CATTY SHACK DEBATE CONTINUES IN WISCASSET
Paula Gibbs, Wiscasset Newspaper - Shacks on the dock? Or not. One selectman wants to know why the subject keeps coming up, the town manager says the whole thing has gotten out of hand, and a waterfront committee member says it's nothing but a tempest in a teapot.
During the public comment section of Tuesday night's Wiscasset selectmen's meeting, a discussion of whether to allow vendors to keep their sheds on the Main Street pier year-round lasted nearly a half hour.
Finally, chairman Bob Blagden suggested the issue be put on the November 24 agenda. But before the discussion ended, harbor master Peter Dalton said the vendors should be allowed to stay there because the town needs the fees they pay to maintain the pier.
However, Bryan Buck, a member of the waterfront committee said, "I don't think it should be an open-ended thing, where they're allowed to stay there year in and year out. Then they become almost like squatters.". . .
One argument for not allowing the sheds to remain year-round is it doesn't allow inspection of some parts of the pier to see if the structure is sound. Dunning said she would like to hear from the town's road commissioner on this. "I would like to interrupt," Dalton said. "I inspect it every year – I don't need any help. It's my job, not the road commissioner's."
"The road crew historically has done the work on the pier in the past," Dunning said.
Faucher said he would put the subject on the November 24 agenda.
During the public comment section of Tuesday night's Wiscasset selectmen's meeting, a discussion of whether to allow vendors to keep their sheds on the Main Street pier year-round lasted nearly a half hour.
Finally, chairman Bob Blagden suggested the issue be put on the November 24 agenda. But before the discussion ended, harbor master Peter Dalton said the vendors should be allowed to stay there because the town needs the fees they pay to maintain the pier.
However, Bryan Buck, a member of the waterfront committee said, "I don't think it should be an open-ended thing, where they're allowed to stay there year in and year out. Then they become almost like squatters.". . .
One argument for not allowing the sheds to remain year-round is it doesn't allow inspection of some parts of the pier to see if the structure is sound. Dunning said she would like to hear from the town's road commissioner on this. "I would like to interrupt," Dalton said. "I inspect it every year – I don't need any help. It's my job, not the road commissioner's."
"The road crew historically has done the work on the pier in the past," Dunning said.
Faucher said he would put the subject on the November 24 agenda.
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