Westport Island Director of Emergency Management (EMA) and Fire Chief Robert Mooney is seeking volunteers to help with the Emergency Operations Center in times of a disaster or emergencies.

Mooney will be sending out a town-wide mailing asking for volunteers to help.

"I am charged with coordinating the responding of emergency service for disasters, and situations that confront our community," Mooney said. "I can not do everything my self," he told the selectmen at their meeting Monday evening.

The selectmen authorized Mooney to use the town's bulk mailing to send out the letters.

Mooney told the selectmen as part of his EMA duties, and with the help of a state grant, the county is in the process of compiling a database for those people with disabilities and special needs. This is a confidential database and will be accessed only by the EMA directors. In the event of an emergency people in the database will be contacted, and appropriate measures will be taken to insure their safety.

Through a grant from the state, planning is underway to provide Lincoln County EMA with a database for emergency operations planning to include evacuation, sheltering and warning for people with disabilities and special needs.

Lynn Gilley Orne, the coordinator for the program, has distributed registry forms for people in need of that service. Mooney said the forms will be available at the town office for residents. The questions include: name, address, telephone, male or female, do you have pets, how many pets, the registry asks for two contacts to be reached concerning their well being.

The term "People with disabilities, and special needs," includes but are not limited to: disabled, the elderly, people with mental health issues, visual and hearing impaired, single heads of households, children 15 and under, and non-English speaking people.

The goal of the program is to assist with transportation needs, communications, special diets, service animals, medication and mobility. Mooney is asking those people on Westport Island with special needs to allow the volunteers on the island to help them.

The selectmen have selected the following people to service on the ad hoc Road Committee: Garry Cromwell, Ron Harrison, Jason Albert, and Jim Cromwell. It is expected their appointments will be made official in next week's selectmen's meeting.

The Westport Island Harbor Committee has been asked by the selectmen to draft an ordinance to control moorings around the island and off the Wright Ferry landing.

The have also been asked to meet with the Wright Landing Committee and the harbor master to work on other issues.

Westport Island selectmen have sent a letter to the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) informing them that the town will take part in the lottery for a radar speed trailer to be use in the town.

The speed trailer is equipped with radar for displaying speed messages, and can be operated 24/7 in all weather conditions, and is designed for rugged use but with easy flexible setup and operation. It is used to slow traffic in school zones, busy neighborhoods, and in construction sites.