I. Council Action Requested.
Title
To approve the donation of the Town’s 2006 E-One Fire Engine to the Foster Career & Technical Education Center in Farmington, Maine.
Body
II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a. Title 30-A M.R.S.A. Section 5655 requires acceptance of unconditional gifts by the “municipal legislative body,” and
b. Pursuant to Article II, Section 3(I) of the Charter the Council “shall have to exercise all the legislative, financial, borrowing and other powers now or hereafter given by statute to inhabitants of towns acting in Town Meeting except as otherwise provided herein, and also exercise all the powers now or hereafter given by statute to municipal officers of towns.
III. Issue Summary.
Please refer to the attached memo from Fire-Rescue Chief Brent Libby.