Town of Stockton Springs

Harbor Committee

September 14, 2017

Minutes

  1. Roll Call/Determine Quorum

Present: Bruce Suppes, Kenneth Wyman, Melissa Thompson.

Absent: Darren Shute, Bob Hendrickson, Michael Donahue.

Also Present: Les Bryant – Harbormaster, Courtney O’Donnell – Town Manager, Peter Curley – Select Board Member, Mac Smith – Recording Secretary.

Having determined a quorum to have been achieved, Mr. Suppes opened the meeting at 7:07 p.m.

  1. Review/Approval of Minutes August 2017

Motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to approve the minutes of the August 2017 meeting as presented.

  1. Harbormaster Report

Harbormaster Les Bryant made the following report:

He has taken the sheetrock out of the corner of the Harbormaster shack and found five mice living there, he has cleaned them out but the wires are chewed and it is smelly. He said Darren Shute would check the wiring.

Jack’s Electric has been to the harbor and fixed all the lights, all should be working, one needs a new motion sensor.

He has put up the dispenser for dog waste.

One corner bracket on the corner of one of the straight docks has a hole.

He wants to pull outhauls this fall and perhaps replace them, it has been a couple of years since they have been inspected.

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The work bench has been completed.

Everything has been moved to the new storage building from the Harbormaster shack.

Signage has been placed at the harbor picnic area.

  1. Financial Report

Mr. Suppes presented the financial report. He asked about late mooring fees.

  1. Old Business
  1. Update re: Four (4) moorings taken by Town for unpaid 2016 mooring fees and eleven (11) moorings to be taken by Town for unpaid 2017 mooring fees. Recommendations from Committee to Select Board on disposition of hardware.

There was a brief discussion of this item. It was decided to dispose of everything at once.

  1. Update re: Dock signage and parking lot lights out

Mr. Bryant discussed this issue in his earlier report.

  1. Other Old Business
  1. New Business

a)Discussion re: Nominations for Committee Chairman to fill out remaining term (until June 2018 meeting) of Suppes, who is resigning effective 1 October.

This item was briefly discussed but no action was taken.

b)Discussion re: Appointing a member of the Committee to act as Committee Auditor

Mr. Suppes said he had sent an email to Mr. Donahue regarding possibly taking on that responsibility.

c)Any other new business?

Charlie Costello asked if the rodents found in the harbor shack were mice or rats. Mr. Bryant said they were mice. Mr. Costello said the residents of the condominiums have made a major effort to eradicate rats from their area.

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Mr. Bryant thanked Mr. Suppes for his years of service for the Town of Stockton Springs.

  1. Adjournment

Motion was made, seconded and passed unanimously to adjourn the meeting.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 p.m.

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