About 7,000 square feet of wetlands will be affected by the expansion, VHB engineer Sean Hale told board members, and a Natural Resources Protection Act application has been filed with the Department of Environmental Protection.
City Planner Elena Piekut tendered her resignation Nov. 2 in a 28-page letter citing “a lack of accountability and an abundance of dysfunction” at City Hall and accusing other city officials of violating Maine’s Freedom of Access Act and the city charter. Her letter stated her willingness to stay on the job until Nov. 30, but Piekut said she was immediately relieved of her duties.