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[0:42] yes
[0:55] all right again
[1:24] much
[1:31] good evening thank you for attending
[1:34] tonight's annual meeting
[1:36] this is certainly not a traditional
[1:39] style of annual meeting
[1:40] i don't think we want to be out here in
[1:42] the middle of march
[1:44] it's unfortunate we were shut down five
[1:47] days prior to our regular scheduled
[1:49] meeting
[1:50] but here we are tonight and we shall
[1:53] carry on
[1:54] at this time i would like to ask all in
[1:57] attendance to please continue to adhere
[1:59] to
[2:00] the guidelines no social gathering
[2:02] during or after the meeting
[2:04] keep six feet of social distance apart
[2:06] and we recommend you wear face masks
[2:09] if you need to ask a question you may
[2:11] take off your mask
[2:13] and address the audience if we cannot
[2:15] hear you please come up to the
[2:17] microphone
[2:18] in the middle of the pavilion before we
[2:21] begin
[2:22] with the election of moderator i would
[2:24] like to briefly explain
[2:25] our current budget articles that will be
[2:27] presented to you this evening
[2:30] during the months of january and
[2:31] february prior to the state's executive
[2:34] order
[2:35] the towns department heads town council
[2:38] finance director and budget committee
[2:39] members finalized our budget
[2:42] the 2020 year budget is derived from the
[2:44] 2019 revenues
[2:46] which are comprised of tax commitments
[2:49] the fund balance
[2:50] which had an increase from the previous
[2:52] year of approximately 70 000
[2:54] the betty and homestead revenues this
[2:58] year
[2:58] we had some uncontrollable increases we
[3:01] needed to factor into our calculations
[3:04] those increases which are reflected in
[3:06] the warrant articles
[3:07] are as follows we had a seven percent
[3:10] increase from our health insurance three
[3:13] percent
[3:14] cola cost of living increase for our
[3:16] union and non-union
[3:18] employees a 6.34
[3:21] professional liability increase in each
[3:23] department
[3:25] workers compensation insurance remains
[3:27] the same
[3:28] and due to a leak year we have had to
[3:30] prepare a 53 pay period into this year's
[3:33] budget
[3:34] last week we received the school's
[3:36] proposed budget
[3:38] which will be voted on sometime in july
[3:40] a 40 000
[3:42] decrease was added to fort kent's
[3:45] portion due to the school's fiscal year
[3:48] and the town's calendar year that amount
[3:51] has been adjusted to reflect the town's
[3:53] budget
[3:54] i have included inserts on page 41 to
[3:57] reflect the new numbers
[4:00] in 2019 we had a mill rate of 22.36
[4:04] and this year we are presenting a
[4:06] projected mill rate of 22.44
[4:09] an increase of 0.0008
[4:12] including the school's budget this
[4:14] relates to an eight dollar
[4:15] tax increase on a hundred thousand
[4:17] dollar home
[4:19] i would now like to elect the moderator
[4:22] i need a motion from the floor
[4:37] in order to get travis sworn in i need
[4:40] at least three ballots to vote him in
[4:42] can i ask at least three people to come
[4:44] forward to sign the ballots
[4:46] please come forward to see angela
[4:58] thank you travis you are now elected as
[5:22] moderator
[5:36] is
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[6:04] so
[6:12] a new venue a little airy
[6:15] i like it pretty rude i like it
[6:20] do you have a good meeting i like it um
[6:23] just a couple things from my standpoint
[6:26] uh we've got masks on i definitely know
[6:30] 99 of you with that said though
[6:34] when i asked when we do motions and you
[6:36] give a first or a second and i
[6:38] acknowledge you
[6:39] i would ask that you say your name even
[6:41] if you're the same person making the
[6:42] motion every time
[6:44] it helps for record keeping and every
[6:46] once in a while in all honesty i get a
[6:47] little flustered
[6:49] um the other thing too as we know with
[6:53] some town meetings or meetings in
[6:55] general there can be some items or
[6:57] articles that
[6:59] involve a bit more discussion um
[7:02] one of the practices that i do as a
[7:04] moderator is i
[7:05] time the discussion you're allowed five
[7:08] minutes per article
[7:10] um i will allow leniency on that
[7:14] but if i find at any point that the
[7:16] discussion is becoming repetitive in
[7:17] nature
[7:18] i will ask for a motion from the floor
[7:20] to continue
[7:21] the discussion or a vote from the floor
[7:24] excuse me to continue the discussion
[7:26] or to cease the discussion that just
[7:28] helps move the meeting along
[7:30] and uh make sure that everybody gets
[7:32] saved goodnight to their kiddos if they
[7:33] have young ones
[7:37] at this time we'll start with article 2.
[7:42] to see if the town will vote
[7:44] to authorize the town
[7:45] treasurer under the direction of the
[7:47] town council to accept and sell the
[7:49] property given to the town of fort kent
[7:51] from the veteran's afford foreign wars
[7:54] former
[7:54] dfw rot on august 2017
[7:58] this is tax map 18 lot six questions
[8:08] second lloyd sissy second any discussion
[8:12] on article two
[8:14] all those in favor i would ask that
[8:18] i didn't explain that but please raise
[8:20] your yes tag
[8:21] if you're in favor all those opposed
[8:26] article two moves is ready
[8:30] article three to see if the town will
[8:32] vote to raise appropriate december 462
[8:36] 102 for the administration department
[8:40] appropriating the 2019 427th
[8:45] the motion from senior bully to move
[8:48] was the second from eric bouchard and in
[8:51] discussion on article three
[8:53] larry yes there's a thirty four thousand
[8:56] dollars increase what's the reason
[9:04] so we had salaries uh increased three
[9:07] percent
[9:08] increase for our employees workers comp
[9:11] professional liability
[9:13] um stayed the same by professional
[9:15] liability went up six point three
[9:16] four percent our health insurance went
[9:19] up seven percent
[9:20] and then we have one of the employees uh
[9:23] sign on with the
[9:24] health insurance plan plus we have a 53
[9:26] pay period
[9:28] um year this year instead of 52.
[9:31] what's the chance of that next year page
[9:37] saying who works before camp how many
[9:39] years they're working for
[9:41] what they which department and what
[9:43] they're making
[9:45] um do that yeah we can and i also have
[9:49] a detailed um form if you want to come
[9:52] pick one up
[9:55] i have a detailed outline form if you
[9:59] want to see one i can bring one to you
[10:07] any further discussion on article three
[10:10] all those in favor all those opposed
[10:15] article three moves is read article 4
[10:19] to see if the town will vote to raise
[10:21] and appropriate the sum
[10:23] of 178 929
[10:26] for the planning and economic
[10:27] development department appropriated in
[10:30] 2019
[10:31] 168 731
[10:35] budget committee recommends 178 929
[10:41] danny nicholas first
[10:44] cindy bully's second any discussion on
[10:47] article four
[10:51] larry is it ten thousand dollars
[11:00] like the previous article we had salary
[11:03] increases of 3
[11:04] there's a 53 pay period we have health
[11:07] insurance that increased
[11:08] 7 and our
[11:11] professional liability also went up six
[11:13] point three four percent
[11:14] throughout all the departments
[11:18] you guys check them out for that yes we
[11:21] have
[11:21] and because because we're under a 50
[11:25] person um employer
[11:28] it's difficult to find insurance companies that will take on
[11:33] that are
[11:34] as close to comparable and without a
[11:38] high
[11:38] deductible or premium
[11:48] any further discussion on article four
[11:51] all those in favor all those opposed
[11:55] article four moves is read article five
[11:58] to see if the town will vote to raise an
[11:59] appropriate percent of seven hundred
[12:01] and forty two thousand five hundred and
[12:03] forty seven dollars for the police
[12:06] department appropriated in 2019
[12:09] 696 163
[12:12] budget committee is recommending 742
[12:16] 547
[12:21] eric first lloyd second
[12:29] 46 000 increase is that the same thing
[12:32] again
[12:33] yeah we had an employee take on health
[12:37] insurance
[12:38] and then we have we're very limited with
[12:40] our police staff so
[12:42] our police are working overtime so
[12:45] that's costing as well
[12:46] we also have the health insurance that
[12:48] went up
[12:49] um professional liability that went up
[12:52] and the salary increases our police
[12:56] officers
[12:56] are union so we have to follow the union
[12:59] contracts
[13:02] any further discussion on article 5
[13:05] all those in favor all those opposed
[13:10] article five news is
[13:18] floor to move ready 48 forward
[13:24] from paula
[13:27] i'll have you guys
[13:43] come on
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[14:01] amending the article's order which is
[14:03] fine
[14:04] all in favor
[14:07] all those opposed
[14:10] article 48 reads to see if the town will
[14:13] vote to approve
[14:14] the amendments of the town of fort kent
[14:15] zoning ordinance section 3.1 zoning
[14:18] district c
[14:19] wellhead protection overlay district
[14:21] number two 3.1 zoning districts
[14:24] c period wellhead protection overlay
[14:26] district
[14:28] two period wellhead protection overlay
[14:31] district
[14:31] there shall be no new installation or
[14:34] expansion
[14:36] there's a motion on the foot the move is
[14:38] written
[14:40] there's a second by danny
[14:43] i'll give you guys a second to read the
[14:45] article if you wish
[14:50] any discussion or an article
[14:54] mr you know or whoever
[14:59] [Music]
[15:03] explain the difference between the new
[15:10] language
[15:20] the main difference in the article is to
[15:24] allow for
[15:24] bulk propane storage in the wellhead
[15:27] district area
[15:30] the way previously written we could
[15:33] store no
[15:34] new fuel tanks in the wellhead with this
[15:37] wording
[15:38] we can
[15:50] ready for the discussion on article 48
[15:53] all those in favor
[15:57] all those opposed article 48 moves is
[16:06] written
[16:08] we will now move back to article six
[16:12] to see if the town will vote to raise
[16:13] and appropriate the sum of ninety three
[16:15] thousand four hundred and forty four dollars for
[16:19] the fire department
[16:21] appropriated in 2019 85
[16:25] 763 the budget committee is recommending
[16:28] ninety three thousand four hundred and
[16:30] forty four dollars
[16:32] there first
[16:36] bully's second any discussion on article
[16:38] six
[16:40] all those in favor all those opposed
[16:45] article six moves is ready article seven
[16:48] to see if the tower votes to raise and
[16:51] appropriate the sum of nineteen thousand
[16:53] dollars
[16:54] for the fire station parking lot
[16:57] there's a motion on the floor to move
[17:01] there's a second by eric is there any
[17:03] discussion on article 7
[17:06] yeah gary lambert um my question is that
[17:09] a one-time deal that 19
[17:11] 000 or is that going to be a yearly
[17:12] ordeal
[17:16] what specifically is that for me for the
[17:17] parking lot um
[17:23] okay all right thank you thank you
[17:26] they're 19 000. this year
[17:29] hey we're looking at thousand dollars
[17:31] increasing
[17:34] i mean we can maybe skip it here try and
[17:37] save some taxes over here
[17:52] the reason we are asking for it this
[17:54] year we have skipped
[17:56] several years the parking lot that's
[17:57] there now is the original one when the
[18:00] building was built in 1987
[18:03] uh it's just crumbling almost to nothing
[18:05] and that's not just a parking lot it's
[18:07] our ramp for our fire apparatus
[18:09] where we test holes and we train on it
[18:11] right now we can't even stand up
[18:26] and that's doing the bare minimum we're
[18:28] not tearing the whole thing out
[18:30] we're patching and resurfacing one area
[18:32] and the only reason we're tearing the
[18:34] whole thing out in some places
[18:36] if we can't build it up too high the
[18:37] water will run into the firehouse
[18:39] so we're doing this as cheap we as we
[18:41] can
[18:43] i tried to make it a little wider there
[18:45] but they wouldn't do it
[18:51] any further discussion on article 7 all
[18:54] those in favor
[18:56] all those opposed article seven moves is
[18:59] ready
[19:01] article eight to see if the town was
[19:03] both to raise and appropriate
[19:08] that was
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[19:18] for the public works department
[19:20] appropriated in 2019
[19:36] big increase
[19:41] again we have the three percent union
[19:44] increase
[19:44] that we we have to follow the union
[19:47] contracts
[19:49] we have to follow union contracts um
[19:52] we also have the professional liability
[19:55] of six point three four percent
[19:57] health insurance of seven percent and a
[20:00] 53
[20:00] pay period just that adding that one
[20:03] extra pay period
[20:04] does
[20:15] all those opposed articles
[20:25] [Music]
[20:32] second any discussion on article nine
[20:36] arrows in favor all those are pros
[20:41] article nine news is written article 10
[20:45] to see if the talent
[20:51] for the recreation and parks department
[20:53] appropriated in 2019
[20:55] 250 3 658
[21:00] budget committee recommends 264
[21:03] thousands
[21:04] there's a motion by assuming the move is
[21:06] written
[21:08] is there a second uh error
[21:12] is the second and i'll open articles
[21:18] i thought everything was close you
[21:20] should be saving some money
[21:25] it goes back to the union
[21:31] yeah travis i got a question now uh at
[21:34] this point in time i'd like to know the
[21:35] status of the skating rink
[21:37] we have a recent high school graduate
[21:39] eden parody did an extraordinary
[21:42] well thought out plan to save the fort
[21:44] can skating right to move it to the
[21:45] lonesome pine ski area i just want to
[21:48] know
[21:49] what the status of that project is okay
[21:54] that is not on this year's uh that's not
[21:56] on this year's warrant article
[21:58] so we're we're still working on that and
[22:00] if um
[22:01] in the near future maybe next year's one
[22:04] article will have something
[22:05] on that one thank you any further
[22:08] discussion on article 10
[22:13] all in favor all those opposed
[22:18] article 10 moves is written
[22:22] article 11 to see if the town will vote
[22:25] to raise and appropriate
[22:26] the sum of thirty six thousand five
[22:28] hundred dollars for the public library
[22:30] appropriated in 2019 32 400
[22:33] budget committee recommends 36 500.
[22:37] lloyd is first cindy second
[22:42] any discussion on article 11
[22:45] all those in favor all those opposed
[22:50] article 11 moves is ready
[23:03] any discussion on article 12
[23:14] these are roads that we've already
[23:15] repaired this came before
[23:18] a warrant article in 2016 and this was
[23:21] approved in 2016 for a 10-year loan
[23:25] and we have seven years left on this
[23:27] particular loan
[23:31] any further discussion on article 12 all
[23:34] those in favor
[23:36] all those opposed article 12 moves is
[23:40] written article 13
[23:43] to see if the town will vote to raise
[23:45] and appropriate to some
[23:46] 123 390
[23:49] for the road improvement loan payment
[23:51] 2018
[23:53] a appropriating sydney
[23:56] there's a motion on the court
[23:57] considering the move is written
[23:59] seconded by danny is there any
[24:02] discussion on article 13.
[24:05] all those in favor all those are full
[24:10] article 13
[24:14] article 14 to see if the town will vote
[24:16] to raise appropriate the sum of twenty
[24:18] nine thousand three hundred and ten
[24:19] dollars
[24:20] for the public works facilities loan
[24:22] payment appropriated 2019
[24:24] 30 584 budget committee is recommending
[24:28] 29
[24:30] 310.
[24:42] no that's for the public works
[24:44] facilities building and we have three
[24:46] years left on this loan
[24:48] so was that a 10-year 10-year loan
[24:51] tony that you're yeah that was a 20. 20. so that was a
[24:58] 20-year loan and we have three years
[24:59] left
[25:00] on that
[25:05] any further discussion on article 14
[25:08] all those in favor uh those opposed
[25:11] article 14 is that article 15.
[25:15] see if the town will vote to raise and
[25:17] appropriate the sum of 58
[25:18] 728 there's an emotion on the floor by
[25:22] cindy the move is written
[25:37] 58 000 for what at least is it on lease
[25:41] or anything
[25:42] it's at least purchased it's for
[25:46] five years
[25:51] we finished paying on the street sweeper
[25:55] last year was our last payment so then
[25:57] tony needed to upgrade equipment
[25:59] so we leased out uh john deere greater
[26:02] and the amount is as presented 58 000
[26:05] for five years
[26:10] further discussion on article 15
[26:13] all those in favor all those opposed
[26:17] article 15 moves is written
[26:20] article 16.
[26:26] any further discretion or any discussion
[26:28] on article 16
[26:30] yes
[26:35] that's a new snowball
[26:38] any further discussion on 16 all those
[26:42] in favor
[26:43] all those opposed article 16 moves is
[26:47] written article 17
[26:51] to see if the town will vote to raise
[26:52] and appropriate for seven thirty five
[26:54] thousand eight hundred seven dollars
[26:56] for the fire truck lease payment
[26:59] appropriate in 2019
[27:01] 45 807 20 is recommending 35
[27:05] 800 seven dollars
[27:08] first target second
[27:14] in the discussion of article 17 there
[27:18] i told you we were not paying attention
[27:22] how many more years have we had
[27:37] any further discussion on 17
[27:41] all those in favor all those opposed
[27:46] article 17 news is ready
[27:49] to see if the down votes are raised in
[27:50] appropriate december 4 000
[27:52] for general assistance appropriated in
[27:54] 2019
[27:55] four thousand dollars
[27:59] as written
[28:03] eric's seconds there's any discussion on
[28:07] article 18.
[28:10] all those in favor all those are closed
[28:14] article 18 moves is written
[28:18] article 19 to see if the tower votes to
[28:20] raise and appropriate the sum of a
[28:22] hundred thousand dollars
[28:24] there's a motion by cindy the move is
[28:26] written
[28:27] there is a second
[28:42] what is it
[28:56] maine payment for the hydrant
[29:05] any further discussion on 19 all those
[29:09] in favor
[29:10] all those opposed article 19 news is
[29:14] written article 20.
[29:19] there's a move there's a motion on the
[29:20] floor by danny the move is written
[29:23] by cindy is there any discussion
[29:28] all those in favor all those opposed
[29:32] article 20 moon was as written
[29:36] article 21 to see if the town was
[29:39] to raise and appropriate the sum of
[29:40] three hundred and seventy nine thousand
[29:42] seven hundred and forty dollars
[29:43] for the solid waste disposal what was
[29:45] written
[29:47] there's a motion to move is written by
[29:49] cindy
[29:50] is there a second stop second
[29:54] start here
[29:57] any discussion on 21 all those in favor
[30:02] all those opposed article 21 moves as
[30:05] written article 22 to see if the town
[30:09] will vote to raise and appropriate the
[30:10] sum of 45 000 for the streets of
[30:12] electricity
[30:13] street light electricity motion by air
[30:17] to move
[30:18] forward is there a second like dark tag
[30:27] one point uh first of all i want to
[30:30] compliment the towns
[30:31] town council and town manager for
[30:33] converting to led lighting as far as the
[30:36] street lights it's
[30:37] like night and day all over town it's
[30:38] incredible difference so
[30:40] thank you but my question is on those
[30:43] downtown main street victorian
[30:45] light posts um for years and years we
[30:48] had the frosted glass on it and i
[30:50] believe
[30:50] tony and company did a trial experience
[30:53] with some clear glass to make it a
[30:54] little more visible
[30:56] i want to know at what point that
[30:58] project has
[30:59] proven to be successful
[31:03] well we're we're not completely done i
[31:05] don't know if you notice the bucket
[31:06] truck we did right here
[31:08] south side we're coming back yeah and if
[31:10] you go through
[31:11] town at night we notice quite a
[31:13] difference all right you can see where
[31:15] the light
[31:16] the other ones you can't see yeah so the
[31:18] whole thing is going to be converted
[31:19] yes oh wonderful by the end of the week
[31:22] yeah
[31:23] great news okay thank you any further
[31:27] discussion on 22
[31:29] all those in favor all those opposed
[31:32] article 22 moves as read
[31:38] article 23 to see if the time will vote
[31:41] to raise and appropriate the sum of five
[31:42] thousand dollars for tax abatements
[31:45] appropriated in 2019 five thousand
[31:47] dollars
[31:48] budgetary recommends five thousand
[31:50] dollars
[31:53] first from eric second from scott
[31:57] i need a session on article 23
[32:00] all those in favor all those opposed
[32:04] article 23 moves as read article 24
[32:09] to see if the town will vote to raise
[32:10] and appropriate to sound a few thousand
[32:12] dollars
[32:22] is there any discussion
[32:26] all those in favor all those opposed
[32:31] article 24 moves as written
[32:34] article 25 to see if the town will vote
[32:37] to raise and appropriate the sum of
[32:38] seventy thousand
[32:39] four dollars for the ambulance service
[32:41] inc
[32:42] appropriated in 2019 78 539
[32:46] dr kennedy is recommending 78 thousand
[32:48] four dollars
[32:50] saw haley first tag at second
[32:53] and a discussion on under
[33:07] now they own that building in town over
[33:10] here
[33:11] that officer did they pay taxes on that
[33:19] what do you mean they're not paying
[33:21] taxes why no they take that
[33:32] the hospitals schools don't pay taxes on
[33:35] the buildings that they
[33:38] own okay now do they pay taxes on their
[33:41] equipment
[33:42] uh personal property equipment
[33:46] why can't we charge them for that
[33:54] and municipal government churches are
[33:56] all exempt from
[33:57] taxes real estate and personal property
[34:02] they could pay their their share
[34:15] all those in favor all those opposed
[34:28] appropriated in 2019 is recommending
[34:32] 1500.
[34:45] explain first time this year we have
[34:48] that
[34:50] so last year we had the 150th
[34:52] anniversary
[34:54] and we had appropriated five thousand
[34:56] dollars from the town for
[34:57] marketing our 150th anniversary and then
[35:00] we had also appropriate 2500
[35:02] for the 150th committee group so that
[35:06] was 7 500
[35:07] that we had committed to our taxes so we
[35:10] don't have that this year
[35:12] so we decided to add a 1500
[35:15] town marketing so when we do i need to
[35:17] publicize something
[35:18] we have some funds to publicize and work
[35:22] and try to get some business into town
[35:26] or
[35:26] whatever it might be just market
[35:28] ourselves
[35:32] wait for the discussion on 26 all those
[35:36] in favor
[35:37] all those are closed articles
[35:47] [Music]
[35:54] i'll give you a second to review it
[35:57] there any discussion on article 27
[36:01] all those in favor all those are told
[36:04] article 27 moves as written
[36:08] article 28 to see if the town will vote
[36:10] to raise
[36:11] sum of fifty nine thousand fifty five
[36:13] dollars for a town share
[36:14] the operation there's an uh there's a
[36:17] request to move is written
[36:19] by cindy is there a second
[36:23] i can't see john there's a second from
[36:27] john
[36:28] uh any discussion on article 28
[36:32] all those in favor all those opposed
[36:36] article 28 moves as written
[36:40] article 29 to see if the town will vote
[36:44] to transfer the amount not to exceed one
[36:46] million
[36:46] seven hundred and eighty eight thousand
[36:48] twenty dollars and seventy one cents
[36:50] from the revenues listed below to reduce
[36:52] the tax the 2020 tax commitment
[36:55] 2019 revenues i'm
[36:58] going to give you a thank you uh
[37:01] motion to move as written
[37:05] is there a second start haley second
[37:08] any discussion on article 29
[37:12] all those in favor all those opposed
[37:16] article 29 moves as written
[37:21] article 30. there's a motion to move
[37:26] there's by danny there's a second by
[37:27] scott
[37:29] i'll give you folks a second to review
[37:35] any it on article 30.
[37:39] all those in favor all those opposed
[37:43] article 30 moves as written
[37:48] article 31 to see if the town will hope
[37:51] to authorize the town council to
[37:53] transfer year-end unexpected amounts
[37:55] from each municipal department's
[37:57] 2020 approved amount to each municipal
[37:59] department's capital
[38:00] equipment reserve account
[38:12] all those in favor all those opposed
[38:16] 31 moves is ready
[38:21] is it possible for articles 32
[38:24] 33 34
[38:28] 35 and
[38:31] 36 37 since there are no funds
[38:35] mentioned that the duck goes
[38:38] all at once
[38:58] is
[39:00] any discussion on 32 all those in favor
[39:04] all those opposed article 32 moves as
[39:09] written
[39:10] article 33 there's emotion but day
[39:20] all those in favor all those opposed
[39:22] article 33 moves as written
[39:25] article 34
[39:41] it take your time and greet everybody
[39:43] but now
[39:44] there's a motion on the course
[39:47] any further discussion
[39:50] all those in favor all those opposed
[39:54] article 34 moves as written
[39:58] article 35 to see if the town will vote
[40:00] to authorize the town council
[40:02] to appoint new budget committee members
[40:04] to recommend
[40:05] the city made a move to proceed as
[40:08] written
[40:10] for the second start daily second is it
[40:13] is there any
[40:14] discussion on 35
[40:18] all those in favor all those quotes
[40:22] article 35 moves as
[40:26] different article 36
[40:30] to see if the town will vote to
[40:31] authorize the treasurer under the
[40:33] direction of the town council in
[40:34] parentheses one to sell the
[40:36] lease or otherwise dispose of any real
[40:39] estate acquired by the town for
[40:40] non-payment attacks
[40:41] there's a motion on the floor for
[40:43] sending the move as written
[40:45] as a second from scott haley is there
[40:48] any further discussion
[40:49] on 36. all those in favor
[40:54] all those opposed 36 moves as written
[40:59] 37 to see if the town will vote to
[41:02] authorize the treasure
[41:03] under the direction of the town council
[41:05] [Music]
[41:19] first dark target second any further
[41:21] discussion on 37
[41:25] all those in favor all those are closed
[41:29] article 37 moves is good article 38 to
[41:34] see if it's ours
[41:35] we'll vote to set october 1 2020 as the
[41:37] date upon which taxes are due and
[41:39] payable
[41:40] and further vote that taxes not paid on
[41:42] or before september 30 2020 shall
[41:45] occur at a rate established by article
[41:48] 39
[41:51] scott haley's first second city bullying
[41:56] all any discussion on 38
[41:59] all those in favor all those opposed
[42:03] 38 moves is ready 39 article 39
[42:07] to see if the town will go through
[42:08] approved charging
[42:10] taxes
[42:14] for the fiscal year of 2020.
[42:20] second a discussion on 39.
[42:25] all those in favor all those opposed
[42:30] 39 news has read article 40
[42:34] to see if the town will vote to
[42:36] authorize the town manager under the
[42:37] discretion of the town council
[42:39] to apply for grant monies and to extend
[42:42] any monies received for the stated grant
[42:44] purposes
[42:47] flowing first mr lambert second
[42:53] any discussion on 40. all those in favor
[42:58] article 40 proceeds as
[43:01] well all right yeah right
[43:05] article 41 to see if the town will vote
[43:08] to authorize the town council and town
[43:09] treasurer to spend
[43:25] all those opposed 41 means is written
[43:30] article 42 to see if the town will vote
[43:33] to set the interest rate to be paid by
[43:35] the town
[43:35] and a daily taxes at 8 per am for the
[43:39] fiscal year of 2020.
[43:42] first from eric
[43:46] seconds to stop in any
[43:49] discussion on 42.
[43:52] all those in favor all those opposed
[43:56] article 42 says
[44:00] article 43 there's a motion on the floor
[44:04] to move
[44:05] as written is there
[44:21] article 43 moves as written
[44:24] article 44. to see if the votes are
[44:27] authorized the town treasurer under the
[44:29] direction of the town constitute
[44:31] there's a motion on 44 the move is
[44:32] written
[44:34] his language session on 44. ah
[44:37] there's a second from start here sorry
[44:40] any any discussion on 44
[44:45] all those in favor all those opposed
[44:51] article 44 moves is written article 45
[44:55] to see if the talent votes that orders
[44:58] made by the town council constrains the
[45:00] 23 mrsa
[45:01] 2953 the closed roads to winter
[45:04] maintenance
[45:05] and now alter modify such orders
[45:08] and our shall be a final determination
[45:12] stop heading first it's the second
[45:16] eric bluther second only discussion on
[45:19] 45
[45:22] all those in favor all those default
[45:26] article 45 moves as read
[45:30] article 46 to see if the town will vote
[45:32] to authorize the tax collector to accept
[45:34] prepayment of taxes not yet committed
[45:39] uh lloyd first got tagged second
[45:43] and a discussion on 46. all those in
[45:46] favor
[45:48] all those opposed
[45:53] article 46 moves is that
[45:58] 447.
[46:13] all those in favor all those
[46:17] opposed article 47 moves
[46:20] as written
[46:25] there's a motion to adjourn
[46:33] [Music]
[46:40] is there anything is it going to affect
[46:42] it
[46:51] we have seen a decrease in our excise
[46:53] taxes
[46:54] excise tax payments but that is because
[46:57] we haven't had the normal traffic in the
[47:00] town office
[47:02] in the last month people have been
[47:04] coming in so we're recouping
[47:06] our excise tax and
[47:09] we'll only know at the end of the year
[47:11] what next year's budget will bring there
[47:13] may be cuts
[47:14] drastic cuts for next year but right now
[47:16] we're operating off of the 2019
[47:18] funding and like i said earlier in
[47:21] my uh opening we budgeted prior to closing down um
[47:28] due to coverage so our budget was based
[47:31] off of
[47:32] prior to the state executive order
[47:36] increase right now no we're only
[47:40] increasing by point zero zero zero
[47:42] eight eight dollars on any on a hundred
[47:44] thousand dollars
[47:47] we went from 22.36 to 22.44
[47:58] thank you have a good night
[48:18] um
[48:26] signed up