BRUNSWICK
The Brunswick Development Corporation Board of Directors is scheduled to discuss and vote on a series of amendments to its bylaws today.
Discussion of the changes will take place during the regular meeting, scheduled for noon in the Morrell Meeting Room at Curtis Memorial Library. However, the board’s vote to implement or reject the amendments will occur during a special meeting immediately following the conclusion of the regular meeting, said Larissa Darcy, the board’s chairwoman.
Among the changes proposed are replacing an ex-officio position, currently held by town Finance Director John Eldridge, with a seat to be occupied by a private citizen; implementation of an ethics code and stricter parameters regarding who is or isn’t eligible for loans; creation of a website with contact and explanatory information; and adoption of section addressing conflicts of interest.
The vote originally was scheduled for the board’s Dec. 5 meeting, but was postponed when the nonprofit group failed to provide enough public notice.
Board members also are scheduled to hear a pitch by town Marine Warden Dan Devereaux for up to $25,000 that would be used to fund a quahog population survey and hire marine technicians to implement it as soon as possible.
Quahogs are hardshell clams that grow in abundance along the Maine coastline but are not perceived to be a delicacy like their softshell counterparts.
It’s part of a plan to develop new shellfish markets and mitigate a sharp decline in softshell clams. Local marine scientists and ecologists Chris Heinig of MER Assessment Corp. and Resources Access LLC owner Darcy Couture will be tasked with developing the town’s startup quahog management plan.
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