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Meeting Name: Town Council Agenda status: Final-revised
Meeting date/time: 8/20/2024 6:00 PM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Council Chambers
Published agenda: Agenda Agenda Published minutes: Minutes Minutes  
Agenda packet: Not available
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CD 24-151 1  MinutesTo approve the Minutes of the July 9, 2024, Executive Session Council Meeting.approvedPass Action details Video Video
CD 24-153 1  MinutesTo approve the Minutes of the July 9, 2024, Council Meeting.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-084 1  OrderTo receive comment on proposed amendments to the town’s charter pursuant to 30-A M.R.S.A. §2104(1) and summarized below pursuant to 30-A M.R.S.A. §2104(6) and order that language specific to the amendments be placed on the municipal ballot coincident with the State and Federal elections on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 for the purpose of voting on the charter amendments as summarized below: To amend Article II, Section 3.B to give the Town Council the authority to appoint and remove the Town Clerk on a vote of five members; Article II, Section 12 to remove the requirement that the Town Clerk be a resident of Windham; and Article VII, Sections 1 and 2 to remove the Town Clerk from provisions related to elected officials. These amendments will result in the Town Clerk being an appointed rather than an elected official.failedPass Action details Video Video
24-132 1  OrderTo receive public comment and act on a proposed amendment to the Solid Waste Ordinance, Chapter 192, of the Code of the Town of Windham regarding trash and recyclable collection at multi-family dwellings.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-135 1  OrderTo receive public comment and act on proposed amendments to the Town of Windham Marijuana Business Ordinance, Chapter 128 of the Code of the Town of Windham, to require that an applicant has paid all tax obligations to the Town in order to obtain or maintain a license.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-136 1  OrderTo receive public comment and act on proposed amendments to the Sewers Ordinance, Chapter 181 of the Code of the Town of Windham.postponedPass Action details Video Video
24-137 1  OrderTo receive public comment and act on a proposed Disbursement Warrant Ordinance, Chapter 46 of the Code of the Town of Windham.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-083 1  OrderTo award a contract to Great Falls Builders in the amount of $650,000, said amount to be paid from account 19100-47430 for design-build services for the construction of a new North Windham Fire Station, the renovation of the existing North Windham Fire Station for its re-use as an economic incubator, the renovation of the current Windham Middle School for its re-use as a community center, and renovations at the Town Hall, subject to budgetary allocations, and to authorize the town manager to execute a contract and to take any other necessary action related thereto.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-091 1  OrderTo set the tax rate for 2024-2025 at $11.47 per thousand dollars of assessed value.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-092 1  OrderTo set the dates on which 2024-2025 taxes will be due as October 1, 2024 and April 1, 2025.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-093 1  OrderTo set the rate of interest that will be charged on overdue taxes for 2024-2025 at eight and a half percent (8.50%).approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-094 1  OrderTo authorize and direct the Tax Collector/Treasurer, pursuant to Title 36 M.R.S.A. §906, to apply any tax payment received as payment against outstanding or delinquent taxes due in chronological order, beginning with the oldest unpaid obligation, including personal property, provided, however, that no such payment may be applied to any tax obligation for which an abatement application or appeal is pending, unless approved in writing by the taxpayer.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-095 1  OrderTo authorize and direct the Tax Collector/Treasurer, pursuant to Title 36 M.R.S.A. §506, to accept prepaid property taxes at any time and to establish an interest rate of 0% on such payments.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-152 1  OrderTo authorize the transfer of $6,076 from general contingency account 19910-43100 to the property tax assistance program account 18300-46930.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-096 1  OrderTo approve qualifying applications for property tax assistance pursuant to Chapter 209, Article I of the Code of the Town of Windham, “Property Tax Assistance,” to be processed from account 18300-46930.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-129 1  OrderTo adopt a 90-day extension to the ordinance establishing a moratorium for non-residential uses in shoreland zoning districts, extending the existing ordinance expiration from September 22, 2024 to December 21, 2024.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-134 1  OrderTo authorize the Town Manager to sign the necessary documents to convey a parcel of land for the wastewater treatment facility on the southwesterly side of Sposedo Road and any other associated easements associated with the wastewater treatment system to the Portland Water District and take any other action related thereto.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-138 1  OrderTo adopt the updated Economic Development Strategic Plan as a policy with the intent of incorporating the revised objectives and strategies as a future amendment to the Comprehensive Plan.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-139 1  OrderTo refer proposed miscellaneous amendments to the Code of the Town of Windham Chapter 120 Land Use Ordinance, Article 3 Definitions, Article 4 District Standards, Article 8 Site Plan Review, and Article 9 Subdivision Review to the Planning Board for its review and recommendation.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-140 1  OrderTo authorize the disbursement of $4,149 from the Federal Opioid Distribution Fund (1000-4008) for the purchase of LockMed Guardian, designed to safeguard prescription medication.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-144 1  OrderTo approve the ballot for the election of vice president and executive committee of the Maine Municipal Association, and to further authorize the Town Manager to take any other necessary action related thereto to finalize the action.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-145 1  OrderTo accept the public turnaround easements for Hemlock Drive, a street identified by the Town as a Designated Private Way that has met the criteria set forth by private and special law L.D. 1975, for the purpose of the Town’s continued winter maintenance services.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-146 1  OrderTo approve a new Victualer’s License application submitted by Andrew Hager & Hannah Buoye d/b/a Waxwing Bakery.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-150 1  OrderTo adopt proposed amendments to the Town’s Purchasing Policy.approvedPass Action details Video Video
24-151 1  OrderTo award a bid for the purchase of a budgeted 2024 14-passenger bus with wheelchair lift at cost of $107,100 to be applied to account 19100-47430.approvedPass Action details Video Video
CD 24-148 1  CorrespondenceSubstance Prevention Grant Recipient Reports.   Action details Not available
CD 24-149 1  CorrespondenceFOAA Status Report.   Action details Not available
CD 24-150 1  CorrespondenceWatershed Protection Grant Program - Thank you.   Action details Not available
CD 24-154 1  CorrespondenceGrowth Permit Status.   Action details Not available
CD 24-156 1  CorrespondenceSebago Lakes Region Fuller Center For Housing Event and Update.   Action details Not available
CD 24-157 1  CorrespondenceEmailed Council Correspondence.   Action details Not available
CD 24-158 1  CorrespondencePublic Outreach - New Trash Collection Service.   Action details Not available
CD 24-159 1  CorrespondenceCumberland County - District #2 Notice of Caucus - Finance Committee Appointments.   Action details Not available
CD 24-160 1  CorrespondenceQuarterly Department Report.   Action details Not available
CD 24-162 1  CorrespondenceSouthern Maine Agency on Aging Correspondence.   Action details Not available
CD 24-165 1  CorrespondenceDundee Hydroelectric Project on Presumpscot River - Dundee Park.   Action details Not available
CD 24-169 1  CorrespondenceCredit Opinions - August 2024.   Action details Not available
CD 24-171 1  CorrespondencePreliminary 2025 State Valuation.   Action details Not available
CD 24-026 1  Discussion ItemNew Cell Tower - Public Safety Building Tower Replacement.   Action details Video Video
CD 24-106 1  Discussion ItemBranding & Wayfinding Signage Advisory Committee Update.   Action details Video Video
CD 24-126 1  Discussion ItemTrash Program Update.   Action details Video Video
CD 24-155 1  Discussion ItemLittle Falls Master Plan Update.   Action details Video Video
CD 24-161 1  Discussion ItemGrowth Permit Ordinance - Growth Permit Ratios.   Action details Not available