ROCKPORT — Select Board members will gather at 4:30 p.m. Monday afternoon, Dec. 3., at the West Rockport Fire Station to set the agenda for the Monday, Dec. 10, Select Board meeting. The fire station meeting is categorized as a workshop, meaning no votes will be taken on any issue. Board members will talk about town business as it relates to discussion at the next full board meeting. The meeting is open to the public.

This is the second time this fall that the board has convened to talk about what to talk about. They will also address whether to continue this new practice of meeting to set agendas.

 It is not uncommon to hold agenda-setting meetings: Rockland's City Council does it every month, often addressing procedural issues relating to budgetary and goal-setting processes. Rockland is also meeting Dec. 3 to set its Dec. 10 agenda, with Council members gathering at 6:30 in Council Chambers.

Rockport's draft Dec. 10 agenda, which will be under discussion Monday afternoon, Dec. 3, includes:

A request to purchase town-owned property by Warrenton St. resident Anne Perschon. The property is adjacent to her property.

Upcoming meetings and workshops

Opera House Committee, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 8 a.m., Town Office

County Commissioners and Municipal Officials meeting with newly elected/re- elected legislators, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 6:30 p.m., Jury Assembly Room, Knox County Building, Rockland

Planning Board (tentative), Wednesday, Dec. 12, 7, p.m. Opera House, TV

Harbor Committee, Thursday, Dec. 13, 5:15 p.m., Town Office

Town Offices Closed for Christmas Luncheon, Tuesday, December 18, Noon-1:30 p.m.

MCSWC Board of Directors, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 7 p.m., Town Office

Town Offices close at noon on Christmas Eve, Monday, Dec. 24 Town Offices closed on Christmas Day, Tuesday, Dec. 25

Zoning Board of Appeals, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 7 p.m.,

Rockport Opera House, TV C-R Pathways, Wednesday, Jan. 2, 7 p.m., Washington Street Conference Room,

Conservation Commission, Friday, Jan. 11, 8 a.m., Town Office


Upcoming Workshops

Agenda Setting Workshop, Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., Town Office

Conservation Commission Report Workshop, Thursday, Jan. 10, 7 p.m., Opera House, TV

Meeting with the Camden Select Board, Tuesday, Jan. 15, 7 p.m., location to-be-determined.

Capital Improvement Plan Workshop, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 7 p.m., Opera House, TV

Continuation of discussion on whether or not to continue Agenda Setting Workshops versus scheduling the second Select Board monthly meeting (the fourth Monday of the month).

Discussion of Ordinance Review Committee (ORC) agenda-setting process: When does the Select Board express its thoughts on specific agenda items?

Committing Commercial Sewer User Rates for October 2012.

Discussing Comprehensive Plan implementation  with Rockport Planner and Economic Development Director Tom Ford and seting a date for a Comprehensive Plan implementation workshop.

Appointing Ford to serve as one of the two ad hoc representatives to the Micro Corridor Plan for Old County Road

Discussing the Timberwind lease of wharf space and what fees will be waived

Approving the Town Manager to sign the approved subgrant for the Police Department, 2013 Drive Sober, Maine!” Impaired Driving project

Approving and signing the 2012 Updated Hazard Mitigation Plan for Knox County.

Setting a date for follow-up on Listening Tour workshop