Midcoast, Maine: Brunswick-Bath-Wiscasset-Damariscotta

Town Manager: Andrew Dorr
Selectboard: Daryl Fraser, Louis Abbotoni, Tom Anderson, Joshua Pinkham, and Andrea Keushguerian
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Email the Leadership of Damariscotta. Directory (PDF)

TO BE PROPOSED

IN PROCESS– a rough draft

A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN OF DAMARISCOTTA, MAINE TO RECOGNIZE THE ROLE OF HER CITIZENRY AND THE REAL OPPORTUNITIES THE CITY HAS TO SHOWCASE HER CITIZENS, WE ADOPT THE FOLLOWING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES REGARDING THE PUBLIC’S PARTICIPATION IN ONE OF THE CITY’S PRIMARY ACCOUNTABILITY STRUCTURES FOR HER CITIZENS:

WHEREAS, the website of the Town of Damariscotta is ostensibly the property of her citizens, we hereby move to open pages for the expressed purpose of having her citizens comment on the priorities for the work of all the departments of the city.

WHEREAS, the Town Manager, Selectmen, and others herein known as the “Leadership of Damariscotta,” all have their own priorities for the town of Damariscotta, Maine we hereby move that each of these representatives of the people, be given open pages on the website of the the Town of Damariscotta whereby each can add and update no less than their top five priorities — work to be done — in order that the citizenry may weigh in to increase or decrease the prioritization of those efforts.

WHEREAS, within the citizenry of Damariscotta there are innumerable experts touching most every aspect of human life and endeavor, the website shall be further opened so citizens can comment and vote on the importance of the top problems within the city and then add their own. These added priorities would be valued by other citizens in much the same way as they vote and value those presented by the Leadership of Damariscotta.

WHEREAS, the city recognizes that there are extraordinary resources with depth of learning among faculty and administrators of nearby colleges and universities, especially all the College so pivotally positioned within the city, we move that all citizens be encouraged to adopt one of the seventeen ongoing unsolved global problems identified by the United Nations or any one of the many unsolved problems as identified within Wikipedia. Or, in the spirit of these unsolved problems, citizens are encouraged to propose their own, and that these unsolved problems also become part of the city’s web resources such that the entire city is intellectually active and working together toward common goals.  

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED FOR AND BY THE PEOPLE OF THE TOWN OF DAMARISCOTTA:

SECTION 1. Recognizing the invaluable resources of ideas and expertise, the town’s leadership would request of all those who have voted online and added insights, that they consider volunteering to be a spokesperson for citizenry of Damariscotta regarding that issue and to be able to “opt-in” to be called on by the local, state, and national media to comment on it in light of their contributions posted on the city’s website.

SECTION 2. Further recognizing these insights and expertise, the Leadership of Damariscotta requests that ________, who handles the Information Technology Town of Damariscotta, create a web-based infrastructure to support the goals as outlined.

SECTION 3. Further recognizing these insights and expertise, the Leadership of Damariscotta requests __________, who handles communications for the town of Damariscotta, initiate print and electronic media to local, state and national outlets regarding these initiatives in order to generate positive publicity of the city’s citizenry and the city’s activities.

SECTION 4. ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town of the Damariscotta, held in Town Hall, Damariscotta, Maine this day,___, of _____ (Month, Year).

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