February 28, 2008 The regular meeting of the Millinocket Town Council was called to order in the Charles Sanders Council Chambers by Chair Paul at 4:33P.M. Roll Call: Council Members Present: Busque Mingo Cyr Paul Gonya Polstein (absent) McLean Also Present: Town Manager Eugene Conlogue, Clerk Roxanne Johnson, and 15 Citizens. Approval of Minutes of the January 24, 2008 Council Meeting M – Gonya S – Busque V 6-0 Special Presentation: None Town Manager’s Report: Mr. Conlogue reported that the Trail Committee met last week and had Dan Stewart from the Maine Department of Transportation as their guest speaking on how to use the $500,000.00 federal earmark for this area to develop walking and biking trails. The next meeting of this committee will be on March 4th, and hopefully they will identify their priority projects. Mr. Conlogue stated that the EEN, the Emergency Event Notification System is now at the testing stage, and asked the Councilors if they received their e-mails or phone calls. Councilor McLean stated that the e-mail was confusing because it just had Mike’s name on it, not a message identifying it. A letter will be going out to the residents that live along the Millinocket Stream so that a population group can be established in the system. Mr. Conlogue reported that the Pines Infrastructure Project is now out to bid. The pre-bid conference will be on March 4, and the bid will be due in by March 20th, a recommendation to the Council at the meeting on March 27th. Mr. Conlogue attached a copy of the KAT TV financial records to his report for those interested in those figures. There is full documentation for all expenses that were reimbursements. Mr. Conlogue reported on the success of the WinterFest celebration this year. There were 88 entrants in the snowmobile parade, 18 ski planes at the Fly-In/Antique Snowmobile Show at the airport, and the fireworks were successful. A thanks was given to Department heads Frank Clukey, Wayne Campbell, Dennis Cox, Jodi Nelson, and Don Bolduc for their help in making WinterFest a success. Mr. Conlogue reported that the Chair would like to do the manager’s evaluation over the next few weeks. The blank evaluation forms were included in an additional packet within your packet. Chair Paul stated that the managers’ evaluation is an annual event. The form used is a form from the hospital that David Nelson got some years ago. The rating range is 1 to 5, so a 3 on the evaluation is a good report, and comments at the end of the evaluation are welcome. Councilor Busque commented on the WinterFest success, the weather was nice, the parade was fabulous, the park was full, and the food was great. It was good to see the events at the airport. The Fin and Feather Club had their fishing day, and that was a huge success, there were so many people the parking lot was full and people had to be turned away. Councilor McLean participated in the WinterFest and stated a good job was done. Also, on the EEN, is it the goal to have everybody in the community sign up or just the problem areas along the river. Mr. Conlogue stated that that will be another population group for the site, but it is not ready yet. After the Millinocket Stream group gets together then probably it will be opened up to the general public. It will be available on the website, but right now there is not the ability for them to do an interactive thing. Citizen McGibbon stated that there was a beautiful craft show at the Granite Street School during WinterFest. Citizen John Dicentes gave thanks for getting the financial report on KAT, and asked for more information on the consultant for one thousand dollars. Mr. Conlogue stated that was a payment to an individual who had been very involved in KAT, and he was used for training during the transition from when David Nelson was chair of the board to becoming the station manager. He used this gentleman for a lot of basic training on the equipment and other issues. ORDER #28-2008 PROVIDING FOR: Execution of Warrant #34B-2008 IT IS ORDERED that Warrant #34B-2008 in the amount of $44,489.66 is hereby approved. Motion – Busque Second – Cyr Vote 6-0 Councilor Gonya stated the warrant has the $650.00 payment removed, is this number correct? Mr. Conlogue replied, it was correct. ORDER #29-2008 PROVIDING FOR: Execution of Warrant #35B-2008 IT IS ORDERED that Warrant #35B-2008 in the amount of $25,708.01 is hereby approved. Motion – Gonya Second – Busque Vote 6-0 ORDER #30-2008 PROVIDING FOR: Appointment to the Fair Hearing Authority IT IS ORDERED that Richard Rideout is appointed to the Fair Hearing Authority for a three-year term to February 2011. Motion – Busque Second – Cyr Vote 6-0 Mr. Conlogue stated the application was in order, and recommends the appointment. ORDER #31-2008 PROVIDING FOR: Approval of Fiscal 2009 Municipal Budget Schedule IT IS ORDERED that the Budget Schedule for consideration of the Fiscal 2009 Municipal Budget is hereby approved, a copy of which is attached and made a permanent part of the record. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Town Council reserves the right to revise this schedule as deemed to be in the interest of the Council, with appropriate notice to the public and the media. Motion – Gonya Second – Busque Vote 6-0 ORDER #32-2008 PROVIDING FOR: Approval of Bee Line Conditional Assignment of Franchise Agreement and Consent IT IS ORDERED that the conditional Assignment of Franchise Agreement and Consent between Bee Line Cable, Inc. and Bangor Savings Bank is approved. NOTE: This request by Bee Line is related to a loan being obtained by them from Bangor Savings Bank for System improvements. It has no impact on the Town of Millinocket or the services that Bee Line subscribers will receive. Since the Town is the official franchising Agent for cable services and Bee Line is out provider, any loan agreements that Bee Line seeks must be approved by the Town. Approval is recommended. Motion – Gonya Second – Busque Vote 6-0 Mr. Conlogue stated that the note gives the full explanation; the Council did something like this a few years ago. Reports and Communications: a. Warrant Committee for the March 13, 2008 Council Meeting will be Councilor Gonya and Councilor Cyr. b. Adjournment Motion to Adjourn at 4:52 P.M. – Gonya Second – Busque Vote 6-0 _______________________ Attest ?? ?? ?? ?? 1