Gray
Town Manager's Report
By Mitchell A. Berkowitz
Website Activity
Over the past two weeks Staff members have completed
the following changes to the Town's Website. These
include:
Posting Planning Board Minutes, Posting Town Council
Agendas & Minutes, Posting Public Notices, Posting
Annual Reports for Town Departments and Boards &
Committees, Updating the Dry Mills Schoolhouse Committee's
webpage with new email addresses, Creating an Archive
& Posting Town Manager's Reports for F/Y Ending
June 30, 2005 & some F/Y Ending June 30, 2004,
Creating a link on the left-hand toolbar to Annual
Reports. We invite you to visit the website at www.graymaine.org
Time Warner Cable Fee Changes
We have received notice that Time Warner will be adjusting
their rates beginning December 1, 2005. The notice
indicated the following:
All n One Package ( Digital Cable, Road Runner and
Digital Phone) No Change
Basic and Standard levels- 5% or $2.20 more each month
Additionally the notice being sent to all subscribers
will indicate other service charge changes. Comments
may be directed to Time Warner at 1-800-833-2253.
New Regulations Regarding Debris
As the new state law is about to kick in, RWS invited
municipal officials from its service area to hear
first hand what we should be doing to handle the collection
and the disposal of universal waste which includes
mercury and lead. In discussion with Randy Cookson,
our Transfer Station Manager, it is apparent that
our current storage of these materials is not acceptable
and we will seek alternatives. Chair Gary Foster has
already contacted Rep. Sue Austin to see if the State
has considered assisting towns with the storage issue.
The response was simply that this was not part of
the legislation. We will keep the Council advised
of continued work on universal waste.
Regionalization Seminar
On Wednesday, Nov. 16 several staff members and Skip
Crane will be attending the Regionalization Seminar
in Auburn. Angus King will provide the key note opening
comments. The sessions are designed to focus on the
provision of services through a regional approach.
The firm of Bernstein Shur has invited municipal officials
to hear about the legal aspects as well as the importance
of this approach. Public -Private partnership will
also be reviewed as they are deemed to be one of the
major ways such approaches are successful.
