Good morning Sangerville, I am very happy with our veterans day ceremony yesterday. I want to thank Brian Knowlton and the Guilford Amercian Legion Post, our local Boy Scouts of America troop, I apologize, I did not get their troop number, Representative Chad Perkins, Paul Davis, Ryder Olsen, our outstanding musician and Alan Burgess and the Recovery Center for all their work and help on the project. I especially want to thank all our citizens who came out to attend the event. This was so successful; I believe we will try to make it an annual event.
On the West Rd. the ditching and culverts are done, and they will begin adding gravel to the surface and compacting it this week. That work should be complete by the end of the week. Some of our other projects this week will be putting some cold patch on the sidewalk in front of the town office to reduce the tripping hazard, replacing some corner signs on the Sangerville Line and removing a couple of dangerous trees in the town right of way on the East Sangerville Rd.
We are inviting the Ad hoc town hall committee to get together at an informal work session with selectmen and I tomorrow evening at the fire station at 6:00 PM. No policy or spending decisions will be made as this is an unofficial meeting or work session but the public is invited.

Good afternoon, I would like to share some information with everyone.
First, I am very excited about the veterans day ceremony we have pulled together for the town of Sangerville. It will be at 10:30 Monday morning at the veterans memorial. We will have the Boy Scouts doing the flag part of our ceremony. We have a young man, who I am told is an outstanding musician playing the national anthem for us and we will have the American Legion and a few speakers. Please come out and join us if you can.
Second, work is progressing well on the West Rd., the ditching is almost done, on Monday and Tuesday Scott and Jerry will be doing culvert replacement, so it is possible if need to cross the West Rd. those days, you may be in for a short delay.
Finally, for this post, I want to say thank you to some of our citizens that give extra to the town. I had no idea what goes into an election until Tuesday. When the polls close it is not over and when they open a great deal of work has already been done. Michelle and Kelsey worked very, very hard to make our election process a huge success. Also, our election volunteers: Cheryl Peters, Diana Bowley, and Kathy Willey did not put in just 12 hours, but much closer to 15 when all was said and done with only a few extremely short breaks. Our voter turn-out was 69%. So, thank you to the election staff for doing a great job.
The other group of volunteers in town that is always there and ready to help with anything, even stuff not even remotely related to public safety, are Matt Blockler and the Sangerville Fire Department. They have volunteered to help with everything from tree removal to election set up and about everything in between. As a brother firefighter, this is the group it is natural for me to go to for help, but I do owe each and every one of them a huge thank you.
Brian

I hope the taxpayers of Sangerville, for whom I work, understand I do more than post stuff on the website and Facebook, this will be my last post of the day. Many of you that I have talked to have heard me say that my personal mission statement as town manager is to help turn angerville back into Sangerville. We have an incredible town here that I feel privileged to help lead. To that end I want to focus effort on community involvement and positive community action whenever and wherever possible. I feel a public recognition of veterans, at our town veterans memorial on veterans day is a perfect way to start putting this philosophy into practice. So:

Sangerville 2024 Veterans Day Event
At the town Veterans memorial
Monday November 11, 2024, 10:30 am

1030 National Anthem
1035 Welcome Remarks: Brian Mullis
1050 Lower old flag and raise new flag
1100 Moment of silence
1102 American Legion Ceremony
1125 Closing Remarks: Paul Davis

I want to thank Alan Burgess from the Recovery Center, who with his people have put real work into bringing this ceremony to life and also to Brian Knowlton of the American Legion. We all put this ceremony together very quickly, as I have only been here about a month, but I believe we will have a positive, dignified ceremony that we can all be proud of. I hope you are able to attend.
Brian

I needed to make a couple changes in the agenda for tomorrow night’s select board meeting. So here is the new agenda:
Selectmen’s Meeting Agenda for Wednesday November 6, 2024, 5:00 PM Sangerville Town Office for executive session only, followed by regular meeting at 6:00 PM at the fire station.

1. Call to order at Sangerville Town Office at 5:00 PM
2. Executive Session to have conference call with town attorney on a gated road issue; MRSA 405(6)(E)
3. End First executive session
4. Second Executive Session to discuss unsafe residence; MRSA 405(6)(F)
5. End Second Executive Session, move to fire station for public meeting
6. Open Session
7. Warrants; payroll: 74,75,77
8. Old Business
a. Landfill
b. Storage Pods Town Hall cleaning process report
c. Update on Engineers on the town hall
d. Discussion on committees, changes to the budget committee policy, budget committee appointments
e. Microsoft 365 update
f. Town Cloud Update
g. Winter Parking Ban
h. ATV/snowmobile club representative
i. Accept donation to fire department from Linda Hall
j. Update on Mill St. issue
k. Veterans day ceremony
l. Fire Department Billing for Out-of-Town resident motor vehicle crashes
m. Foreclosed property
9. New Business
a. Board of Appeals
b. Donation to Grace Bible Church
c. Discussion of Lot at corner of Main St. and High St.
d. Assessor Contract
e. Board appointments
f. Grant research update
10. Adjourn

Also, I want everyone to know we are doing a small ditching and culvert project on the West Road this week. It occurred to me that many people might ask why we are utilizing limited time and resources on the West Rd., a dead-end road with limited traffic. My answer is simple. I have been told this road is often impassable during late winter and early spring, (mud season). There are both year-round and seasonal residences on the West Rd. and the North shore of Center Pond, accessible only by the West Rd. Our emergency vehicles must be able to access these residences year-round as a matter of public safety, as well as all residents of Sangerville have a right to be able to use town roads all year. With that said we are keeping the scope of the project as minimal as possible to achieve our goals.
Thank You
Brian

Posting the agenda for tomorrow evening’s selectboard meeting. We will begin an hour early at 5:00 PM for an executive session which will be closed to the public for legal reasons. We expect this to take approximately 1 hour and then we will move to our regular meeting which will be open to the public at or near 6:00 PM.
Selectmen’s Meeting Agenda for Wednesday November 6, 2024, 5:00 PM Sangerville Fire Station

1. Call to Order 5:00 PM
2. Flag Salute
3. Executive Session,
a. Discussion with legal counsel MRSA: 405(6)(E)
b. Discussion on a dangerous home MRSA: 405(6)(F)
4. Open Session
5. Warrants; payroll: 74,75,77
6. Old Business
a. Landfill
b. Storage Pods Town Hall cleaning process report
c. Update on Engineers on the town hall
d. Discussion on committees, changes to the budget committee policy, budget committee appointments
e. Microsoft 365 update
f. Town Cloud Update
g. Winter Parking Ban
h. ATV/snowmobile club representative
i. Accept donation to fire department from Linda Hall
j. Update on Mill St. issue
k. Veterans day ceremony
7. New Business
a. Board of Appeals
b. Donation to Grace Bible Church
c. Discussion of Lot at corner of Main St. and High St.
d. Assessor Contract
e. Board appointments
f. Grant research update
8. Adjourn

Also, if you have not taken the opportunity to do so and are eligible, please vote. Our polling location is at the Baptist Church on the Douty Hill Rd. and polls are open until 8:00 PM tonight.
Thank you

Good afternoon,
The work on the Burroughs Rd. is complete and the road is open.

Good afternoon, it has taken some work, but I believe we have the current town website, at least in part back on-line. We will be going to a new website with a new provider within a few weeks. Going forward I will try to post the same message simultaneously on the town website and facebook.

Greetings citizens of Sangerville,

I would like to update you on a few projects we are working on. First, today is the last day you can vote early without an emergent reason, such as being in the hospital. We are open until 5:00 PM if you wish to vote early. If not, please be sure to exercise your right to vote on this coming Tuesday, November 5th. Voting for Sangerville residents will be at the Grace Bible Church on the Douty Hill Rd. from 8:00 am until 8:00 PM. Because of voting, our clerk and deputy clerk will be busy at the polls on Tuesday, so the Town Office will be closed next week both Tuesday and Wednesday, (we are regularly closed on Wednesdays).

Happy Halloween one and all, whether or not you observe this day, please be aware that many little people will be about streets and roads, and very excited about candy. Please drive with extra caution. If you are responsible for one of these little people, remember, reflective clothing, masks with good visibility and keep a close watch on your little tricker or treater will make it a happy Halloween for them.

With Halloween in the rearview mirror, winter will soon be upon us. Please remember not to park in town right of ways during the winter where you can obstruct our snowplows. We do not want to tow anyone’s vehicle, so we would really appreciate you working with us.

Work on the Burroughs Rd. will be wrapping up tomorrow. I am very happy with the result. We hopefully will be moving on to some work on the West Road next week. I feel it is very important to improve the condition of that road to such that it is passable for all vehicles during the spring mud season, especially emergency vehicles. We will continue to evaluate other road needs in town as budget and season permit.

I have had several questions about work on the town hall. We are still waiting for reports from two different engineers and are still looking for someone to do some work on the roof before winter. I am currently researching a historic preservation grant that I hope to submit next month

Have a safe and happy Halloween everyone, happy November and please remember Saturday starts deer season for everyone so blaze orange in the woods is a good idea if you are hunting or not.

Brian

*For car registrations, etc, please arrive before 4:30 pm.

TOWN OFFICE

93 Main Street | PO Box 188 | Sangerville, ME  04479

Phone:  876-2814 | Fax:  876-1048

HOURS

Closed For Lunch From 12:00pm to 12:30pm

Office Hours

Monday: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm*
Tuesday: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm*
Wednesday: Closed
Thursday: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm*
Friday: 8:30 am to 5:00 pm*

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Brian Mullis, Town Manager
Office: 207-876-2808
Email:  tmsangerville@sangervilleme.com

Michelle Nichols, Town Clerk
Office: 207-876-2814
Email: tcsangerville@sangervilleme.com

Kelsey Shannon, Deputy Town Clerk
Office: 207-876-2814
Email: dtcsangerville@sangervilleme.com

Lance Johnson Code Enforcement Officer
Phone: 207-446-5459

Fire Department  876-4181