The Woolwich select board has entered into a contract with Sagadahoc County Sheriff’s Department to provide a shellfish warden. The contract begins Nov. 15 and remains in effect until June 30, 2023; either party can terminate the agreement with 60 days’ written notice.

“We’re only spending $3,500, the monies we have left in that account for them to enforce the town’s shellfish conservation ordinance,” said Selectman Jason Shaw. “A good thing about having a law enforcement officer doing this is their ability to write summonses, or make arrests.”

The select board and Dan Harrington of the town’s shellfish committee reviewed the contract with Sheriff Joel Merry Oct. 17. The board authorized Chairman David King Sr. to sign the contract and he did so at the Monday, Nov. 7 meeting.

In other business, Fire Chief Shaun Merrill got select board approval to apply for a state matching grant of up to $5,000 for a new portable pump, hose and fittings for the fire department’s brush truck. The town’s share of the cost would not be more than $2,500, said Merrill.

EMS Director Brian Carlton said the ambulance department had made 11 calls since the board’s last meeting; there were eight transports and three non-transports. The board has set aside a future meeting to discuss an arrangement the ambulance department has for providing Wednesday transport service for Mid Coast Hospital in Brunswick.

The board accepted with regret the resignation of Tom McKenzie as acting code enforcement officer. King said McKenzie will stay on until Dec. 1. The board is advertising to fill the job.

Selectman Allison Hepler announced Woolwich’s Veterans Day activities will be held  at 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 11 at Laurel Grove Cemetery, 856 Middle Road (Route 127). Roger Brawn and the special events committee are organizing the ceremony. The cemetery is home to the town’s historic war memorial, an eight-foot-tall granite column known as the “Sailors’ and Soldiers’ Monument.”  

The town office has submitted a request for state reimbursement from the Office of Cannabis Policy. Town Administrator Kim Dalton estimated the town will receive roughly $3,640 for monies spent developing its marijuana ordinances. Dalton also noted, the town office will submit an insurance claim for the cost of mold remediation in a utility closet. Cost of the cleanup is estimated at $2,000.

Maine Department of Transportation officials will return to Woolwich to update residents on the Station 46 Bridge Replacement Project and a traffic signal at the Route 1/Nequasset Road intersection. The meeting is at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 15 in the gymnasium of Woolwich Central School, 137 Nequasset Road.

The board announced the town office will close at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 23, the day before Thanksgiving and be closed all day that Friday. After adjourning Monday, the board headed to the school to set up for Tuesday’s election.