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Home My WebLink About2006-11-28 06-020 ORDERACTION Item Date: 11-28-05 Item/Subject: ORDER, Authorizing the City Clerk to Cast Ballot for Municipal Review Committee, Inc. Board of Directors Responsible Department: City Manager Annually, three seats on the nine member kard of Directors for the Municipal Remew Committee become vacant, and paMdpabng MRC Charter communities nominate and elect successor Directors. Fach Charter community is entitled to vote for one candidate. The MRC is charged with various oversight responsibilities including representing municipal Interests regarding Me Penobscot Energy Recovery Company, (PERQWaste-to-Energy facility in Onington. As of this time, Charter municipalities collectively own approximately 25% of Me facility's limited partnership shares and thus have a financial stake in its sound operation. This year there are four rwminees for the Board including incumbents David ChiWm of Rockland and Dery Keene of W nslow. Restrain nominees include Michael Gomett of -amome and Sophia Wilson of Brownville. Bangors Assistant City Manager currently serves as a Board member and halls Me posiapri of Treasurer. Bangor was contacted on behalf of candidate Wilson from Brownville and asked to consider casting our ballot for her. The request was partially made on the basis Mat there are currently no MRC Directors from PisWtaquls County, and, if her candidacy is successful, her election would provide representation from that area. At Me November 15, 2005 Government Operations Committee meeting, this Item was discussed and the Committee recommended Mat Me Citys vote be cast for Ms. Wilson. Department Head Managers Comments: Recommend approval. ZZAML—& / City Manager Associated Information: Order, Vogng Ballot Candidate Information, Current list of MRC Members Budget Approval: x Passage Consent _ First Reading Page _ of Referral as 020 _ AssiB'W rO Councilor D'6aica Bove Wei 28. 2005 CITY OF BANGOR (T1rLE.): ORDER, Authortring the Ory Clerk to Cast Ballot for Municipal Review Committee, Inc. Board of Direction; ORDERED, THAT the W Clerk is hereby authorized, on behalf of the Ory of Bangor, to cast the voting ballot for the Municipal Review Committee Board of Directors for Sophia L. Ulson from the Town of Brownville. IN CIP4 WINGM Novm e[ 28. 2005 ,::let �( 06-020 ONO EH I CLH (PIME.)dothorising the City Clerk to Cast Ballot for M Cipel Eev ttee. Inc. Hoard of Mrectors wwgoedroCsmNot � C]NAa.O 1 (� Ensuring affordable, longterm, environmentally sound dlmerm of Msw 06 02_0_ 74 euoms saes 201-90-G319 ® u.., c eetlena Pl Sji, 300 21175414148 aF" 911M, ME O 2 2579 glommonsumd,,mg gl EmdH To: Mae Membership t"a 1t ". 26yJ3 From: Greg Lowder, MRC Clak Daze: Novenber4,2005 Oln MAVeERE CFFICF RE: MRC Board of Direeton Election Ballot Please find enclosed a MRC Board ofD'ucencrs election ballot Ballots cast in this election will determine the election of three (3) Directors to serve on the MRC Board of Director; for three-year terms from Sannary 1, 2006 through December 31, 2008. Biogmphicnl descriptions of the candidates, as provided by the candidata, are also inclosed for your bd'orsuatiom Ballets must be restrnned to MRC by 5:00 Pm, December 12, 2005. Abudress'reply envelope is enclosed for your convenience. The elation reaults vritl be read at the MRC Awuat Meeting held on Decwba 13,2005. ]heavwalmeetingwillbeheldatthe Hampden Municipal Building beginning a[ 3:30 Pm. Note: Voters must be cast for ogecandidateooty. - Please contact Greg Lounger A 942-6389 or 800-339-6389 with any questions 33 06 020 Voting Ballot To fill tome positions for climes year farm from January 1, 2006 to December 31, 2008 (3 highest total votes) The Charter Municipality of casts its vote for the following Individan to serve on the Municipal Review Committee Board of Directors for the above stated learn. Note: Candidates are listed alpbabelically. Biographies for each candidate are allacbed. VOTE FOR ONE INDIVIDUAL ONLY —. More than one checked box will invalidate the ballot .— ❑ David B. Chittim, Rockland ❑ Michael F. Cna %[ oine Elery Keene, Winslow ❑ Sophia Lectsakos Wilson, Brownville Please return this ballot no later coon 5:00 p.m., DECEMBER 12, 2005 to: Municipal Review Committee, Inc. PO Box 2579 Bangor, ME MW -2579 or FAX to (207) 942-3548 RESULTS OF THIS ELECTION WILL BE READ AT THE MRC ANNUAL MEETING TO BE BELO DECEMBER 13,20M S� 06 020 i ;y ii fl Board of Directors-O)MOri nm Zoos ro Decemaa, 2oo7 Dennis Cox Susan Lessard Leon Yeaton Director of Public Wades Town Manager P0Box 222 form of Millmocket TownofHampden Addison hg 04606 Cedar Street 106 Western Avenue Millinocket, ME 04462 Hampden, ME 04444-1428 Tele 723-7030 Tele: 862-3034 Tele. 483-4490 FAX: 723-7029 FAX: 861-5062 FAX: 4834653 11214"eJmi Xne.com lightlady_IQayshoo.com vicarsurbayAdotmeast.net J vary 1003 to December 2005 David Chittim Larry Folsom - President Keay Keene CityEngineer 35 Shore Road Executive Director, City of Rockland Brownville, ME04414 KVCOG(rethed) 40 Tillmer Ave. 3 Pat Street Rockland ME 04541 Winslow ME 04901 Tele: 965-7841 Tele: 594-0350 59X: 965-7511 Tele: 892-5231 FAX: 594-0325 larrvsubways(daoLCam Ino fax] dcbininafti.rockland.me.us welo esmC4rce.acadie.net Jaw 2004 to December 2006 John Chisholm—Vice President Robert Farrar - Treasurer Greg Brown Town of Levant Assistant City Manager CityProject Engines 154Tay Road City of Bangor One Common Skeet Levant, Me 04456-0220 93 Harlow St. Wamrvlye,ME 04901 Hangar, ME 04401 Tele: 884-8421 Tele: 873-9131 Ex. 231 FAX: 285-7204 Tele: 9924202 Mobile: 899-6033 FAX.. 945-4445 FAX8777528 'olmfolushokataml coca - batt farmr�lb browMa watecville-me eov 3-s David B. Chittim Nominated by: Town of Rockland Raised in Maine, David graduated from Northwestern University (BS 1974) and Purdue University (MS 1977) before returning home to work as a civil engineer. Since 1977, he has held civil and environmental engineering positions with various consulting firms, the Maine Public Utilities Commission and an international defense contractor. In 1993 he was hired as Town Engineer in Lisbon and remained there nearly eight years before accepting the position of City Engineer for Rockland in January, 2001. A Maine Registered Professional Engineer and Licensed Professional Land Surveyor, David served as the chairman of the Land Surveying Licensing Board for five years and has typically been active in various civic endeavors. He has served on the Municipal Review Committee Board for the past three years. His interest in solid waste extends beyond the purely technical into the socio-economic and political issues surrounding this ever-growing concem. 3� os 020 Michael F. Garrett Nominated by: Town of Lamoine 40 Years -teacher and administrator, Concord N.H. High School 10 Years -City Council, Concord, N.H. 4 Years— City Council Representative, Concord Planning Board 5 Years — Secretary, Lamoine Planning Board 2 Years — Secretary, Lamoine Long Range Planning Committee 06 020 Elery Keene Nominated by: Town of Winslow Born in Danville Junction Maine, graduated from Edward Little High School. B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Maine. M.S, in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Wisconsin. Two years active duty in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Four years in Maine Army National Guard. Worked for Allis Chalmers, University of Maine, University of Wisconsin, Max. Anderson Associates (City Planning Consultant), Green Engineering (Planning and engineering Consultant). Thirty-one years as Executive' Director for Kennebec Valley Council of Governments. Retired, June 30, 2001. Active as a volunteer in a number of community organizations. Elected Trustee of Kennebec Water District. Member of Winslow Planning Board for more than thirty years. Involved in regional planning for solid waste management in Maine since 1970. Member of special planning committee that negotiated the first and second amended contracts with PERC. Member of PERC Municipal Review Committee from its inception until the present except for a one year vacation somewhere in the middle. Devoted to the concept of long term, environmentally conscious, law cost solid waste disposal for Maine people and businesses. 0s 020 Sophia Leotasakos Wilson Nominated by: Town of Brownville Sophia graduated from the University of Maine with a'. Master's Degree in Public Administration. She worked for several years in non-profit management before coming to Brownville in 2000. Aside from Town Manager, she is also the Tax Collector and Treasurer. - Sophia is currently the President of Penquis Solid Waste Corp. as well as Piscataquis County Economic Development Corp. She has a keen interest in rural community development.