Selectmen’s Minutes, Tues., May 6, 2008

Town of Sedgwick Maine

Selectman’s Meeting

May 6, 2008  Tuesday  3:30PM  

Selectmen present:  Nelson Grindal, Bill Jagger and Tom O'Connor. Other participants:  Selectman’s assistant Barbara Grindle and Janet Toth of the Eastern Maine Development Corporation. 

  1. Approved the minutes of the May 1, 2008 selectman’s meeting.

 

  1. Ms. Toth presented information on a state economic development program called Pine Tree Zones.  The program offers tax incentives for businesses to locate in areas that have applied for the Pine Tree Zone designation and have a high unemployment rate.  Selectmen wanted time to review the materials Ms. Toth handed out concerning the program.

 

  1. Selectmen voted 2 to 0 (1 abstention, Grindal) to accept the bid of Aaron Grindal to provide cedar shingles siding for the town office.  The town received two bids for the project and Mr. Grindal was $2,100 less than the second bid.

 

  1. Selectmen appointed Bill Donnell as the town’s second representative to the Hancock County Planning Committee.

 The meeting was adjourned at 5:30PM.    

Respectfully submitted,    

Tom O'Connor, Selectman