Selectboard - Regular Meeting

I'd like to get this meeting underway and. All right. Please hold your comments until I open the agenda items for public comment when addressing us. We're addressing the board state your full name both in person and on zoom. It is suggested that you enter your full name as your ID on zoom. I will take a motion to go into executive session.

So, 2nd, all in favor. All right, everybody here. Good. Okay.

Um,

Minutes I will accept a motion to approve the minutes in June 1, 2026. So moved on favor appointments and resignations, annual appointments for board and committee members.

This is what we discussed last week, just putting it in.

Second favor.

Renomination of Kendall Davis for Acadia National Park Advisory Commission.

Move nomination.

Second. Any discussion? All in favor? Consent agenda. None presented. Select board reports. Anybody have anything? Okay. Unfinished business. Discussion regarding minors serving on town committees.

I think this came up, we mentioned this last time around and Claire did a little bit of digging on this. I don't remember exactly what we found.

Well, in our charter and then also I guess in the statutes for the state. Basically, my recommendation would be to, you know, allow them to sit on a committee, but as a non voting member, because if you can't vote in the election, the town meeting, you shouldn't be voting on stuff going to town meeting or being presented. Otherwise, so I think the non voting seat would be okay.

And we did find something at the state level specifying that 18, I think it was.

Just clarifying question, Claire, you're talking about if we made the age less than 18, that you would recommend it be a non-voting seat. But once they're 18, it could be a full committee member.

is that the current age 18 or is it older yes there's also a there's a state statute supporting the same time but we'd be up against what if you had like a couple of kids or one or three here then when they come of age then all of a sudden the select board would be bigger no oh no we're not just the committees oh i say okay

So was there a suggestion from last week, Wendy, of what the new lower age might be?

My suggestion would be 16. So if you are 16 or 17, you could sit on a committee and listen and participate. But once a vote came, then you would not be a voting member. It was more for learning and informational purposes only.

That wouldn't end up causing trouble. All I can think of, the only committee I'm familiar with is the Harvard committee, but you've got people that are waiting on a waiting list to get on the committee. So if you have a couple of junior members and then they become 18, do they wait until somebody gets off the board? Are they skipping the line?

I would think that they would have to. When they turn 18, I would think their name could go on the committee. Because anybody, the meetings are public. They can continue to go to the meetings and vote. No, I don't think it's fair to jump off.

It is also, Harvard committee is the one that really tends to have that kind of a setup. Usually the other committees, they're itching for people.

Turning people away say that that might be something that the Harvard committee could address for their. How they plan to function or whatever they had somebody want to do that.

Yeah.

Everybody wants a morning. Okay. So, are we decided we need to vote on that?

Would someone be willing to have the conversation. with the harbour master or the chair of the harbour committee maybe before i just don't want them because we're really careful when they want something like they discuss it and then come to us and we i like that relationship so before we make a change that affects them i think it might be nice to just give them the information and see if we're missing anything particularly on that committee everybody okay with that urgency no this no because we haven't even really we're not rolling it out at school um until school starts back up we've told the kids to be in the look for civic-minded community service and we want to get the word out there so interested kids can start think about being involved but you know we haven't really given recommendations or rules

And I believe the public committee now is off for the next 2 months anyway, but maybe just a, yeah, they also may get called in because of the.

Engineering so yeah, right. Yeah, I was about to mangle the name of the intro of the engineering company. So just.

I think it's a good idea. Um, when the woman from Bar Harbor mentioned it at our elected officials, I would just say, we also need committee members in their twenties and thirties and forties. So let's not have this be a sole source solution. I think it's a good idea, but I also think the town should be diligent in trying to appeal to other younger committee members.

Yeah, this goes under the heading of youth development. Yeah, should we vote on that?

I'd like to wait and notify them and then maybe put it on agenda.

Okay. Yeah, I think we'd want to give you folks a formal something. Yeah.

Okay. So we're going to table for now.

Oh, wouldn't just be the harbor committee either.

Oh, they're all okay. Yeah. And then I'll be interesting. I expect the sustainability committee would be pretty interesting for kids.

And we have an eco team. Maybe that conversation needs to be held with the chairs of all the committees, or at least a notification.

Yeah. Yeah, that's a good point. I was thinking specifically harbor committee because of the regulations, but a lot of committees. Yeah, I know we do.

We need to vote to the table.

Well, I think we're just listing this as a discussion, so there really was never a motion of a formal action on that.

New business consider waiving the per day fee for the class for seniors at someone's fee.

I move that we waive the fee.

I second that any discussion.

The fee in its entirety or just the fee for multiple days?

I think the fee in its entirety. I think it's cleaner. I think we've got to be careful.

Well, the old policy would have been 25.

Right.

Period, regardless of that. So you'd be going past the old policy at that point.

Oh, okay. So you want it. So, okay. 25. Fine.

And we do have Susan up on the screen here.

Hi, Susan.

I'll let you all sort of jump to where I think she's going to say. Any comments?

No, thank you. But thank you for considering that and making the classes still possible.

All in favor? Aye. Public space event application 92026. You've gone class for seniors Fridays, June through October 2026. Second, all in favor. You're all set.

Thanks. Thank you. I'm looking at the issue. I don't think there's a big crowd tonight.

Okay, new business continued public. Public space event application 8 dash 2026 seal heart Republic library, annual fair August 8, 2026.

No, this is a new 1. this is the 2nd 1 to her approval.

2nd, all in favor.

It's done the village green.

Yep. Authorization to release and approve the expenditure of funds not to exceed $13,820 from PD capital reserve account 4040100-24405 to be utilized for the purchase of 15 handguns, holsters, and light accessories for the Mount Desert Police Department.

And I let Dave off the hook for this one, but this is just a normal replacement as part of a joint order or split out between Bar Harbor and Mount Desert.

Is it a new, a different type of weapon or the same weapons? Same weapons.

Nothing.

Yeah. Really? Yeah. How about the holsters? I just think an old holster would be like an old baseball glove. You'd want the old one. I don't know. I can ask him about it afterwards. Yeah.

Well, I don't know. Yeah. See, this is what I say. I say like, nobody's gonna ask any question. Well, the old stuff. That is pretty tightly regulated. That needs to go through a number of groups. Dave could talk to you about that for 15 minutes on the process by that, but they have to go through a whole categorization inventory on it. It eventually goes into a surplus, but there's Gosh, Dave could talk to you for 10, 15 minutes about the process on that. There's a lot to it. Yeah. Throw me the dumpster at the school. Yeah, no, no, no, no. It's quite a process, Derek.

It's a recycling center. We're one sort recycling now. One bit all in.

It's just not me saying the things. Sorry.

Okay, all in favor, unanimous. Okay, consider authorizing the release of an amount not to exceed $9,500 from account 4040300-24471, fire equipment engine reserve for the purchase of DEA compliant controlled substances, security and documentation equipment and software.

Um, move it.

I'd like just a little explanations.

Okay, good.

Yeah, go ahead. Yes.

How, how do you now, how will you now get supplies since the. Since you can't get them from the hospital anymore.

The hospital has been ruled out. We can't get it from the hospital, but it's a possibility. So, if we can't get it from the hospital to our vendors, we can purchase.

Once we get your license, this is causing a problem in some towns.

I think a lot of story about it. So, yeah, and this is a. Nationwide chain, so there are many agencies and fire departments scrambling to.

Is this to gear up the ambulance to keep things like medicines and stuff in the end?

It changes the way we now it will change the way we obtain document. they say store management and eventually either destroy the control substances. Well, it's a lot more. It's a process that the hospitals had to go through and most agencies that dealt with these different substances. The ambulance services were always in a gray area for many, many years because a lot of them, like us, obtained these materials from the hospital. VA knew this and eventually, years ago, they started tightening up the regulations to make ambulance services comply with the same rules and regulations that the other industries had to.

is going to require new training too right yeah yeah yeah yeah once we get the material it'll be a lot of training because the um the tracking is totally different is is the tack that you're recommending here pretty consistent with how other towns are responding to this or are you kind of

borrowing from others protocol or is this kind of mount dessert blazing its own path no no we're we're doing this now bar was right on the same track as us um actually they're a little ahead of us they've already purchased the hardware but they're still in the process They speak for Southwest Army Agents. I'm not sure what they're doing. And I would imagine that the other PMS agencies are already saying that most of them are getting for their local hospitals. So they're going to be doing the same. Either that or they won't be providing, you know, paramedic services anymore. You said there was a nationwide requirement now, right? It is. But I suspect, maybe you know, did states, did it go by states or?

geographical was it just one date for the country that had to yeah so the DEA rolled this out the first of this year and they kind of put the cart before the horse on it and then realized they needed to change some things so they're starting to tear the program out nationally um some states are a little farther ahead because they're more even operating this way anticipating the cut this coming like she said earlier um some states are playing catch up a little bit because they're waiting to see what the rules um and so boy the chief is uh put this into motion it it's going to fall right in line with what the da is looking for it will be trained but it's uh right in line with what barnum's doing right on track we're actually purchasing the same uh saves as they are in the same tracking software too

And if you get the license and we're up to snuff, you're saying we might still be able to procure stuff from the hospital?

Yes.

They won't without that license?

Yeah, it's based on the volume. So apparently we can only allow 5% of their inventory. Is that how it works?

Yeah, the hospital itself can only allow 5%. It's been explained to us. We're working with Mar Harbor and Southwest.

all of us falls into that and if we don't meet that five percent or we exceed it then we'll be forced to go with a third party okay good all in favor aye

Do an approved payment of invoices for electrical work in the amount of $7,504.89, utilizing Public Works wastewater reserve account 4050500-24501 with an appropriate unencumbered balance of $208,003.67. Move approval. Second. Any discussion?

we're just for marketing it's for the sealer repair restrooms oh yeah which are approvals should be good now good good uh do we have a motion in the second all in favor

Asked with enthusiasm.

Asked with enthusiasm. Informational and Interactional, Kyle Stewart, Assistant Fire Chief.

Kyle has come here as of, what, a week and a half ago, all the way from Utah, and started last Monday. He'll be spending the next few months learning everything he can from Mike before we're jumping into the spot. But I just wanted him to get a chance to say hello to everyone and get put on the spot for questions before we even begin. And welcome, and we'll be seeing a lot more of those as we go along. Anything you'd like to say, Kyle?

Thanks for the opportunity, my family and I Well, multiple times over the last almost decade, last six years, and really fell in love with the area. And when we saw the position open, my wife not so gently told me I will put it in point.

Excellent. And public comment. This is an opportunity for the public to comment.

Careful quotes this week, Julia, no, no quotes about.

We don't want to see that stuff about all one thing. Bringing the public comment period to close Treasurer's Lawrence.

Approval and signature, 10 invoices, DD 2625, AP 2675, and DD 2626 in the amount of $368,134.72. Approval and signature. Second. All in favor? Provo signature state fees and payroll benefits AP 2673, DD 2624, AP 2674, and 10 payroll PR 2628 in the amount of $264,645.23. Move signature. Second. All in favor. 1 abstention, please. Acknowledgements. school invoice M.D.E.S. AP 16, M.D.E.S. AP 17, school payroll M.D.E.S. PR 25, and voided disbursements, not applicable, in a grant for a grant total of $209,864.86. Move approval. Second. All in favor? Motion to adjourn. So moved.

Second.

All in favor?