Selectmen’s Minutes
Selectmen’s Meeting
April 8, 2004
Members Present: Larry Rappaport, Greg Placy, and Frank Dumaine.
Others Present: Donna Caron, Heidi Lawton, Kevin McKinnon, Claire Knapper, Steve Cass, Sharon Nelsson, Claudette Keezer, Ed Laverty, Robert Shaw, John Fothergill, Dallas Chase, Paul Martel, and Bruce Fowler.
Steve Cass was sworn in as our new Police Chief.
Selectmen signed all payroll vouchers and voucher manifests.
Kevin McKinnon came in to talk to the board about how the sewer backed up on Gould St. It flooded into the downstairs apartments of the apartment building on that street. No one lived in the apartments, so therefore nobody knew that it was leaking in for a while. The owner would like the Town to help clean up the mess. The board asked Kevin if the owner had Homeowner’s insurance or not. The board suggested to Kevin that he have the owner check with his insurance company first, and then get back to us.
The State would like to see two new water wells and possibly a third for backup. The State says that the two new wells would be our primary wells and the two existing would be our backup wells, unless they became contaminated. Then if the wells became contaminated, we would need to fix the contamination or drill more wells.
Kevin talked to the board about sweeping streets, Larry mentioned coordinating something with the State to help sweep. Larry made a motion to coordinate sweeping streets with the State, just the State streets, Main Street, Route 26, and Route 145. Frank seconded it, motion passed.
Sharon Nelsson and Claudette Keezer came in to talk with the board about the district ambulance. Sharon explained how the District Ambulance Core was different than the Colebrook Ambulance Core. She explained that the money that comes from the surrounding towns that the ambulance services goes into a fund for capital equipment and also another fund for line items. She said that Stratford & Pittsburg do not contribute any money. Errol does not contribute either, but that is okay because they have their own ambulance, and just use the core for training purposes. Sharon said that Colebrook, Canaan, Clarksville, and Stewartstown all contribute money with Colebrook being the biggest contributor.
Larry agreed with Sharon that because Colebrook contributed the most money, they should get the most equipment. Larry suggested that the ambulance core get rid of having a “District” core and just have a Colebrook Ambulance Core. Donna asked Sharon if she could get her a list of what the other towns contribute to the ambulance.
Ed Laverty came in to talk with the board about housing the ambulance. Ed explained that the hospital is up for giving the ambulance core land to build on. Larry would like to price out what it would cost for a contractor, barn raising, or any other ideas. Frank suggested that they make the building out of steel and also to see if any of the donors that regularly contribute to the hospital would contribute now. Greg wanted to make sure that the other towns contribute money as well. Greg also mentioned that he would work with the ambulance board if they need somebody from the town to work with them.
Robert Shaw came in to give the board paperwork on his easement for his barn.
John Fothergill and Dallas Chase came in to update the board on how the Pool Committee was coming along. John stopped to let the board know that now that the clinic will no longer be under DHMC, they will be getting a lot more money from the Federal Government and millions in grant money. He explained that he really feels that obesity is a major problem in this area and he wants to fix that problem, starting with the schools lunch program. He has a goal of focusing on health and eating and educating the people in town on it.
Dallas went on to explain that the last time that the Pool Committee met with the board, it was about the tax exemption. She has done research on the tax exemption information in the RSA’s, and feels that they are eligible. The bill from last year is $1,285.22, that is ten acres and John would like it abated.
Larry mentioned that we call NH Municipal and if they are okay with it, than we can give them an exemption. Greg made a motion to pass the exemption as long as NH Municipal says that it is okay, Frank seconded it, Larry agreed, motion passed.
John also told the board that the pool man is coming May 1st to start installing the pool. Frank asked John how the pool was lined and John said with gunnight. Frank suggested that he see if he could line the pool with diamondbright instead. Frank explained that it lasts longer. John then asked the board if the town could help out with water and sewer. Donna said that we could help out on sewer, but that the water isn’t even paying for itself. Donna also mentioned that Kevin could help out with getting the water line equipment at cost for the pool committee and that maybe he could lend a hand with helping lay it.
Paul Martel came in to talk with the board about possibly purchasing the two houses owned by Eric Schafer across from Bouchard’s. He would like to tear down the white house and use that lot for parking and then fix up the brown building for apartments. He does not want to purchase the buildings unless the Selectmen help him out with back taxes owed on the house. The Selectmen told Paul that they would get back to him.
Greg made a motion to go into Executive Session on a personnel issue, Frank seconded it.
Frank made a motion to exit out of Executive Session with no finding, Greg seconded it.
Larry mentioned that the next Master Plan meeting would be April 21, 2004 at 7:00pm.
The Selectmen decided to go over the ordinances at the next Selectmen’s meeting on April 26, 2004 at 4:00pm.
Greg made a motion to adjourn, Frank seconded it. Meeting Adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Heidi Lawton
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