Trash talk continues

Talk of switching from the Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District (BRRDD) to the Wiscasset Transfer Station continued at Monday's Edgecomb Selectmen's meeting.

Steve Lewis, the site manager of the district, will attend the Edgecomb Budget Committee meeting on Monday, February 12, to discuss the increase in this year's contract.

Edgecomb selectman Stuart Smith has been having discussions with Wiscasset's Transfer Station manager, Woody Freeman on what the cost would be for Edgecomb to bring refuse to Wiscasset. Currently Edgecomb has a contract with BRRDD for that service.

Fran Mague, the town bookkeeper, and who formerly represented Edgecomb on the board of directors at the district, told the selectmen it would not only be a matter of breaking the contract with district, should they decide to go with Wiscasset - the town would also owe part of the debt service, she said.

"We would need to know what that debt would be," Smith said.

According to Smith, he has received a ballpark figure of about $76,500 from Wiscasset. "Nothing firm," he said.

The BRRDD contract this coming year is $89,800.

In other business, the selectmen set the date for town elections: Friday, May 18, at the town hall, with the polls open from 1 to 8 p.m. The town meeting will be held Saturday, May 19, at the Edgecomb Eddy School, beginning at 10 a.m.

Nomination papers for town offices will be available from the town office February 22 through April 3.

Town offices up for election include: one selectman, three year term; town clerk, one year term; tax collector, one year term; treasurer, one year term; Planning board, two members, for three-year terms; Planning board, one member, one-year term; Road Commissioner, one-year term; School board member, three-year term.

This year's town report will be dedicated to Joanne Krawic, who is retiring as the Edgecomb Eddy School Principal after 17 years. Krawic will retire at the end of the school year. Since 1990 she has served as principal, beginning at the historic school by the same name on the Cross Point Road that was built in 1857. She played a strong role in the design of the new school built in 2002, and dedicated May 17, 2003.

Town manager welcomed

The selectmen sent a letter to Wiscasset's new town manager Arthur Faucher, welcoming him to the area, and wishing him much success.

"We look forward to meeting you to advance our mutual interest," the selectmen wrote.

Edgecomb and Wiscasset have several issues in common, such as the public water and sewer service, the Wiscasset Route 1 corridor, and the present and future development and use of the former Maine Yankee nuclear power plant area.

The selectmen accepted the resignation of Lisa McSwain from the planning board effective in May. She served one year of a three-year term.

The resignation of Jed Colby from the budget committee was also accepted. The board will contact former selectman Rod Hooper to see if he is interested in filling the position on the budget committee.

Town Clerk Claudia Coffin gave the selectmen a list of committee appointments that need to be filled. The selectmen will contact potential candidates to fill the positions and make official appointments in upcoming meetings.

The board appointed Coffin as Registrar of Voters for a one-year term.