Members Present: Barbara Redmond, Chris French, and Rick Denico

Others Present: Mary Sabins, Mary Grow, Mike Poulin, Doug Phillips, Dallas Smedberg, Holly Weidner, Melissa Olson, and Tom Richards. Both KWD Trustee Frank Richards and new Community Program Director Karen Hatch came to the meeting room to speak with the Select Board prior to the meeting, but did not stay for the meeting.

1. Call to order – The meeting was called to order by Chair Barb Redmond at 6:30 pm.

2. Minutes – On a motion made by C. French, seconded by R. Denico, the Board voted unanimously to accept the minutes of the 7/14/22 meeting as written.

3. Trash Compactor Cover – After brief discussion, the Board agreed by consensus to postpone this discussion to another meeting when the Transfer Station Manager can attend the meeting and participate in the discussion.

4. Mil rate – Assessor Ellery Bane provided several mil rate options for the Board to choose from. After discussion, and on a motion made by B. Redmond, seconded by C. French, the Board voted unanimously to set the mil rate for the 2022 taxes at .01440.

5. Trail Committee appointments – At the recommendation and request of Trail Committee Chair John Melrose, the Board appointed Stephen and Sharon Farrington to the Trail Committee on a motion made by C. French, seconded by R. Denico, and a unanimous vote of the Board.

6. Solar Ordinance review – Planning Board Member Doug Phillips made the suggestion that instead of a stand-alone ordinance to regulate solar arrays, the Board should consider amending the existing Site Review Ordinance to include regulations for solar arrays. The Board liked this idea and decided a moratorium ordinance to prevent solar array construction for now could be presented for adoption at the November 8th Referendum Election. On a motion made by C. French, seconded by R. Denico, the Board voted unanimously to ask the Town Manager to contact the Town Attorney to prepare a moratorium ordinance for presentation at the November 8th election.

7. Reports – On a motion made by C. French, seconded by R. Denico, the Board voted unanimously to accept the Road and Police Reports as presented.

8. Treasurer’s Warrants – On a motion made by C. French, seconded by R. Denico, the Board voted unanimously to approve warrants #7, #8, and #9.

9. Other – 1. Sabins read the invitation to the KLT annual meeting. 2. C. French brought up the topic of updating the town website. He wants due diligence to be done and wants a couple of prices from vendors to consider. R. Denico added that he thinks multi-media would make town business more accessible to young families. Denico asked resident and budget committee member Dallas Smedberg to attend the meeting to provide feedback. Dallas expressed concern that recordings viewed at home may go over the viewer’s heads. He referenced the town meeting warrant and stated that voters don’t know the details of the articles being voted on. The content of the Select Board meeting minutes and the timeliness of their availability to the public on the town website was also discussed. Board members suggested that these topics could be placed on the October 6th goal setting meeting agenda. 3. Tom Richards expressed concern about the congested traffic area at the East Vassalboro boat launch saying that it is a safety issue and that something needs to be done. The Board agreed to discuss the matter at an upcoming meeting.

10. Executive Session – On a motion made by C. French, seconded by R. Denico, the Board voted unanimously at 8:10 p.m. to enter into an executive session to discuss a personnel matter pursuant to 1 MRSA section 405(6)(A). The Board returned to open session at 8:45 pm.

11. Adjourn – There being no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m.

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These minutes were read and accepted by the Board of Selectmen on 9/15/22 with the following amendments: none.