I. Council Action Requested.
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To endorse an application to the Maine Department of Transportation System (MaineDOT) requesting an allocation of $200,000 state Municipal Stream Crossing Program to provide funding for the culvert replacement at the Falmouth Road crossing of McIntosh Brook with the understanding that the Town would require to match approximately $600,000 for the project.
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II. Basis for Council Action.
Council approval of this item is required because;
a. PACTS applications require endorsement by the local governing body, or “municipal officers,” and
b. Pursuant to Article II, Section 1 of the Charter “the Town Council, hereinafter called the ‘Council’, shall be and constitute the municipal officers of the Town,” and
c. Pursuant to Article II, Section 3(I) of the Charter the Council has the authority 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 see the attached materials.