Selectmen’s Minutes
Selectmen’s Meeting
January 17, 2005
Members Present: Larry Rappaport, Greg Placy, and Frank Dumaine.
Others: Donna Caron, Heidi Lawton, Donna Jordan, Claudette Keezer, Claire Knapper, Kathleen Domanico, and Ed Laverty.
Selectmen signed all vouchers and manifests.
The Colebrook Ambulance Corp. came in to update the Selectmen on the ambulance building fund. They have raised $14,300.00. They would like to see a building 64 x 64 and 1 ½ stories high to house the ambulances. They stated the town owns the ambulance but the hospital registers and insures them. The Town of Colebrook pays a yearly fee to UCVH to purchase an ambulance. In Pittsburg, they purchase their own ambulance and they register and insure it. The Colebrook Ambulance Corp also talked to the Selectmen about a place to build the ambulance building and they wanted to “float” bonds to pay for the new building. They said that they would like to increase the service fee to all participating towns and have the money go into a Capital Reserve Fund that they could access to pay off the
bonds. Donna would like them to submit their warrant article by February 1st. Claudette said that she would try to get it to Donna by January 24th.
Rick Tillotson came in to talk to the Selectmen about the Downtown Development Committee’s request for funding for 2005. He mentioned a program called “The Village Program.” The program helps small towns operate with a part-time director as opposed to a full-time director, for the Main Street Programs.
Mr. Tillotson explained the budgets for other small towns:
Enfield: $10,000 Budget
Meredith: $10,000 Budget
Tilton: $15,000 Budget
Colebrook: $7,500 Budget
This year the Downtown Committee would like to increase the budget to $9,975.00. It would be up from last year’s amount of $7,500.00. Greg mentioned that someone should go to town meeting to explain what is going on with the Williams Building.
Donna told the board about Bim Rancloes’s bill for a water meter that was mailed to him last year. He says that since he was only mailed two bills for this, and he thought that he had paid it through his regular water and sewer bills, he would like the interest waived.
The Selectmen asked for an estimate to grade the town roads.
Greg made a motion to waive the interest on Bim’s bill for the water meter, Frank seconded the motion, motion passed. Greg would like bills sent out more than twice from now on.
Donna showed the Selectmen a letter from Primex asking for a board decision that we will not renew our insurance through them again for 2005. Donna really liked the Primex workshops, but they will not have health insurance available until July.
Donna showed the board that the town has had our landfill surveyed by Colin Sutherland. She showed the board the maps. Donna explained that there will be a conservation easement on some of the land. Larry wanted to make sure that the easement does not affect the cell towers from going up. Donna said that she didn’t think so, but would check into this.
Greg made a motion to make a portion of the landfill property available for the Colebrook School District for Mitigation Impacts, Frank seconded the motion, motion passed.
Larry would like Donna to check into a company that would come to Colebrook and check our infrastructure. The Selectmen would like to know how much it would cost to change over water and sewer. Kevin said that when we do the changing over they would lay the water first, then the sewer, then the electrical lines. He also mentioned that the water and sewer pipes would be about 10inches apart. Greg mentioned getting separate consulting companies for water/sewer and electrical/phone. Greg suggested Camp Dresser McGee, they re-did the town of Woodstock and it worked well with the town and the DOT. Greg thinks that company is out of Keene. Greg mentioned putting something in the paper. Larry said that PSNH estimated about $70,000.00 for power. Verizon’s top estimate was 1.5 million
for phone. If the town was to go through this project, all the poles would have to be on the non-business side of the road.
The Selectmen reviewed the January 3, 2005 minutes, Greg made a motion to approve the minutes, Frank seconded the motion, motion passed.
Greg made a motion to adjourn, Frank seconded it, meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Heidi Lawton
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