Liquor licenses approved for four Greenville businesses

GREENVILLE — Liquor licenses were renewed for four Greenville businesses during a Feb. 4 meeting of the select board. Approval was granted to the applications submitted by the Blair Hill Inn, Greenville Inn, Kelly’s Landing and the Lodge at Moosehead.

“I’ve spoken with Chief Carr and Chief Murray, neither of them have any issue with this,” Town Clerk Tammy Firman said about the police and fire chiefs Jim Carr and Sawyer Murray. “Everything’s in good order.”

Requests for proposals for roadside ditching and road repair have been sent out, Town Manager Mike Roy said in his report.

The town is inviting qualified contractors to submit proposals for various locations. Work includes excavation, grading, culvert replacement and road surface rehabilitation for specified GPS coordinates. An alternate bid is also included for reclaiming, reshaping and repaving of a few Greenville roads.

Several inquiries have been made and Roy has answered some questions from contractors. The question deadline is Feb. 19. March 19 is when bids are due and these will be opened at 4 p.m. on March 24 with an expected May construction start date.

Roy had been asked if the municipal parking lot will be available for crafters to exhibit their wares during the annual International Seaplane Fly-In in September or if the space will instead be used for vehicles. The town manager wanted the select board to think about this.

“Maybe we can make some decisions in the near future, how you want to approach this for this coming year?,” he said.

As of that morning, one application has come in for the budget committee.

Budget workshops will start Tuesday, March 3 and will continue weekly through May with the annual town meeting scheduled for the evening of June 1.

“As of tonight we have received four TIF committee applications,” Roy said. “Some good interest there, some good prospects.”

This group will work with the select board to help develop a tax increment financing program for the community.

With interest from residents and non-residents using the public safety building, an application and fee to cover facility cleaning has been developed. Respective charges are $50 and $100 to cover cleaning would be included along with the application.

“I feel the cost of the cleaning should not be on taxpayers,” Roy said, as this work is not part of the town’s cleaning services contract.

Upon being asked, Firman said two select board seats are up for election in June, each for 3-year terms. Both Select Chair Geno Murray and board member Richard Peat have terms expiring this year. 

Three seats are up on the school committee and another three for the Moosehead Sanitary District board. These also are all for three years.

Nomination papers are due by the end of the day on April 9. The municipal election will be on June 9.