Meeting began at 6:00 pm. Present were Selectmen Cloutier, Stohl and Campbell.
On a motion made by Selectman Stohl and seconded by Selectman Cloutier, the Board approved the minutes of the December 23, 2025 meeting. Selectman Campbell abstained.
On a motion made by Selectman Stohl and seconded by Selectman Cloutier, the Board approved the minutes of the January 14, 2026 meeting.
Mail was reviewed.
Checks and manifests were reviewed and signed.
Abatement Forms were approved for Charles Marinelli (error in acreage) and Great North Woods Center for the Arts (just cause).
The contract with CAI for the tax maps was approved and signed.
Marcia informed the Board that she would be contacting them sometime next week to come in and sign the 2026 Warrant and Budget.
Marcia told the Board that the Town Report was almost done and that she would be ordering less this year due to having so many left over previous years.
Marcia reminded the Board that the filing period for Town Offices runs until Friday, January 30th, at 5:00 pm.
Selectman Stohl informed the Board that because of the Country’s 250th birthday celebration that the Kiwanis Club would be hosting a larger display of fireworks for July 4th. They are asking for a donation of $2,000 from us this year. The Board discussed it and decided that the warrant article could be amended at Town Meeting.
Marcia told the Board that she had mailed out seventeen letters to assessing companies asking them if they would be willing to take Columbia on as a client. So far she has heard from one company that was a no and another that was a maybe. She will follow up on all of these once she gets the Town Report to the printers.
Meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Marcia Parkhurst, Secretary
Board of Selectmen