November Council Meeting

The November Council meeting was held on Thursday the 8th with a very good crowd in attendance.

The evening started with a Retirement Reception for Cemetery Sexton of 17 years Maurice Neal and his wife Corinne. They were presented with tokens of appreciation in the presence of their children and a cake was served. GREAT JOB Maurice! We will miss you and the wonderful job you have done. The Dexter Cemeteries are known as some of the best kept in the State of Maine and you will be missed!

One of the topics brought up was a proposal to buy Holiday flags (signs) with lots of lights for just over $300 a piece. They would have been hung on the light posts on Main Street. Now, I am not Grinch, but with the times as they are, many of us thought that the $2000 plus to purchase the first installment of 'flags' taken from the Reserve account, is kind of hasty. These flags would NOT replace the wreaths that are purchased out of the $1000 holiday decoration fund, but be in ADDITION to.

The council did vote 4 to 3 to not purchase them this year; but with that said, I found out after from a reliable source, that the 'flags' are 4 foot long "metal" signs and if hung on our decorative light poles and a strong wind blows, it could potentially take down the pole, the wreaths and the new 'flags' due to the almost 200 pounds that they weigh. (or all that 2 men could do to take out of the box)
I wish that would have been brought up during the discussion.

I know that a few people thought that $2000 wasn't a lot of money to spend on Christmas, but with oil prices the way they are, I am afraid we may need Reserve Accounts to pick up the slack on other things. I would like to point out as well, that our Main Street business do a great job decorating their store fronts and our Main Street always looks festive for the holidays.

Dexter Regional Development Corporation is sponsoring the Holiday Light Contest again this year and last year most of the businesses and offices (including the Town Office girls) submitted entries in the contest.

The next Town Council meeting is being held on December 13th (the 2nd Thursday of the month) and hope that residents will attend.
Thanks.. those are my thoughts........
Please comment if you agree OR disagree......
Judy

To see pictures taken during 2007 Council meetings taken by Dana Wilbur, click here