:34] The questions?
[19:35] We have the Bids in front of you that are on the Resolve Valley Home Services for $57.50
[19:42] for the town office includes $400 in rebates and for the ice cream building, $4,320 in
[19:51] it includes $500 in rebates.
[19:54] I had several questions on the ice cream building and to shed some light on that that may
[20:01] The current rebates for municipal buildings that are not accessory dwellings is $2,800 for per heat pump.
[20:16] The efficiency made originally said that the ice ring building would be considered an accessory building,
[20:23] but values submitted additional information showing that there's an office in that building, et cetera.
[20:29] So it may be that the rebate can be the 2,800, which is similar to the 3 rebates that we have with the ones at the town office
[20:43] and that's why it's written this way that it would be no more than 43, but it may be less if we get the additional.
[20:50] So it could be like 2020 all that's correct and there's also an error in the resolve
[20:57] That it should be 10 office for 5750 to be funded from town office reserved in the last paragraph
[21:04] not
[21:07] The biggest 50 750
[21:11] The other questions
[21:15] all those in favor
[21:20] And I have a nice resignation point that's assignments and elections, we have none.
[21:24] Item 10 is approval of quick claim as discharge is in Beats, first three or per
[21:29] Kelly J. Albert, first one's map, 047 a lot, 013, patch zero zero one for a taxing discharge
[21:37] 6, 15, 20, 21, second for hers map, 47 a lot, 14, taxing the discharge 6, 15, 20, 21,
[21:46] So there is Kelly J. Albert from that 47 lot.
[21:50] Zero 15, tax lien discharge, 16, 2021.
[21:54] How does that proceed on Harris?
[21:56] For post-new boot.
[21:57] Second, all those in favor.
[22:00] The post.
[22:01] Next is Eugene C. Drake and Lisa Al Drake,
[22:04] map in 10, lock 20, tax lien, discharge,
[22:06] 16, 15, 2021.
[22:08] How does the calculate proceed on that one?
[22:10] What's in the boot?
[22:11] Second, all those in favor, the post.
[22:16] There it is, Lisa Eorz, we met 32, a lot of 0.56, so we'll leave this charge 0.9, 28, 2021,
[22:23] how the cost like to proceed.
[22:25] Mr. Proof?
[22:25] Check it.
[22:26] Oh, it was in favour?
[22:28] Opposed?
[22:29] Stay.
[22:33] Item 11 is a calendar report.
[22:43] I have one.
[22:46] I did it right there.
[22:48] Okay, the pool has been drained. Pressure testing of the return line is happening.
[22:54] If not this evening then tomorrow.
[22:56] Determine if there's a crack to roll to line.
[23:01] What we have discovered through the process of evaluating this is that even once the
[23:09] So the pool got below the skuppers with the return lines, water continued to go from
[23:20] the pool, which indicates and we have also seen cracks that have opened up in the asphalt.
[23:28] The pool held water for the first several days it was built and then it proceeded not to
[23:34] water anymore. And we're having the lines and main drain lines, pressure tested to make
[23:44] sure that it's not cracks in the lines, that it is the cracks in the shell of the pool that's
[23:52] causing the loss of water since it's continuing. If those pressure tests are fine, we will
[24:01] doing a resurfacing of the inside of the pool and sealing and painting that and reopening,
[24:07] which is not a long process, but is what our next steps would be.
[24:15] The person who is performing courtesy board inspections on weekends at Silver Lake reports
[24:19] of the program is going really well and that people are very pleasant and cooperative.
[24:23] I want to thank public works for placing a picnic table and an umbrella there for these
[24:27] the inspector between boats, but also for others who use that area.
[24:33] The Bucksport Police Department will be hosting a town hall meeting on Wednesday, June 28th
[24:38] at the Bucksport Middle School Clean Performing Arts Center from 6 to 8 p.m. We are hosting
[24:44] this meeting to facilitate a conversation and education on the ongoing drug epidemic that
[24:50] is affecting communities throughout the country. We will have members from law enforcement,
[24:54] health professionals, educators, and recovery specialists available to discuss this serious
[25:00] issue in Hancock County and in Bucksport. This meeting will also allow us to hear from the
[25:06] public with comments, concerns, and questions that our panel can provide insight on. And most importantly,
[25:12] it will allow us to have a conversation on how we can all fight this epidemic together. There is no entry
[25:17] and public safety looks forward to seeing everyone next Wednesday.
[25:23] A reminder, Fourth of July is fast approaching that the discharge or display of any consumer
[25:29] fireworks or any other fireworks in the town of Bucksport is prohibited, except for any
[25:33] such fireworks that may be included in a firework display permitted by the state of Maine, pursuant
[25:39] to 8 MRSA, 227A, and except for toy pistols, toy canes, toy guns, or other devices in which
[25:46] paper caps or plastic caps containing 25 over 100 grams or less of explosive compound are used.
[25:57] Uh-huh.
[25:58] Less than 20 to over 100 grams of explosive matter, sparklers that do not contain magnesium
[26:02] chlorides or perchlorides or signal intake or replica cannons if no projectile is fired.
[26:08] Persons found to be in violation of any provision of policy show will be subject to a
[26:17] one offense. We published this every year and would ask that, because for people with PTSD and
[26:26] people with pets, many pets, the fireworks are not good. Economic Development Director
[26:36] Rich Rotella and I met with Representative from Senator Collins office today to discuss
[26:42] the Town Duck project, as well as update them on all the projects that Bucksport has been working on.
[26:49] It was a very good meeting. In addition, it was a great look back over all the work the town has
[26:54] been doing to updates infrastructure. They were very impressed with all of the project that the town has
[26:59] been involved with since the course was now.
[27:05] And the Spring Fountain, please start investigating
[27:07] significant vandalism that occurred at the Spring Mountain Motel early this week. Windows
[27:14] were broken, doors were kicked in and walls were damaged. If you've driven by, you can't
[27:18] help them. Windows over the office had been broken. And finally, the PPI project, which
[27:28] is the RMPOT grant project for rehabbing Main Street project draft, will be available in the next
[27:36] two weeks, and it will be brought to the Council for consideration.
[27:39] If this project is to move forward, the Council would have to vote to send it to referendum
[27:43] by September 1st of this year in order to be on the November ballot, and that's all.
[27:51] Good question.
[27:56] I'm 12 of his set public hearings, who have a public hearing of the box board,
[28:01] where he's facility licensing ordinance at our next scheduled council meeting, 7 p.m.
[28:10] I don't care if he needs to discuss my opinion agenda.
[28:13] I don't know anybody from the public opinion, it's not on the agenda.
[28:18] Hi, ladies and gentlemen. I wanted to get an update on the solar fountain that was being built by America's.
[28:25] I don't know if there's any updates or anything.
[28:32] And we're going to start at the site work on the project, but that's where they are at the moment.
[28:39] They've started an installation, but they did start some site work at that project, at that location.
[28:47] We'll show you a public opinion.
[28:50] We'll be able to tell you something.
[28:54] Let them be on the
[28:58] shelter.
[29:00] Is there anything happening with that right now?
[29:02] They're giving out preliminary designs, so we can have something to look at about.
[29:08] That's the other thing that would have to go. If you decided to on a proper end of the party,
[29:14] if they didn't accept all of them.
[29:18] Do you agree with yours?
[29:20] Yes. I had a question last week about the meeting that I had with you.
[29:26] The board.
[29:28] And I was wondering if you had to have a chance to agree with that.
[29:31] Maybe I wanted to discuss that in the executive session.
[29:34] We
[29:42] have the first meeting in July, the regulatory review committee was going to be the
[29:58] And listen to that.
[30:00] To meet with him and regard to her proposal for a solar farm on her property that's on 1 and 46.
[30:15] That one, she had asked for a chance to speak to the council. I told you some time ago, she had asked for that, and she's got all her information together.
[30:24] would like to have a regulatory review of community meeting at that first meeting in July, so
[30:31] that would be six o'clock on the eight that work for everybody.
[30:41] Anything else?
[30:44] Yeah.
[30:45] Can we get a infrastructure committee meeting for the purpose of adding some stuff to the
[30:54] waterfront.
[30:55] What does that even mean?
[30:58] I was the one.
[31:00] The worst is they wanted to roll off the top.
[31:03] I was approached by someone about adding some swings to the waterfront.
[31:07] Like they have down in Belfast.
[31:09] The air-sponsored by local businesses.
[31:12] I believe Belfast has six or seven of those.
[31:16] And I explained to the person that we would need to go through some type of committee to have that.
[31:20] think in restrictions probably the right.
[31:22] Thanks to go.
[31:23] Six thirty on that way.
[31:25] Sounds like a blam.
[31:34] So six for regular tour videos in sixth 30,
[31:37] in first time?
[31:38] Okay.
[31:39] The sixth of the six, okay.
[31:41] No.
[31:42] I'm making one just at 30 or more.
[31:44] Okay.
[31:46] There you go.
[31:48] 30.
[31:48] 30.讀.
[31:50] So the 13.
[31:51] How to apply.
[31:52] Okay.
[31:57] All right.
[31:57] This time,
[31:58] um, take
[31:58] take emotional going to exactly
[31:58] emotional going to exactly
[31:59] session for Title 1 check in 15.
[32:03] Section 4 for two.
[32:06] Second.
[32:07] I was a table.
[32:09] Those were going in the executive session.
[32:12] So we could clear the cut.
[32:13] We're not taking any action.
[32:15] We'll be discussing for a minute.
[32:16] We'll be discussing for a minute.
[32:21] I'm going to distill that one.
[32:22] Okay.
[32:24] All right.
[32:25] All right.
[32:26] Thank you.