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TOWN OF PHIPPSBURG Town of Phippsburg 207th Annual Report for Fiscal Year ending June 30, 2020 Town Report Photos We welcome photos from citizens of Phippsburg for the Town Report each year, and have done our best to identify the citizens therein. 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Abatements, Supplemental Bills & Special Assessments 97 Addressing Officer 9-1-1 Report 123 Animal Control Officer's Report 124 Appeals Board Report 125 Appreciation for Services (David Thombs) 24 Assessing Agent’s Report 126 Assessor’s Notice 96 Auditor’s Report 190 Auditor's Statement of Departmental Operations (A-4) 98 Ballot (Municipal Officers - TM Article #2) 95 Bates-Morse Mountain Report 128 Budget Committee Report 131 Candidates’ Statements 52 Cemetery District Report 133 Center Pond River Herring Committee Report 134 Citizens Guide to Town Meeting 51 Citizens Information 206 Clerk Minutes of Annual Town Meeting Elections July 2020 177 Clerk Minutes of Special Town Meeting September 2020 178 Code Enforcement Officer's Report 140 Community Access Television Committee Report 132 Community Garden Committee Report 135 Comprehensive Planning Committee Report 137 Conservation Commission Report 141 Emergency Management Director’s Report (Town) 142 Financial Investment Committee Report 143 Fire Department Report 144 Governor Mills’ Report 30 Graph- Mil Rate 8-Year Comparison 48 Graph-Municipal Appropriations (8-year comparison) 49 Harbor Commission Report 146 Harbor Master's Report 146 Health Officer’s Report 147 Historic Preservation Commission Report 148 Historical Society Report 150 Land Trust Report 152 Library Report (Albert F. Totman Library) 156 Management Discussion and Analysis for Fiscal Year 20 194 McLanathan - Phippsburg Fire and Rescue Fund, Inc. Report 158 Memorials and Photos 16 Nature Conservancy (Basin Preserve) Report 154 Phippsburg Elementary Principal's Report 44 Phippsburg Scholarship’s Primer 46 2 TOWN OF PHIPPSBURG Planning Board Report 159 Police Department Report 160 Prior Years Taxes Receivable (A-11) 111 Property Tax Exemptions and Land Use Programs 203 Public Safety Advisory Committee Report 163 Real Estate and Property Taxes Outstanding 104 Reconciliation of Treasurer's Cash Balance (A-6) 113 Recreation Commission Report 164 Registrar of Voter’s Report 166 Rescue Department Report 167 Road Committee Report 168 RSU #1 Enrollment 43 RSU #1 Board of Directors Report 41 RSU #1 Superintendent’s Report 42 Sagadahoc County Commissioner Grose’s Report 35 Sagadahoc County Communications Report 38 Sagadahoc County Emergency Management Director’s Report 39 Sagadahoc County Sheriff Merry’s Report 37 Selectmen's Annual Overview 116 Shellfish Conservation Commission Report 170 Shellfish Warden's Report 170 Spirit of America Award to Gary Morong 25 Boston Post Cane to Jean O. Perkins 26 Phippsburg’s Sportsmen’s Association Report 173 State Representative Hepler’s Report 27 State Senator Vitelli’s Report 29 Tax Acquired Property 114 Town Boards, Committees and Commissions for 2020 12 Town Clerk's Report 138 Town Directory 4 Town Landings Committee Report 174 Town Lands Management Committee Report 175 Town Meeting Warrant (June 8 & June 12, 2021) 55 Town Meeting Schedule 50 Town Owned Property 114 Town Valuation, Assessment & Collections (A-5) 193 Town, County, School, State and Federal Officials for 2020 7 Treasurer's Revenue Report 102 Trust Funds 113 U. S. Representative Pingree’s Report 31 U. S. Senator Collins’ Report 34 U. S. Senator King’s Report 32 Winnegance River Herring Commission Report 176 3 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Town of Phippsburg - Directory - 1042 Main Road Phippsburg, Maine 04562 www.phippsburg.com Community Access Television on Channel 3 Municipal Closure Information Closings of the Town Office and/or Transfer Station due to weather conditions will be announced on Television Stations 6, 8, and 13 as well as Radio Stations WGAN (560 AM/105.5 FM), WYNZ (100.9 FM), WPOR (101.9 FM), WCLZ (98.9FM), WZAN (970 AM), WMGX (93.1 FM), and WBAE (1490 AM). Links to storm closures list- ings are provided on the Town’s website. When the Transfer Station is closed it will be reopened the following day unless otherwise announced. Town E-Mail Addresses Selectmen/Town Administrator: [email protected] Tax Collector/Treasurer/Town Clerk: [email protected] Assessing Agent: [email protected] Code Enforcement Officer: [email protected] Police Chief: [email protected] Librarian: [email protected] Police and Fire Numbers FIRE/RESCUE (EMERGENCY ONLY) .............................................................................. 911 FIRE DEPT, OTHER BUSINESS ................................................................................... 389-2410 POLICE (EMERGENCY ONLY) .......................................................................................... 911 POLICE, OTHER BUSINESS .................................................................. 389-2653 or 443-8201 SHERIFF (EMERGENCY ONLY) ......................................................................................... 911 SHERIFF, OTHER BUSINESS .......................................................................................443-8201 Other Law Enforcement Numbers Federal Bureau of Investigation ..................................................................................... 774-9322 Maine Computer Crimes Task Force ........................................................................... 877-8080 Maine Drug Enforcement Agency ................................................................................. 822-0370 Maine Emergency Management Agency.... ................................................................ 624-4400 Maine Marine Patrol Division ........................................................................................ 633-9596 Maine Warden Service (Dispatch) .................................................................. 1-800-452-4664 Maine Warden Service (Business) ................................................................................ 287-8000 Operation Game Thief Tip Line (Poaching) ................................................... 1-800-253-7887 State Police (Troop D) Dispatch.................................................................................... 624-7076 U.S. Coast Guard (South Portland) ...............................................................................767-0320 U.S. Coast Guard (Boothbay Harbor)........................................................................... 633-2661 4 TOWN OF PHIPPSBURG TOWN ADMINISTRATOR TAX COLLECTOR/TREASURER/TOWN CLERK GENERAL ASSISTANCE 389-2653/389-1088 Fax: 389-1522 Weekdays - 9:00 am to 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm SELECTMEN’S MEETINGS Wednesday evenings at 5:00 pm ASSESSING AGENT Public Hours Tuesday & Wednesday - 11:00 am to 1:00 pm (Other hours by appointment) CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER PLUMBING INSPECTOR BUILDING INSPECTOR HEALTH OFFICER 389-2653/389-1088 Fax: 389-1522 Weekdays - 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm TRANSFER STATION 52 Sam Day Hill Road 389-1402 Year Round - Mon, Wed & Sat, 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Additional Summer Hours (June 14th to September 18th) - Fridays 8:00 am to 4:00 pm PHIPPSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 1047 Main Road 389-1514 Website: www.phippsburg.rsu1.org RSU #1 - OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT 34 Wing Farm Parkway, Bath 443-6601 Fax: 443-8295 Website: www.rsu1.org ALBERT F. TOTMAN LIBRARY 28 Parker Head Road Monday through Friday - 10:00 pm to 5:00 pm Saturday - 10:00 am to 1:00 pm 389-2309 Website: www.totman.library.org 5 2020 ANNUAL REPORT PHIPPSBURG HISTORICAL SOCIETY 24 Parker Head Road June - September Mondays-Saturdays - 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Judy Mullins at 389-2401 Website: www.phippsburghistorical.com PHIPPSBURG POST OFFICE 520 Main Road 442-0133 Counter Monday to Friday - 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm Saturday - 8:30 am to 11:00 am Lobby Monday to Saturday - Open 24 Hours SEBASCO POST OFFICE 415 Sebasco Road 389-1551 Counter Monday to Friday - 8:00 am to 10:00 am, 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Saturday - 8:00 am to 12:00 pm Lobby Monday to Friday - 8:00 am to 4:15 pm Saturday - 8:00 am to 12:00 pm 6 TOWN OF PHIPPSBURG Town Officials for 2020 Selectmen, Assessors and Overseers of the Poor J. Michael Young, Chair (E-2021), Cell: 841-6612 Julia M. House (E-2022), Cell: 607-3197 Christopher L. Mixon (E - 2023), Cell: 522-6085 E-mail: [email protected] Town Administrator, Registrar of Voters General Assistance Administrator Deputy Public Records Access Officer Amber L. Jones Office: 389-2653 Work Cell: 837-5471 E-mail: [email protected] Administrative Assistant Adele M. Suggs, Office: 389-2653 E-mail: [email protected] Tax Collector, Treasurer & Town Clerk Lisa M. Wallace (E - 2022), Office: 389-2653 E-mail: [email protected] Deputy Town Clerk Pauline J. Flemmings (2022), Office: 389-2653 Road Commissioner R. Curtis Doughty (E - 2021), Cell: 841-0317 Code Enforcement Officer, Plumbing Inspector, Building Inspector, Public Records Access Officer Leighton I. Rainey (A - 2021), Office: 389-2653 Work Cell: 837-5474 E-mail: [email protected] Assessing Agent Juanita Wilson Hennessey, IFA, CMA (2022), Office: 389-2653 E-mail: [email protected] Animal Control Officer Norman S. Turner (2021) Sagadahoc County Dispatch, 443-8201 Police Chief John B. Skroski (A-2021), Office: 389-2653 E-mail: [email protected] 7 2020 ANNUAL REPORT Town Officials for 2020 Police Officers Kehl C. Chadwick (2021) Samuel Alexander (2021) Parking Enforcement (Vacant) Harbormaster & Shellfish Warden Douglas A. Alexander (2021), Home: 443-3114,