Waldo County public meetings in 2024

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will hold executive sessions to discuss a personnel matter and contract negotiations with the Deputy Sheriffs Association. The meeting includes financial reports and the closing of books for the Registry of Probate and Registry of Deeds.

• Deputy Sheriffs Association contract negotiations
• Closing books for Registry of Probate
• Closing books for Registry of Deeds
• County Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry warrants

The Waldo County Commissioners approved the 2025 health insurance rates, COBRA premiums, and ratified the Deputy Sheriff's Association contract for 2025-2027. They also approved the 2025 Tax Anticipation Note for $5 million, various financial payments, and several personnel actions. The meeting included executive sessions for non-public information and contract negotiations.

• Approved 2025 Health Insurance rates at Document 'C' proposal (unanimous)
• Approved actuary's recommended 2025 COBRA premiums (unanimous)
• Ratified Deputy Sheriff's Association Contract for 2025-2027 (unanimous)
• Approved $1,884 invoice for DA office remodel from Facilities reserve (unanimous)
• Approved $27,792.25 Sophos invoice from Future Technology Reserve (unanimous)
• Approved $22,925 from cruiser auction to Future County reserve (unanimous)
• Approved signing 2025 Tax Anticipation Note for $5,000,000 (unanimous)
• Approved hiring Liza Clark as Office Associate at $21/hr (unanimous)

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will meet via Zoom to review financial, human resources, and information technology reports. The session includes the bid opening and a recommendation for a 2025 Tax Anticipation Note.

• 2025 Tax Anticipation Note bid opening
• Recommendation for Tax Anticipation Note
• Review of County Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry Regular Warrants
• Executive session regarding a personnel matter

The Waldo County Commissioners accepted the resignation of Corrections Administrator Raymond Porter, approved a 2025 Tax Anticipation Note bid from Camden National Bank at 5.31% interest, and signed a new Motorola contract. They also authorized warrants totaling $1,600,625.39 and accepted the financial report. The meeting was held via Zoom due to weather.

• Accepted resignation of Corrections Administrator Raymond Porter effective 12/16/2024 (unanimous)
• Approved 2025 Tax Anticipation Note bid from Camden National Bank at 5.31% interest, $290,449.73 (unanimous)
• Accepted and filed the Financial Report (unanimous)
• Authorized payment of General Fund warrant $1,236,618.75 and payroll $214,626.07 (unanimous)
• Authorized payment of MCRRC/Corrections warrant $98,919.42 and payroll $50,391.15 (unanimous)
• Signed contract with Motorola for new subscription (unanimous)
• Tabled approval of November 7, 2024 minutes to next session
• Voted to enter executive session for personnel matter (unanimous, no action taken)

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will convene on November 21, 2024, to review financial, human resources, and information technology reports. The meeting includes a public comment period and an executive session to discuss non-public information.

• Finance Report
• Human Resources Report
• Information Technology Report
• Approval of Minutes
• Executive Session

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will review warrants and finance reports for the County Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry accounts. The meeting includes reports from Community Service Support, Finance, Human Resources, Facilities, and Information Technology. Two executive sessions are scheduled to discuss non-public information and personnel matters.

• Approval of County Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry Regular Warrants
• Community Service Support report from Director Dale Rowley
• Finance Report from Director Kari Hunt
• Human Resources Report from Director Annette McLaggan
• Executive sessions regarding non-public information and personnel matters

Budget Committee

The Budget Committee will conduct a public hearing to discuss and review the proposed 2025 County Budget. This session will be followed by the final Budget Committee meeting to review the budget.

• Public hearing on the proposed 2025 County Budget
• Final Budget Committee meeting

County Commissioners

The Commissioners are meeting for a special session to review warrants, vouchers, and a finance report. The primary purpose of the meeting is an executive session for consultation with legal counsel.

• Review of warrants, vouchers, and finance report
• Executive session for legal counsel consultation per MRSA Title 1§405(6)(E)

Budget Committee

The Waldo County Budget Committee will review budget requests from the District Attorney's office, the Sheriff's department, and facilities management for the 2025 fiscal year. The committee will also discuss reserve accounts and vote on the entire budget to set a date for a public hearing.

• Review of 2025 budget requests for District Attorney (1015), Facilities (1030), and Jail (1050)
• Discussion on reserve accounts
• Vote on entire budget for public hearing
• Public hearing date to be set
• Meeting held at 39-B Spring Street, Belfast

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners are meeting for a special session. The primary purpose of the meeting is an executive session to discuss non-public information.

• Executive Session regarding non-public information per MRSA Title 1§405(6)(F)

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will review a shelter feeding agreement and discuss an enterprise vehicle option. The meeting includes reports from finance, human resources, and information technology, as well as two executive sessions regarding personnel.

• Updated Shelter Feeding Agreement
• Enterprise Vehicle Option discussion
• Finance Report
• Human Resources Report
• Information Technology Report

Budget Committee

The Budget Committee is meeting to review 2025 budget requests from specific county departments. The session includes presentations from the Register of Probate, Register of Deeds, and Communications Director.

• Budget request review for Registry of Probate (1070)
• Budget request review for Registry of Deeds (1065)
• Budget request review for Communications Center (1076)

Budget Committee

The Waldo County Budget Committee will review budget requests from various departments and agencies for the 2025 fiscal year. The meeting includes presentations from Human Resources, Emergency Management, and the Information Technology department, among others.

• Review of 2025 department and agency budget requests
• Presentation on 2025 Employee Benefits by H.R. Director Annette McLaggan
• Emergency Management Director Dale Rowley to present budget
• Information Technology Manager J-sun Bailey to present budget
• Finance Director Kari Hunt to present Finance, Audit, and Debt Service budgets

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will review finance, facilities, and IT reports, discuss a vehicle option, and approve minutes. The meeting includes a public comment period and an executive session.

• Finance Report
• Facilities Report
• Information Technology Report
• Discussion of Enterprise Vehicle Option
• Approval of Minutes

Budget Committee

The 2025 Organizational Budget Committee will meet to review the budget process and elect a chairperson. The committee will also discuss current vacancies and schedule future meetings.

• Election of 2025 Budget Committee Chairperson
• Discussion of Budget Committee vacancies
• Overview of the county budget process

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will review financial reports, approve minutes, and discuss a generator purchase for the Emergency Management Agency. The session includes a presentation from the Sheriff's Office regarding fleet management and two executive sessions.

• Generator Purchase discussion
• Sheriff's Office fleet management presentation
• Finance Report
• Human Resources Report
• Executive Sessions

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will meet to review regular and reserve warrants, as well as corrections/reentry finance reports. The session includes reports from the Finance Director and Facilities Manager and an awards presentation from the Communications Director. The meeting concludes with an executive session to discuss non-public information.

• Review of County Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry warrants and vouchers
• Finance Report by Kari Hunt
• Facilities Report by Christopher Bryant
• Communications Center Awards Presentation by Michael Larrivee
• Executive Session regarding non-public information per MRSA 1§405(6)(F)

The Waldo County Commissioners approved a corrected 2025 jail budget totaling $4,317,120.33, reflecting an 18.66% increase due to added Tax Anticipation Note interest. They also unanimously approved reassigning $114,663.32 back into ARPA and establishing a Medical Health ARPA project, and moved $314,402.22 from Community Corrections Act funds to reimburse Volunteers of America and Maine Pretrial, creating a new MCRRC Revitalization Fund. All votes were unanimous.

• Approved 2025 jail budget correction of $4,317,120.33 (unanimous)
• Reassigned $114,663.32 back into ARPA and established Medical Health ARPA project (unanimous)
• Moved $314,402.22 from Community Corrections Act funds: $229,500 to Volunteers of America, $84,902.22 to Maine Pretrial, created MCRRC Revitalization Fund (unanimous)
• Authorized MCRRC/Corrections warrant of $107,987.64 (unanimous)
• Authorized General Fund warrant of $485,468.72 (unanimous)
• Approved April 29, 2024 court minutes as presented (unanimous)
• Instructed IT Director to keep Motorola Summit funds separate in budget (unanimous)
• Held executive session; no action taken (unanimous)

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners are meeting for a special session consisting of three executive sessions. These sessions cover the discussion of duties, a labor proposal from the Communications Association, and non-public information.

• Executive session regarding the Communications Association Labor Proposal
• Executive session for discussion of duties per MRSA Title 1§405(6)(A)
• Executive session for discussion of non-public information per MRSA Title 1§405(6)(F)

The Waldo County Commissioners unanimously approved the 2024-2026 Communications Association M.A.P. contract, signed the Meritain Health administrative services renewal, and accepted a conditional job offer for a dispatcher trainee. They also approved minutes from May and July sessions and held executive sessions, with no action taken in the final one.

• Approved 2024-2026 Communications Association M.A.P. Contract (unanimous)
• Signed 2024 Renewal Amendment to Administrative Services Agreement with Meritain Health (unanimous)
• Accepted conditional offer to Teri Quappe as full-time dispatcher trainee at $20.88/hr (unanimous)
• Approved minutes from May 2 and July 18, 2024 court sessions (unanimous)
• Held executive sessions; no action taken in final session

County Commissioners

The Commissioners are meeting to review 2025 budget requests from various county departments and agencies. The session includes reports from the Finance and Human Resources directors and individual budget presentations from county officials.

• Review of 2025 budget requests for the Sheriff's Budget and Jail Budget
• Review of 2025 budget requests for the District Attorney's Office
• Review of 2025 budget requests for the Emergency Management Agency
• Review of 2025 budget requests for Waldo Community Action Partners and Belfast Creative Coalition
• Review of 2025 Employee Benefits Budget

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will hold a special session on August 8, 2024, to discuss duties with legal counsel. The meeting will include an executive session followed by an adjournment.

• Executive session for consultation with legal counsel
• Discussion of duties as a body per MRSA Title 1§405(6)(E)

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will review financial and human resources reports, discuss a Motorola body camera contract with the Sheriff's Department, and hold a public hearing on a tax abatement request.

• Discussion of Motorola body camera contract
• Tax Abatement Hearing #384 Peace Ridge Sanctuary vs. Town of Freedom
• Finance, HR, and Facilities reports
• Presentation of Awards
• Executive Session for non-public information

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will receive reports from the Finance Director, HR Director, and Facilities Manager. The meeting includes three scheduled executive sessions to discuss personnel and non-public information.

• Finance Report by Kari Hunt
• Human Resources Report by Annette McLaggan
• Facilities Report by Chris Bryant
• Approval of June 20, 2024 minutes
• Three executive sessions for personnel and non-public information

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will review warrants and vouchers for the county and corrections/reentry. The meeting includes updates from the finance, human resources, and facilities directors. An executive session is also scheduled to discuss a personnel matter.

• Finance Report by Kari Hunt
• Human Resources Report by Annette McLaggan
• Facilities Report by Chris Bryant
• Review of warrants and vouchers for County Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry
• Executive Session regarding a personnel matter

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will review finance, human resources, and facilities reports. The meeting also includes obtaining signatures for the County Long Term Recovery Plan.

• Obtaining signatures for the County Long Term Recovery Plan
• Executive session for discussion of real estate
• Approval of May 16, 2024, court session minutes

County Commissioners

The meeting includes a 2025 County Budget Caucus involving commissioners, selectboard members, and budget committee members. The agenda also features finance and human resources reports, as well as the review of warrants and vouchers for county and corrections funds. Two executive sessions are scheduled to discuss non-public information and personnel matters.

• 2025 County Budget Caucus
• Finance Report from Finance Director Kari Hunt
• Human Resources Report from HR Director Annette McLaggan
• Review of warrants/vouchers for Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry
• Approval of minutes from the April 3, 2024 session

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners are holding a special session to review warrants, vouchers, and finance reports. The meeting includes discussions on financial records, personnel, and jail configuration costs.

• Discussion of jail configuration and associated costs
• Review of warrants, vouchers, and finance report
• Executive session regarding non-public financial records
• Executive session regarding a personnel matter
• Executive session with the Sheriff regarding jail configuration

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will receive reports from Finance, Human Resources, Facilities, and IT. The body will also address a signature for a YMCA shelter agreement and hold two executive sessions.

• Review of Regular and Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry warrants/vouchers
• Signature for YMCA shelter agreement for Dale Rowley
• Presentation of Appreciation Certificate to Knox County Communications Center
• Executive session for non-public information per MRSA Title 1 §405 (6)(F)
• Executive session for personnel matters per MRSA Title 1 §405 (6)(A)

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will receive reports from the Finance, Human Resources, and Facilities directors. EMA Director Dale Rowley will discuss emergency plans. The meeting includes two executive sessions for non-public information.

• Review of Regular and Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry warrants/vouchers
• EMA discussion regarding emergency plans
• Two executive sessions for non-public information per MRSA Title 1 §405 (6)(F)

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will meet for a special session consisting of two executive sessions. The first session concerns legal rights and duties, and the second involves discussion of non-public information.

• Executive Session: Consultation concerning legal rights and duties
• Executive Session: Discussion of non-public information

County Commissioners

The commissioners will review finance reports, facilities updates, and EMA construction projects. The agenda includes discussions regarding the District Attorney's office relocation and two executive sessions.

• Finance Report by Kari Hunt
• Facilities Report by Chris Bryant
• EMA Construction Projects report
• DA’s Office Relocation discussion
• Spirit of American Foundation Tribute Ceremony

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will receive reports from finance, human resources, facilities, and IT departments. The meeting includes an update on the District Attorney's office move and an executive session for non-public information.

• Review of Regular and Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry warrants/vouchers
• Update on DA’s Office Move by Prosecutorial Asst. Eric Harvey
• Executive Session for discussion of non-public information per MRSA Title 1§405 (6)(F)

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will receive operational reports from facilities, IT, EMA, finance, and human resources. The meeting includes an update on the District Attorney's office move and three scheduled executive sessions to discuss non-public information.

• EMA Construction Projects Report
• Update on the District Attorney's office move
• Review of County Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry warrants
• Three executive sessions under MSRA Title 1 §405 (6)(F)

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will meet to review warrants, vouchers, and finance reports. The session includes departmental reports from finance, human resources, facilities, and IT.

• Review of County Regular & Reserve and Corrections/Reentry warrants/vouchers
• Finance Report presented by Kari Hunt
• Human Resources Report presented by Annette McLaggan
• Facilities Report presented by Chris Bryant
• IT Report presented by J-sun Bailey

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners are meeting for a special session to review financial reports and hold an executive session. The executive session involves the discussion of non-public information permitted by MRSA Title 1§(6)(F).

• Review of warrants, vouchers, and finance report
• Executive session regarding non-public information

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will review reports from finance, human resources, facilities, and IT departments. The meeting includes a discussion regarding the District Attorney's office move and a contract with Knox County.

• Discussion of contract with Knox County
• Update on the District Attorney's office move
• Review of County Regular, Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry Regular Warrants

County Commissioners

The County Commissioners will receive reports from finance, human resources, facilities, IT, and the communications center. The meeting includes a discussion on solar tax credits for solar projects and two executive sessions.

• Solar tax credit on solar projects discussion
• Review of Regular and Reserve and Corrections/Reentry warrants/vouchers
• Executive session for personnel matter (MSRA Title 1 §405 (6)(A))
• Executive session for non-public information (MSRA Title 1 §405 (6)(F))

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will receive reports from the Finance, Human Resources, Facilities, and IT departments. The meeting includes a scheduled executive session to discuss a personnel matter.

• Review of Regular and Reserve, and Corrections/Reentry warrants and vouchers
• Finance Report from Director Kari Hunt
• Human Resources Report from Director Annette McLaggan
• Facilities Report from Manager Chris Bryant
• IT Report from Manager J-sun Bailey

County Commissioners

The Waldo County Commissioners will review departmental reports and discuss 2024 vehicle pricing for the Sheriff's Department. The meeting includes three executive sessions to discuss a union contract and personnel matters.

• 2024 Vehicle Pricing for the Sheriff's Department
• December Storm and Construction Projects report from EMA Director Dale Rowley
• Executive Session regarding Union Contract
• Two Executive Sessions regarding Personnel Matters