Town
Office
ADMINISTRATION
Town
office
hours
are
8AM
to
4:30PM
weekdays
in
the
Summer
and
8AM
to
5PM
in
the
winter.
The
Town
office
processes
property
taxes;
sewer
fees,
vehicle
registrations,
recreational
vehicle
registrations,
voting
registrations,
dog
licensing,
marriage
licenses,
death
certificates,
building
permits,
code
enforcement
issues,
and
general
town
business.
The
Madawaska
Water
District
is
a
separate
entity.
Town
Office:
207-728-6351
Town
Manager:
Fred
Ventresco
<fred.ventresco@townofmadawaska.com>
Deputy
Town
Clerk:
Rinette
Madore
<
tnclerk@pioneerwireless.net>
Deputy
Town
Clerk/Executive
Secretary:
Debra
Caron
<madsec@pioneerwireless.net>
Deputy
Town
Clerk/Code
Enf
Exec
Secretary:
Manon
Bilodeau
<codesec@pioneerwireless.net>
Deputy
Treasurer/Tax
Collector/Bookkeeper:
Linda
Cyr
<lcyr@pioneerwireless.net>
Accounts
Payable/Payroll
Clerk:
Irene
Bouchard
<imb@pioneerwireless.net>
Code
Enforcement
Officer:
Robert
Ouellette
<codesec@nci1.net>
Tax
Assessor:
Randy
Tarr
207-455-8251
General
Assistance
Administrator:
Lisa
Daigle
207-728-3614
PLANNING
BOARD
Working
in
conjunction
with
the
Code
Enforcement
Officer
and
in
close
cooperation
with
the
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals,
the
Planning
Board
consists
of
five
members
and
two
associate
members,
all
appointed
by
the
Town
Council.
Their
role
has
been
valuable
in
advising
and
assisting
Town
Officials
with
planning
strategies
and
recommendations.
The
Planning
Board
is
responsible
for
overseeing
the
preparation
of
comprehensive
plans,
the
enactment
of
site
division
and
subdivision
ordinances
and
for
the
review
of
site
design
and
subdivision
applications.
ZONING
A
portion
of
the
Town’s
property,
consisting
of
all
land
within
250
feet
horizontal
distance
of
all
water
bodies
(primarily
Long
Lake
and
Germain
Lake)
and
water
courses
(primarily
St.
John
River,
Little
River,
Paulette
Brook,
Thibodeau
Brook)
are
governed
by
the
Town’s
Shoreland
Zoning
Ordinance.
The
Town
implemented
Town-wide
zoning
in
1976
and
is
currently
upgrading
a
new
zoning
ordinance.
The
Town-wide
zoning
ordinances
divide
the
Town
into
Residential
I,
Residential
II,
Residential
III,
Rural
Farm
I,
Rural
Farm
2,
Historical,
Commercial,
Industrial
classifications.
There
are
overlay
districts:
Wellhead
Protection,
Sand
and
Gravel
Aquifers,
and
Phosphorus
Stabilization
Districts.
A
five-member
Zoning
Board
of
Appeals,
appointed
by
Town
Officials,
along
with
two
associate
members,
hears
appeals
from
persons
aggrieved
by
any
decision
of
the
Code
Enforcement
Officer
or
by
the
Planning
Board.
Copies
of
all
ordinances
are
available
for
inspection
at
the
Town
Office
or
may
be
purchased
for
a
nominal
charge.PERMITS
Land
Use
Permits
are
needed
for
New
Construction,
Extensions,
Renovations,
etc.
Also,
Internal
Plumbing
&
Subsurface
Wastewater
Disposal
permits
are
available.
Information
is
available
for
electrical
service,
public
and
driveway
access,
Maine
Department
of
Environmental
Protection
(MDEP),
and
Floodplain
projects.
Land
Use
Permit
Form:
DOWNLOAD
FROM
THIS
LINK
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Community/Economic
Development
The
Madawaska
Office
of
Community
and
Economic
Development
works
with
various
local,
regional
and
state
financial
programs
to
ensure
that
the
capitol
needs
of
businesses
are
met.
Public
and
Private
Partnerships
exceeded
17
million
dollars
within
the
past
fifteen
years.
These
financial
enhancements
have
provided
new
subdivisions
for
single-family
and
multi-family
housing,
manufacturing
development,
two
new
industrial
parks
with
one
having
federal
foreign
trade-zone
status,
downtown
improvements,
infrastructure
grants,
free
technical
assistance
for
new
or
expanding
small
businesses,
and
a
community
marketing
improvement
fund.
Madawaska
continues
to
link
investments
with
its
sister
city
of
Edmunston,
New
Brunswick
by
providing
international
events
in
leisure,
tourism
and
recreation
for
families
and
an
aging
population.
The
increase
in
governmental
and
private
investments
is
a
consequence
of
economic
development.
It
is
important
that
you
contact
the
Office
of
Community
and
Economic
Development
concerning
your
interest
in
further
growth
possibilities
for
the
Town
of
Madawaska
and
your
business.
Contact:
Suzie
Paradis
207-728-3612
suzie.paradis@townofmadawaska.com
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Public
Works
The
Public
Works
Department
has
a
charge
of
approximately
135
miles
of
urban
streets
and
rural
roads
with
both
summer
maintenance
duties
and
winter
snow
and
ice
control.
This
is
taken
care
of
from
two
locations:
a
main
facility
on
East
Main
Street
and
a
small
satellite
facility
on
Lavertu
Road.
The
Department
also
assists
in
maintaining
the
town’s
sewer
lines.
It
has
an
eleven-person
staff
that
includes
Yves
Lizotte,
Highway
Foreman;
Roger
Dionne,
Garage
Foreman;
and
Leo
R.
Sirois,
Office
Clerk.
They
can
be
contacted
at
728-3607.
Madawaska
Water
District
The
Madawaska
Water
District
is
a
quasi-municipal
district
serving
approximately
3500
people.
The
District
is
governed
by
a
board
of
three
elected
trustees.
Currently
the
District’s
source
of
water
is
the
St.
John
River.
The
water
is
treated
at
a
filter
plant
before
being
pumped
out
to
customers.
A
new
bedrock
well
will
be
connected
to
the
system
by
late
2002.
At
that
point
the
District
will
use
the
well
as
the
primary
source
of
water
and
will
use
the
St.
John
River
as
a
back-up
supply.
The
District
personnel
maintains
approximately
19
miles
of
water
lines
and
113
fire
hydrants
as
well
as
other
related
maintenance.
Upon
request
the
District
can
provide
our
latest
water
rate
schedule
as
well
as
our
latest
copy
of
our
Consumer
Confidence
Report
for
your
review.
We
can
be
reached
by
phone
at
207-728-3859
or
by
fax
at
207-728-6311.
We
can
also
be
reached
by
e-mail
at
the
following
address,
madwater@ainop.com.
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