Councilor Benner reported that EcoMaine is beginning to sort out food waste from the rest of the trash. For any questions on what is recyclable and what is trash, visit ecomaine.org/recyclopedia. There is also an application available on smartphones.

Councilor Benner also said that the METRO Bus Service in Gorham should be in service by the end of August.

Councilor Hager reported that the Finance committee met to review the budget and noted that the Town is slightly ahead on revenue and slightly below on expenses.

Town Manager Ephrem Paraschak noted that Public Works will be out cleaning up sand and the Recreation Department will be out getting fields ready for play. If you see a posted sign on one of the fields, please stay off of it to give the field time to dry out. The MDOT will be accepting bids on the Main Street road project.

Paraschak also noted that the Town Budget was delivered to the Town Council and he is looking forward to the upcoming Budget workshop on April 24.

The Town Council made appointments to various Town Boards and Committees.

Planning Board: Lee Pratt and Ed Zelmanow

Conversation Commission: Ernie Wells and Stefania Strzalkowska

Board Of Appeals: Anthony Butts, Kari Beaulieu and Mark Jones

Historic Preservation Commission: Marsha Weeks Traill and Dawna Lamson

Baxter Library Board Of Trustees: Nancy Kenty and Linda Frinsko

Economic Development Corp: Sarah Jackson, Kathy Garrard and Chris Kelley

Fair Hearing Board: Linda Mclean

Councilor Phillips did not agree with the Board of Appeals appointments.

The following people were appointed as election workers with terms to expire April 1, 2020:

Democrat Workers:

Diane Caswell, Patricia Clay, Katharine Corbett, Laurie Corbett, Thomas Corbett, Nancy Craig, Geraldine Day, Melissa Deering, Renee Deering, Peggy Douglass, Cynthia Doyle, John Ersek, Rachel Flynn, Mary L. Fraser, Katherine Garrard, Jen Greslick, Barbara Guimond, Joanne Hachey, Colleen Hoyt, Carole Jordan, Connie Loughran, Linda Maclean, Carol Marshburn, Michelle McCaffrey, Barbara McGarvey, Janet Miliano, Virginia Morrow, Susan Parsons, Denise Quint, Judith Ringo, Kimberley Ross, Teresa Sanborn, Robin Sanford, Melinda Shain, Robert Skinner, Paula Smeltzer, Mary Snell, Judith L. Stevens, Mary E. Sturtevant, Sheryl Towle, Kathleen Walsh, Wendy Clark, and Stephen Nelson.

Republican Workers:

Marilyn Amoroso, Janet Bell, Bruce Bishop, Kathy Bruni, Louis Calabaro, Brenda Caldwell, Donna Carll, Nancy Connolly, Kenneth Curtis, George Deering, Linda Deering, Rhonda Desrochers, Susan Emerson, Linda Frinsko, Diane Godfrey, Sharon Geer, Mary Golden, Maynard Hincks, Carolyn Hodgkins, Thomas Hodgkins, Nancy Kenty, Mary Kesseli, Elizabeth Labrecque, Janice Labrecque, John Labrecque, Joann Means, Carlene Petersen, John Petersen, Jenifer McCullough, Rosamond Phinney, Heidi Pratt, Scott Pratt, Marlene Scholl, Nancy Shaw, Laurel Smith, Pat Surette, Martha Towle, Janice Weed, Norman Weed, Virginia T Williams, and Carol Wyman.

The Town Council appropriated $10,000 from the Open Space Impact Fee Fund, for the purpose of assisting the Presumpscot Regional Land Trust in acquiring a parcel of land off Flaggy Meadow Road for permanent conservation.