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Email Informing Committee of Selectman Weil's Offer and
His Clarification (3)
Page 2
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Introduction
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Letter to Selectman with request
for fulltime Harbormaster
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Email to members of Committee
informing them of Selectman Weil's offer
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Email to Selectman Weil
requesting advice on how to present amendment
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Flyer given out at
Town Meeting
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Comments I
have received
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Comments made to
Selectmen 5/26/05
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Comments made at
hearing for Harbormaster
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This is an email that I sent to the HWC after receiving
the call from Selectman Weil, followed by a clarifying message from
Selectman Weil.
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This email shows that Gordon called me on Wednesday, February
23, 2005, 22 days before the town meeting.
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I did say that there could be time to prepare, but that
turned out to be a naive and ignorant prediction on my part.
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It turned out that the HWC had good reason to hesitate.
They felt recommending a fulltime HM was too quick, that it might
just provide one more person to tell them what to do, and that there had
been many past abuses at the hand of earlier HMs. I received similar
responses from other people I spoke with.
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When I left the HWC meeting scheduled for March 2(changed
to March 1), to attend the Library Hearing, I thought the idea of a full
time HM had been dropped, and so informed Selectman Weil. However, I
informed him of our new idea later. (see next page)
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However, in my absence the committee concluded
that, while a fulltime HM was not a good idea, it would be an excellent idea to
increase the time (and pay) of the HM.
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At a HWC meeting on March 8, (4 days before town meeting)
the Committee decided, with then HM Steinman and Selectman Theberge
present, that the pay and the appropriation for harbor management be increased. Selectman
Theberge volunteered to get proper language for the proposed amendment and
get a flyer written by the town office. The flyer was considered essential because
the committee did not want to surprise town meeting any more than
necessary.
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This shows that neither I nor the committee "blindsided"
the Selectmen. Selectmen Theberge was present and participating in our
efforts. On the next page you will see how Selectman Weil was informed.
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Selectman Theberge was unable to fulfill his offer, so I
came up with wording for a flyer and an amendment. Since I was unsure how
to write the amendment, I emailed Selectman Weil on Saturday for advice.
(see next page)
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From: Burr Taylor [mailto:btaylor1@gwi.net]
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 5:50 PM
To: Wes Coffin; Bruce Dyer; 'Burr Taylor'; Dave Moody; Dee; Frank Kibbe; Jay
Chace; Jim Hays; Lee Theberge; Peter Darling; Stewart Tuttle
Cc: 'Gordon Weil'
Subject: Full-time Harbormaster
Hi,
Gordon Weil called today to offer the committee an opportunity to put a
request for a full-time harbormaster directly before the Town Meeting on
March 12. This would be accomplished by proposing an amendment to the
appropriate warrant article for an increase in monies sufficient to cover a
full time harbormaster plus benefits. If seconded, there would be
discussion, a vote on the amendment and a vote on the warrant
article. Hopefully the mooring fees would be increased to cover the
additional expense. These fees are set by the Selectmen at a later time.
Since it was last year's committee that voted unanimously in favor of a
fulltime harbormaster, it is important to make sure this year's committee
also favors a fulltime harbormaster. Therefore, Jim and I will be calling
you in the next couple of days to get your thoughts. We would like to have a
meeting to discuss this on March 2, at the Town Office at 6:00.
My apologies to David since he showed up for a meeting last night.
Burr
PS. I am sending a copy of this message to Gordon, so (hopefully) I can be
sure I got this all OK.
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From: Gordon Weil [mailto:Gordon.Weil@weilnet.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 9:29 PM
To: Burr Taylor
Cc: Wes Coffin; Bruce Dyer; Dave Moody; Dee; Frank Kibbe; Jay Chace; Jim
Hays; Lee Theberge; Peter Darling; Stewart Tuttle
Subject: Re: Full-time HarbormasterTo be clear on this: the article in
the warrant will allow for any amount of money to be attached to it. The
selectmen will propose their amount. You may propose to amend that proposal
with another amount. The Town would then vote on the amendment. If adopted,
it would become the appropriation. If not, the Town would then vote on the
Selectmen's proposal.
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