Upcoming public workshop for the Trenton community resilience partnership with the Hancock County Planning Commission

Shaun Farrar

Feb 05, 2026

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TRENTON—When Trenton resident Adam Fraley stood in front of the Trenton Select Board at its January 20 meeting and asked if the town had ever thought about posting its meetings to YouTube so people could watch at their convenience, he probably never expected to be in the town’s very first YouTube post.

Fraley’s idea met no resistance. Chair Fred Ehrlenbach said that all of the information within a meeting was public information anyway at the January 20 meeting.

At the same meeting, member Judith Sproule said of sharing the videos of the meetings, “That’s the ultimate transparency.”

Approximately eight days later, that January 20 meeting was posted as the first meeting on the the town’s YouTube channel.

The February 3 meeting was posted the day after the meeting.

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FEBRUARY 3 MEETING

At a very short, 9 minutes and 11 seconds, meeting, the select board heard an update from Fire Chief Steve Heckman, a couple of committee updates from member Sproule. There was no new or old business on the agenda.

Chief Heckman said the the Trenton Volunteer Fire Department has had eight calls so far this year, three of which have been fires. The department provided mutual aid for two fires in Ellsworth, one in -8 degree temperatures, and one in Bar Harbor.

Chief Heckman has also been taking part in meetings of the town’s resiliency committee.

During Sproule’s updates, she said that the resiliency committee will be hosting a public workshop for the town’s community resilience partnership with the Hancock County Planning Commission (HCPC). This meeting is currently scheduled for February 24, at 5:00 p.m., at the town office.

Sproule also mentioned that the HCPC is going to start tracking housing data. While the state recently instituted legislation, LD 1184, that requires communities with 4,000 residents or more to report how many residential building permits and certificates of occupancy they approved, as well as how many units were demolished each year, the HCPC would like to start tracking the same data in smaller towns.

The town’s comprehensive plan steering committee is still moving forward with creating a potential slate of appropriate members for the actual comprehensive planning committee rounded out Sproule’s updates.

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LINKS TO LEARN MORE

Town Of Trenton YouTube Page

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