Selectmen’s Minutes
September 22, 2003
Members Present: Sally Wentzell, Larry Rappaport, and Greg Placy.
Also Present: Donna Caron, Heidi Lawton, Donna Jordan, Lucie Fillion, Sandra Riendeau, Kevin McKinnon, Bruce Fowler, and Ed Laverty.
Selectmen signed all payroll vouchers and voucher manifests.
Sandra Riendeau received a letter from NH Dot saying that the poles that hold the signs on Main Street are not going to be changed. Sandra would like the poles smaller because she says she keeps walking into them. Sandra thinks that maybe when the town gets dug up nine years from now that something could be done then. She is bothered by the signs being up over the road and not just on poles. Greg explained that if they put up signs on the ground, you would be looking at losing 8 to 10 parking spaces. Sandra is going to send a letter to the State regarding the signs.
Bruce Fowler brought up the fact that the lights are out on the bridge on Main Street. He wanted to know who is taking care of the lights? Right now the Retail Committee is doing it. Kevin is going to check Grainger catalog and Greg is going to check with the state for prices on light bulbs. Bruce and Sandra are going to check the maintenance and get back to us.
Ed Laverty came in to see if there were any questions on the ambulance being housed. Ed explained to the board that there is a new ambulance being ordered and that the new ambulance will not fit into the existing bays. Ed’s idea is to have a barn raising and some people have already volunteered to help. He would like to place a training room in this building to do EMT classes and it would be built on the land beside the hospital that Kevin McKinnon owns.
Kevin talked to the board about the water well testing. The State wants the town to put a conservation easement on the land before Mr. Feltham sells to us, so that the town doesn’t have to pay as much. The board felt that Mr. Feltham probably would not go for that. Sally thinks that we need an Option to Buy before we drill. The board said we would not drill before an Option to Buy is in place. Donna is looking for grants to help buy the land and she gave the board copies of graphs for water well testing.
Kevin also showed the board a list of all the things that we need for winter. Tires, salt, and sand.
Larry made a motion to buy salt, sand, and tires, Sally seconded it, Greg agreed, motion passed.
Kevin also talked to the board about the new plow truck. The board decided that they would have a mechanic in Colebrook look at the vehicle. The vehicle report states that the vehicle hasn’t been in any accidents that were reported to the DMV except for the fire. The board agreed to have the vehicle looked over by Bob Caron. Larry made a motion, Greg seconded, passed by board with Sally being skittish on the decision. If the mechanic says the truck is okay, the board gave permission for Donna to buy the truck. Larry made a motion, Greg seconded, motion passed.
John Russell sent a letter to the board trying to get his Inventory Penalty abated. The board agreed that if he can’t show a receipt, then he needs to pay his penalty.
Donna does not feel that we need DSL at the town office at this time. Larry brought up the fact that other towns have the Planning Board applications, ZBA applications, and all regulations and ordinances on their websites. Donna said that she would tell Camilla to put ours on.
Greg, Larry, and Sally were all interested in attending the North Country Council Annual Meeting.
The board reviewed a letter from Robert Shaw saying that he wants the people living on Morgan Road and Aldrich Road to not travel on it. He is complaining of too much traffic and too many loads of big trucks going up there. Greg pointed out to the board that when you are building a house or moving into a new house, there will be a lot of loads, moving vans, and traffic.
The board decided that when anyone in the office takes Timber Tax applications, they need to have the person draw out exactly where it is on a photocopy of the tax map.
Donna gave the board the brochures for Forest Laws Workshop for Municipal Officials.
The board reviewed a letter from DES to Tom Tillotson saying that they can open for business.
The board passed a motion for Shelia to give back Bradley Hann’s money from his registration, he overpaid. Larry made a motion; Greg seconded, Sally agreed, motion passed.
The board reviewed the Fuel Oil bids for this year. They were as follows:
Lewis & Woodard: $1.13 fuel oil
Nugent Oil: $1.04 fuel oil
C.N. Brown: $.936 fuel oil .92 propane
The board choose to pick C.N. Brown for the fuel and propane for this years fuel season. Larry made a motion, Greg seconded it, motion passed.
Donna told the board that White Mountain Cablevision did not get sold.
The Red Cross wanted the town to appropriate money for them. The board voted against it. Greg made a motion against, Larry seconded it, motion passed.
The Town got one sidewalk bid from Leo Holombe out of Rindge, NH. The Selectmen decided to put the bids out again.
Larry told the board that when the businessmen came to Colebrook to look at the industrial building they had a great time. The Union Leader wrote a great article on Colebrook. One of the businessmen was very pleased with Colebrook.
From now on Greg would like a letter sent to the State when Route 3 is considered an abutter in any ZBA hearings.
The Harvey Swell Bridge has cracks in it and about 40 of the bolts that hold the plates are breaking. Greg believes it was a construction error when the bridge was built. The bridge at the bottom of the hill by Keazer’s is made up of two 5ft culverts that are put together to make a bridge. The bridge needs to be replaced because it bows in the middle when a vehicle goes over it. Larry and Greg agreed that the town could easily fix it right now because the water is low.
The board wanted to know what has been done about the camper by Bob Caron’s. Ivan Boutin is living there. Rock Jondro complained about him living there. If it has a license plate on the camper, then it is a state issue. The board sent it to the Planning Board. Larry made a motion, Greg seconded it, motion passed.
Meeting adjourned at 6:50pm.
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