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Selectboard - Regular Meeting

Monday, June 29, 2026
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The Mount Desert Selectboard approved a treasurer's warrant for over $1.7 million, which included debt service, general assistance, and a payment for the Gray Cow parking lot. A new board member sought clarification on the warrant's items before the vote.

About this meeting

Government Body
Selectboard
Meeting Type
Selectboard
Location
Mount Desert, ME
Meeting Date
June 29, 2026

Transcript

21 sections

0:02 – 0:21•Speaker 3

I would like to call this meeting to order. I don't think we have any public comments, so I don't need to worry about that. Treasurer warrants, approve and sign a treasurer warrant as shown. Town invoices AP 2678 for $1,744,106.07. Move approval. Second. All in favor? Rodney? Okay. All in favor?

0:32•Speaker 1

Can I have a discussion just for a minute? Yes. I just want clarification. I'm new. I just want clarification.

0:38•Speaker 1

How the items appear on this worksheet. Your email mentioned three things. Yes. And I just want to have a sub-breakout. Yes. If I could.

0:49 – 1:03•Speaker 2

So the big thing and the reason that- Debt service, yeah. We did not have invoices from Bar Harbor Bank. in time for the last meeting to give you the right amount.

1:03•Speaker 1

Understood.

1:05 – 1:41•Speaker 2

Most of them are fixed amounts, so I could have just grabbed last year's, except there's one that isn't, of course. So rather than being an adjunct, we said we got to wait till we know for sure. The second item is a general assistance one. Alex could spend on that if you want. The final item is there was an error in Paying for the Grey Cow parking lot. Yep. Payment one, not pay twice in essence. So this is just making up the difference and paying the rest of that.

1:45 – 1:56•Speaker 1

So again, the amounts, the debt service was the- $6 million. Okay. And the general assistance was the- $696.98.

2:01•Speaker 1

And the brown cow?

2:03•Speaker 3

Or these two. Okay. 127, 671. Gotcha.

2:06•Speaker 1

Just want to know when I'm approving.

2:07•Speaker 3

Nope. Good. Good question. Brown cow.

2:12•Speaker 1

Yeah. That's my Selmsville ignorance there.

2:18•Speaker 3

Any other discussion? All in favor?

2:25•Speaker 1

Motion to adjourn.

2:27•Speaker 3

Motion to adjourn. So moved. Second. All in favor?

2:33•Speaker 1

Thank you all very much.

2:36•Speaker 2

We've had some short ones, but I think that one's the

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