ROCKPORT —The Select Board's agenda for its April 8 meeting is lengthy, and ends with a closed-door personnel session considering a compensation matter. The evening also includes much new business, such as considering a new sign request at the entrance of Pen Bay Medical Center, hearing a progress report about revisioning Camden Street near the town border with Rockland, building new boat ramp floats, establishing a new Capital Improvement Committee, and deciding whether to stream Select Board meetings over the Internet.

The board will also talk about what to talk about when its meets again with the Camden Select Board on April 24. And, it will set a date for a person from Drummond, Woodsum to brief the board on the "Do's and Dont’s of interviewing candidates for the town manager position."

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. in the Rockport Opera House Meeting Room. It is also televised on local cable channel 22.

The full agenda includes:

Request to Purchase Town-Owned Property: Anne Perschon, 25 Warrenton Street, to purchase property owned by the Town of Rockport adjacent to her property

Vote on proposed, revised Department Head salary recommendations

Committee Applications:

John Viehman – Investment Committee

George Haselton – Conservation Committee

Allen Mitchell – Capital Improvement Committee

Linda Posson – Parks Committee

Transfer Station fee increase presentation: Jim Guerra, Facility Manager, MCSWC

Request by Pen Bay Medical Center for an ordinance change to permit a new sign to be placed at the entrance to the PBMC campus

Request to use Rockport Harbor as the starting point for the Lobster SUP CUP Paddle Boat Race to Belfast via Lincolnville Beach, August 10-11 – Thor Emory

Final Discussion and vote by the Board on Articles 10 through 18 of the June 2013 Annual Town Meeting Warrant

Vote by the Board on Articles 19 through 30 of the June 2013 Annual Town Meeting Warrant

Receive and approve the proposed mission statement from the revised Recreation Committee – Steve Alex

Receive and approve the proposed mission statement from the newly created Parks Committee – David Jackson

Camden Street/Commercial Street Visioning Plan progress report – Tom Ford

Vote to authorize use of the $7,000 in the Harbor Float Reserve Fund for construction of new boat ramp floats

Preparation for the Joint Workshop with the Camden Select Board – discuss ideas to be brought forward

Vote to establish an Ad Hoc Lime Kiln Preservation Study Committee; establish mission statement for the committee

Vote to establish a Capital Improvement Committee; establish mission statement for the committee

Town Meeting: to video tape, broadcast or stream; that is the question p.    Upcoming appointments:

Appoint a town representative to the MC-EDD General Assembly to replace Robert A. Peabody, Jr.; General Assembly holds its annual meeting at the Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, on Thursday, June 13, commencing at 4 p.m.

Discuss the possible appointment of a Select Board member to replace Bob Duke as the second Rockport member to serve a three (3) year term on the Board of Directors of Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corporation effective July 1, 2013

Set a date for a person from Drummond, Woodsum to brief the Select Board on the Do’s and Dont’s of Interviewing Candidates for the Town Manager position

Announcements:
Board of Assessment Review Hearing, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 3 p.m., Town Office

Budget Committee meeting, Tuesday, April 9, 2013, 7 p.m., Rockport Opera Meeting Room

Planning Board meeting to discuss June Warrant articles, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 5:30 p.m., Rockport Opera House, to be televised on Channel 22

Town Manager Search Committee meeting, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, 7:00 PM, Town Office

Conservation Commission, Friday, April 12, 2013, 7 p.m., Town Office

Town Offices will be closed on Monday, April 15, 2013, in celebration of Patriot’s Day

Town Manager Search Committee meeting, Monday, April 15, 2013, 7 p.m., Town Office

Public Hearing on June Secret Ballot Warrant Articles, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, 7 p.m., Rockport Opera House, to be televised on Channel 22

Select Board Executive Session to receive, amend and approve semi-finalist list from the Town Manager Search Committee, Tuesday, April 16, 2013, following the Public Hearing, Rockport Opera House

Harbor Committee, Thursday, April 18, 2013, 7 p.m., Town Office

Library Committee meeting, Tuesday, April 23, 2013, 3:30 PM, Town Office

Zoning Board of Appeals (tentative), Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 7 p.m., Rockport Opera House, to be televised on Channel 22

Mid-Coast Solid Waste Corporation (MCSWC), Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 7:00 PM, Rockport Town Office

Investment Committee meeting, Tuesday, April 30, 2013, 4 p.m., Town Office

Town Manager Search Committee meeting, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 7 p.m., Town Office

C-R Pathways Committee, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 7 p.m., Washington Street Conference Room, Camden

Opera House Committee, Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 7 p.m., Town Office

Select Board Executive Session to receive, amend and approve finalist list from the Town Manager Search Committee, (tentatively scheduled for) Tuesday, May 7, 2013, 7 p.m., Town Office

Planning Board, Wednesday, May 8, 2013, 5:30 p.m., Rockport Opera House, to be televised on Channel 22

Conservation Commission, Friday, May 10, 2013, 8 a.m., Town Office Upcoming Workshop Dates:

Meeting with the Camden Select Board, Wednesday, April 24, 2013, 7 p.m., at Camden’s Washington Street Conference Room (WSCR) to explore possible items of mutual benefit

Committee Openings:

C-R Pathways Committee – 3 Alternate Vacancies

Capital Improvement Committee (being formed) – 5 (?) Vacancies (see appointments below)

Cemetery Committee – 2 Vacancies

Conservation Commission – 1 Vacancy (see appointments below)

Investment Committee – 1 Vacancy (see appointments below)

Ordinance Review Committee – 2 Vacancies 

Parks Committee (being formed) – 5 (?) Vacancies (see appointments below)

Recreation Committee (being reconfigured) – Unknown Number of Vacancies

Candidate Nominations:

The following seats are up for election on Tuesday, June 11, 2013: One (1) Select Board seat, currently held by Tracy Murphy, for a term of 3 years

Three (3) Budget Committee seats, currently held by Ms. Sharon Stone, Mr. Jan Rosenbaum and one being vacant, for a term of 3 years each

Two (2) Library Committee seats, currently held by Ms. Janice Baldwin and Ms. Cate Monroe, for a term of 3 years each

One (1) Director for SAD #28 to also serve concurrently on the Five Town CSD School Board held by Gretchen Richards, for a term of 3 years

Nomination Papers will be due back to the Town Clerk no later than the close of business on Friday, April 26, 2013

Wastewater Commissioners

Commitment of Commercial/Residential Sewer User Rates for the period of February 2012

Discuss and vote on authorizing a “full build-out” engineering study by Woodard and Curran

Executive Session

Executive Session to discuss a personnel matter pursuant to Title 1, M.R.S.A., Section 405(6)(A), re: consideration of a compensation matter

Adjournment