What question do Edgecomb residents ask Selectman Jessica Chubbuck the most? They ask her when the town is going to get online motor vehicle registration.

“Everybody wants online everything,” Chubbuck said.

She may soon have an answer about the online registration, depending on what the budget committee and voters think of Tax Collector Deb Boucher's idea.

Boucher is asking for funding to get access to parts of a Maine Bureau of Motor Vehicles program. Training and other startup costs are projected at $5,468; there would also be yearly costs of about $900 to $1,000, Boucher states in a letter to selectmen.

The move would get Edgecomb residents closer to being able to register vehicles online, through the state's “Rapid Renewal” program.

“I think we should implement rapid renewal but not for a while. I would like to get used to the program first,” Boucher writes.

On January 27, selectmen briefly discussed the funding request.

“I think it's something we should definitely look at doing,” Chubbuck said Monday night.

The next step would be to talk to the budget committee about it, board members said. Voters decide the next year's budget in the spring.

Boucher is not seeking access to excise information on heavy trucks, recreational vehicles and motorcycles.

If she needs that information, she can call the bureau, Boucher tells selectmen in her letter.

Anderson to leave CEO post

Marian Anderson plans to resign as Edgecomb's code enforcement officer. The town's prospective new partnership with Boothbay for the services is an opportunity for Edgecomb to get more access than she is able to provide, and an opportunity for her to leave a job she was only doing as a favor to Edgecomb, Anderson said.

“It was a temporary favor that's lasted four and a half years,” Anderson said in a telephone interview January 27.

Anderson is Richmond's town manager. She doesn't have the time to give Edgecomb the level of service it could get from Boothbay, she said. She stayed as long as she did in the Edgecomb position because she believes in giving back by helping other towns.

Richmond has a deal under which it provides Dresden with code enforcement services, Anderson said.

Earlier Monday night, Edgecomb selectmen confirmed that Anderson informed them she plans to announce her resignation at the board's February 10 meeting, when the full board would be on hand.

Selectmen's Chairman Jack Sarmanian was not at Monday's meeting.

According to Anderson's January 25 email to selectmen, her resignation would take effect March 1. She could stay on another month or two if needed, however, she said Monday.