Staff Writer
LIMESTONE — The Limestone Selectpeople met on Oct 21 and scheduled a special town meeting which will take place tonight to discuss the Library Expansion Loan and to authorize the selectpeople to appropriate no more than $10,000 for new shelving and materials for the new library. The selectpeople also approved an application for abatement on 2009-10 property taxes for Carl and Marylouise Morin and Vinal Chasse regarding the ownership of a building already partially torn down.
No bids were received on the tax acquired property for 18 Access Highway and 37 Long Road, but a $2,000 bid on the 1969 International fire truck was approved.
Limestone Code Enforcement Officer Rebecca McBreairty discussed with the selectpeople an issue regarding a property owner having railroad ties in the right of way on Burleigh Street and discusses the status of property clean up on the Grand Falls Road. McBreairty described to the selectpeople how legal proceedings would move forward should the property owner not meet deadline for clean up.
Selectperson Mary Morin had requested an update on the Downtown Revitalization Committee and Patricia Kilpatrick, chair of the Limestone Planning Board, provided answers to her question.
A meeting had been held with concerned individuals to determine where the downtown business zone would be: it is planned that the business zone would expand from Cote’s Auto on Access Highway to St. Pierre and Son’s Plumbing on the Van Buren Road to include Main Street businesses. A new program called Maine Downtown Network will be pursued by the committee; the program was established through the Main Street Maine program.
Also during the public comment segment of the meeting, Roch Dupre discussed with the selectpeople the decreased mil rate of the town in regard to increased taxes. Morin was optimistic that 2010-11 budgets may be reduced to lower the tax bill for next year.
Jesse Philbrick, who had recently received a burn permit from the town, expressed his disappointment with the town after being issued a summons from the State Fire Warden regarding the intentional burning of Philbrick’s residential property.
Though Philbrick had received a burn permit, Limestone Fire Chief Paul Durepo explained that when someone obtains a burn permit for a bonfire or a burn pile, they are acknowledging that they are fully liable should the fire get away and properties(s) incur damages.
The selectpeople will meet later than usual this evening, as the Limestone Water and Sewer District are holding a public hearing regarding a proposal to increase to the sewer rate. The budget committee will be meeting at the Limestone Town Office at 6 p.m. to discuss the Library Expansion Project, which is followed by a town meeting to vote on additional funding for the Library Expansion Project. At 6:30, there is a public hearing to discuss general assistance.
The next meeting of the Limestone Selectpeople will be held tonight after the 6:30 public hearing at the Limestone Municipal Building.
