At their December 2 meeting, the Select Board will return to several recent topics and take up a few new ones. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at the Meetinghouse and will be live-streamed at this link.
Follow-up items on the agenda include these:
— the “Village Path” trail proposed between the Town Hall Complex and Church Road; find comments from the town attorney, maps and draft easement at pp.63-69 of the meeting agenda packet;
— edits to the board’s draft “360 review” document for evaluating the town manager; find the current version at pp.57-62;
— setting up a session with assessor Mike O’Donnell to discuss the expiration of the Pineland TIF and its impacts;
— next steps for planning services for the Town. With the planner position vacant since late August, Manager Bill Kerbin has been exploring options.
Among new-ish December 2 topics are
— whether to share budget planning documents electronically and how the public might get information and offer input during the budget process. Currently, Finance Committee members get budget binders, a public hearing occurs late in the process, and budget information is not posted online;
— whether to set up town email accounts for members of boards and committees in lieu of personal accounts; and
— details about a capital request for a mower for the cemeteries (pp.70-71).
The board also has a detailed update from the Economic and Community Development Committee, including the results of the New Gloucester Age-Friendly community survey on housing, transportation, public spaces and services, community engagement and much more (pp.4-52)
Public comments may be submitted by email before 10 a.m. on Monday, December 2, to townmanager@newgloucester.com and smyers@newgloucester.com. If you want your written comment read aloud, please indicate that in the subject line.
Find contact information for Select Board members and links to meeting agendas, minutes and related documents at this link.
— Joanne Cole
