Regular Meeting (06-01-2015)
Selectmen Present: Suzan Rudnicki, Douglas Small, John Luce, Joseph Pelletier and Earlyn Bowers
Town Manager: Tom Richmond
Recording Secretary: Coreen Sylvester
Guests Present: Jeff Mullis of Pike Industries, Lloyd Hopkins of Hopkins Landscaping & Paving, Ed Nason of Lane Construction, Dave West of B&B Paving, Keith Ewing of Plymouth Engineering, Fire Chief Ryan Simpson, Fireman Darren Corriveau, Toby Pelletier, Glennis McSorley and Code Enforcement Officer Kevin Howell
7:30 PM: Suzan Rudnicki called the meeting to order.
MINUTES: John Luce made a motion to accept the minutes of May 18, 2015 as amended. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
NEW BUSINESS:
Open Irish Road Paving Bids: Selectmen opened the following paving bids:
Company Price
B&B Paving Inc. $265,245.00
Hopkins Landscaping & Paving 310,246.00
Lane Construction 317,000.00
Pike Industries 485,985.00
Joey Pelletier made a motion to go with B&B Paving at a total of $265,000.00 Douglas Small seconded. Five voted in favor.
G A Ordinance Hearing: Suzan Rudnicki opened the General Assistance Ordinance hearing. Suzan Rudnicki made a motion to accept the newest version of the General Assistance Ordinance. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
Fire Truck Bids (Selection): (See minutes of May 18, 2015) After discussion with Fire Chief Ryan Simpson and Fireman Darren Corriveau, Earlyn Bowers made a motion to go to a special town meeting with the Ferrara truck for $280,000.00. Sue Rudnicki seconded. Four voted in favor. John Luce opposed.
Vault Bids: Selectmen received the following bids for expansion of the Town Office vault:
Company Bid Price Bid w/Signage Allowance
Ralph McNaughton, Inc. $32,585.00 $32,885.00
Aaron Newcomb Building 44,166.00 44,466.00
Nichols Construction 56,456.00 56,756.00
Keith Ewing explained that Newcomb's and Nichols' bids were higher because they would be subcontracting more of the project than McNaughton, due to their workload. After discussion, Doug Small made a motion to accept Ralph McNaughton's offer of $32,585.00, to be voted on at the special town meeting. Joey Pelletier seconded. Five voted in favor.
Special Town Meeting Funding: Town Manager Tom Richmond and the Board went over the alternatives for funding the new fire truck and the vault expansion if the articles pass at the special town meeting. John Luce made a motion to have Tom figure it by using taxation with less overlay. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER REPORT: Kevin Howell let the Board know he has issued about eight building permits and has accompanied Plumbing Inspector Tim Schoppe on several plumbing inspections.
Selectmen's Packet: Tom Richmond and the Selectmen went over the items in this week's packet, including an estimate from AAA Energy Service Co. for replacing our oil tanks. Joe Pelletier suggested getting an itemized estimate from A.E. Robinson Oil Co., and get AAA's estimate itemized.
Tom stated we have a lot of tax accounts without pictures, and suggested Kevin Howell could go out and take pictures for those accounts. Doug Small said he thought it was part of the assessor's contract to take the pictures. Tom said he would check the contract.
There was discussion about whether to keep the office open while the vault is being worked on if town meeting approves it. Tom stated we can set up the computers temporarily in the Planning Board's meeting room, and we will need to clean out the vault and store everything. Camden National Bank has offered to let us store stuff in their old vault as long as it is in plastic containers and zip-tied. Doug Sinclair has said he could drop off a 20-foot storage container, and move it when done to use for equipment storage. Tom said we would pay for it out of public works funds.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the Full-time fireman’s payroll warrant of May 26, 2015 in the amount of $828.07. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of May 26, 2015 in the amount of $4,889.63. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of May 27, 2015 in the amount of $34,125.74. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the Full-time fireman’s payroll warrant of June 1, 2015 in the amount of $828.07. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of June 1, 2015 in the amount of $4,145.32. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of June 1, 2015 in the amount of $9,774.75. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
OTHER BUSINESS: Emergency Calls/Dispatch: Tom let the Board know that on Friday night Fire Chief Ryan Simpson was on the way back to Carmel from Levant when a call came in of a lady in cardiac arrest. Ryan was in the neighborhood and stopped and performed cpr on her. While he was there called dispatch, and was put on hold. Other times he has requested assistance from other towns, and dispatch has told him he doesn't need other towns. At other times, dispatch has not paged Carmel when they should. Tom stated he is hoping Ryan will be able to resolve these issues with dispatch, but it may become necessary for the Board to write a letter to our County Commissioner.
ADJOURNMENT: Sue Rudnicki made a motion to adjourn. Joe Pelletier seconded. Five voted in favor. Meeting adjourned at 9:13 pm.