Lincoln County Emergency Management Agency Director Tim Pellerin told the commissioners at their meeting Tuesday morning his agency and the American Red Cross are co-sponsoring several workshops in Lincoln County.

The purpose of the training, provided by the American Red Cross, is to give participants the knowledge, and skills required to operate a successful shelter.

Pellerin told the commissioners the Red Cross just doesn't have the staff to operate all the shelters that would be required in the event of a disaster; however, they are willing to train volunteers who would be willing to work in these shelters.

In the event of a disaster the volunteers who take this training would be able to assist with the special needs population also. Lynn Orne, the county's Special Needs Coordinator, told the commissioners that statistics show there is one special needs person in every four households.

People who wish to participate are required to fill out a pre-registration form. The workshops are free and open to the public. Anyone who is high school age or older is eligible.

It is an eight-hour class. Two of the workshops will be divided into two classes of four hours each, and another one will be an eight-hour class.

The workshops will be held in Boothbay, Jefferson and Wiscasset. The two four-hour classes will run from 6 to 10 p.m. The eight-hour class will begin at 8:30 a.m. and end at 5 p.m.

The Boothbay classes will be March 31, and April 3, at the Boothbay Fire Station. The classes in Jefferson will be held April 8 and April 14 at the Jefferson Fire Station. The Wiscasset eight-hour class will be held Saturday, April 12, at the Lincoln County Communications Conference Center.

Orne said she is also planning a class in the Waldoboro-Damariscotta area as well.

Light refreshments will be provided for the evening classes and lunch will be provided for the Saturday class.

The registration forms will be available at the town offices or by contacting Orne at 633-6405, or by her e-mail harlyn@gwi.net .

The commissioners accepted resignations at their meeting from two county employees.

District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau asked the commissioners to accept the resignation of Amy Burnham with regret. Recycling Supervisor Mike Thompson asked the commissioners to accept the resignation of Gerald Bailey, a mechanic truck driver at the recycling center.

Burnham has accepted a position with the Volunteers of America in Lincoln County.

Rushlau and Thompson will advertise to fill the positions.

Thompson reported revenues for the recycling center this past month were $24,250,00, and revenue this year to date is $44,500, about $6,000 above last year at this time.

Chief Deputy Kenneth Mason told the commissioners Lincoln County had 29 inmates at the Two Bridges Regional Jail compared to the Sagadahoc County inmate count at 42.

Lincoln County has 20 male inmates on the county diversion program and 14 inmates on the Volunteers of America program.

The commissioners discussed briefly with Mason the open space at the old jail. Commissioner Sheridan Bond commented that perhaps the county should have an engineer look at the space and see how best it could be used to benefit the county.

The commissioners took no vote following an executive session Tuesday morning citing MRSA 405, 6A which relates to: "A discussion or consideration of the employment, appointment, assignment, duties, promotion, demotion, compensation, evaluation, discipline, resignation or dismissal of an individual."