Wiscasset selectmen approved permits for Sprague’s Lobster and three other vendors Tuesday afternoon, May 5. In the brief teleconference meeting, vendors approved to do business on the Main Street, or Creamery, Pier this summer were: Frank Sprague, dba Sprague’s Lobster; Theresa Gray, Coastal Cones; and Todd Jubinville, The Potter’s Shed. Pier permits, with the application fee waived, were renewed for Wiscasset Area Chamber of Commerce and Wiscasset Farmer’s Market. No date was given for when the vendors can open. The governor’s COVID-19 guidelines will be reviewed May 15.

The farmer’s market will return to the parking lot at the waterfront and be held Wednesdays, 3-6 p.m. The first one is scheduled for June 3.

Town Manager John O’Connell said he participated in a teleconference call with developers interested in constructing a solar farm at Wiscasset Municipal Airport. The next step will be to have the town’s attorney review documentation. O’Connell said Cenergy Power hopes to begin construction next year.

Last November, a representative from Barrett Energy Resources Group, a contractor representing Cenergy Power, summarized the project for the board exercising a lease option for further study. According to the Cenergy webpage, Cenergy Power began in 2006 and is based in Carlsbad, California.

A scheduled bid opening for planned repairs at the airport was delayed until 2 p.m. Thursday, May 7. The board authorized O’Connell and Airport Manager Rick Tetrev to open and review the bids.

The board approved a new “Conditional Septage Agreement” for the treatment plant. The agreement limits the wastewater accepted from septic tanks to Wiscasset households. Commercial wastewater and effluent from sources outside the town is prohibited.

Plant superintendent Rob Lalli said septage deliveries must be accompanied by a manifest listing the company making the delivery, the gallons delivered in addition to the name, address and telephone number where the septage was taken. All deliveries must be made in the presence of treatment plant personnel.

The maximum amount of a single delivery can’t exceed 3,000 gallons and is limited to two deliveries a week. Treatment plant personnel can I reject any delivery that might contain gasoline or solvent. The septage fee was set at 13 cents per gallon; the rate however is subject to change at the discretion of the town.

Before adjourning the board noted the recent death of John Reinhart of Lee Street. Reinhart had been an active member of the community serving on several town committees. The board granted permission for a tree to be planted on the town common in his memory.