The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Maine Town Documents Maine Government Documents 2008 2008 Annual Report Town of Phippsburg Phippsburg (Me.). Municipal Officers Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs Repository Citation Phippsburg (Me.). Municipal Officers, "2008 Annual Report Town of Phippsburg" (2008). Maine Town Documents. 696. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/towndocs/696 This Report is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Maine Town Documents by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Cover Photos “Skiff at Spirit Pond” - Brenda Cummings “Crossed Ladders” in memory of Robert “Bogie” Beals - Chilloa Young “Eagles in Winnegance” - Betsey Morse “Birches in Ice” - Mike Young “Popham Beach Dune” - John Skroski TOWN OFFICE 1042 Main Road Phippsburg, ME 04562 Telephone: (207) 389-2653 or 389-1088 Fax: (207) 389-1522 E-mail: [email protected] Town TV Channel: 3 Town Administrator & Tax Collector: M - F from 9 am to 1 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm Code Enforcement: M - F from 2 pm to 5 pm Assessing Agent: Tue & Wed From 11 am to 1 pm (other hours by appointment) TRANSFER STATION 58 Sam Day Hill Road (207) 389-1402 Winter Hours (starting Sep 15th) - Wed & Sat, 8 am - 4 pm Spring Hours (starting May 1st) - Mon 10-6, Wed & Sat 8 am - 4 pm Summer Hours (starting Jun 15th) - Add Fri 8 am - 4 pm Albert F. Totman Library Telephone: (207) 389-2309 Phippsburg Post Office Telephone: (207) 442-0133 Sebasco Post Office Telephone: (207) 389-1551 TOWN OFFICE CLOSURES FOR 2009/2010 The Town Office & Transfer Station will be closed according to the following schedule. The Transfer Station will be open the following day. Memorial Day May 25, 2009 Thanksgiving Friday Nov 27, 2009 EOY (Counter) at 2 pm June 30, 2009 Christmas Eve at Noon Dec 24, 2009 Independence Day July 3, 2009 Christmas Day Dec 25, 2009 Labor Day Sep 7, 2009 New Year’s Day Jan 1, 2010 Columbus Day Oct 12, 2009 Martin Luther King Jan 18, 2010 Veterans Day Nov 11, 2009 Presidents Day Feb 15, 2010 Thanksgiving Day Nov 26, 2009 Patriots Day Apr 19, 2010 STORM 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 Portland Group Radio Stations WGAN, WYNZ, WPOR, WCLZ. When the Transfer Station is closed it will be reopened the following day. TOWN OF PHIPPSBURG Cover Page (edited by Lincoln County Publishing) 195th Annual Report for the Year Ending June 30, 2008 1 2008 ANNUAL REPORT TABLE OF CONTENTS 211 Area Assistance Services ....................................................................................... 177 Abatements ....................................................................................................................... 57 Addressing Officer 9-11 Report ........................................................................................ 79 Alliquipa Landing Easement Map (TM Warrant Article #58) ......................................... 55 Animal Control Officer's Report ....................................................................................... 80 Appeals Board Report ....................................................................................................... 80 Appreciation For Service (Betty J. Herron, Town Clerk) ................................................. 10 Assessing Agent’s Report ................................................................................................. 81 Assessment Review Board Report .................................................................................... 82 Assessors' Notice .............................................................................................................. 56 Audit ............................................................................................................................... 150 Budget Committee Report ................................................................................................ 83 Candidate for Office Statements ....................................................................................... 40 Cemetery District Report .................................................................................................. 84 Center Pond Alewife Committee ...................................................................................... 85 Code Enforcement Officer's Report .................................................................................. 88 Community Access Television Committee Report ........................................................... 89 Comprehensive Plan Implementation/Ordinance Rewrite Committee Reports ............... 90 Conservation Commission Report .................................................................................... 91 County Commissioner Grose’s Report ............................................................................. 32 County Communications Center Report ......................................................................... 129 County Sheriff Merry’s Report ......................................................................................... 33 Emergency Management Report ....................................................................................... 93 Fire Auxiliary Appreciation Photos .................................................................................. 95 Fire Department Report .................................................................................................... 94 Firemen’s Field Day Photos ................................................................................. 176 & 183 Governor Baldacci’s Report ............................................................................................. 29 Graphs ............................................................................................................................... 35 Harbor Commission Report .............................................................................................. 96 Harbor Master's Report ..................................................................................................... 97 Health Officer’s Report ..................................................................................................... 97 Historic Preservation Commission Report ........................................................................ 98 Land Trust Report ............................................................................................................. 99 Library (Albert F. Totman) Addition Photos .................................................................. 104 Library Report (Albert F. Totman) ................................................................................. 101 Library Report (Patten Free) ........................................................................................... 105 McLanathan - Phippsburg Fire and Rescue Fund, Inc. Report ....................................... 106 Memoriam (Kenneth McPherson) ...................................................................................... 6 Minutes of Annual Town Meeting (May 5 - 6, 2008) ................................................... 133 Minutes from Special Town Meeting (March 11, 2009) ................................................ 148 Minutes from Special Town Meeting (March 25, 2009) ................................................ 149 Nature Conservancy (Basin) Report ............................................................................... 107 New Beginnings (Births) .................................................................................................... 7 New Meadows River Watershed Project Report ............................................................ 108 2 TOWN OF PHIPPSBURG Passages (Deaths) ................................................................................................................ 4 Planning Board Report .................................................................................................... 110 Police Department Report ............................................................................................... 111 Postcards from the Past ................................................................................................... 174 Property Tax Exemption Information ............................................................................. 171 Public Safety Advisory Committee Report ..................................................................... 113 Recreation Commission Report ...................................................................................... 114 Registrar of Voters Report .............................................................................................. 122 Rescue Department Report ............................................................................................. 123 Recycling List ................................................................................................................. 184 Road Committee Report ................................................................................................. 124 RSU #1 Board of Directors Report (Full Board) ............................................................ 116 RSU #1 Board of Directors Report (Phippsburg Representatives) ................................. 117 Scholarships List ............................................................................................................