Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons may have some help on time-consuming tasks that help him draft budgets. They and he talked July 18 about tasks such as finding out how much was spent on fuel last budget year or how much trash was transported.
Citing fast vehicle sales and firms’ reluctance to bid on something they won’t build for years, Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons on July 5 sought and got selectmen’s OK to, for six months, use his discretion to seek bids or not. These days, it.
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen June 21 and in his written report ahead of the meeting, he, Maine Department of Environmental Protection and engineering firm Ransom Consulting did a final inspection June 17 of the cleaned up ash.
Two projects involving Wiscasset’s past have new developments. Selectman Dusty Jones reported May 17 to the board and May 18 in a phone interview, plans are progressing for observances in town June 17, Maine’s first annual James Weldon Johnson Day;.
Wiscasset Town Manager Dennis Simmons told selectmen April 12, he is “pressing really hard” about Old Ferry Road’s importance, as he seeks help from Maine’s Congressional delegation for a stream crossing culvert project there. “I’m working on trying.