Regular Meeting (03-19-2012)
Selectmen Present: Joshua Devlin, Suzan Rudnicki, John Luce, Doug Small and Earlyn Bowers
Town Manager: Tom Richmond
Recording Secretary: Coreen Sylvester
Guests Present: Glennis McSorley, Toby Pelletier and Code Enforcement Officer Stewart Brooks
7:30 PM: Joshua Devlin called the meeting to order.
MINUTES: Suzan Rudnicki made a motion to accept the minutes of March 12, 2012 as amended. John Luce seconded. Five voted in favor.
ROAD COMMISSIONER/TAX COLLECTOR/TOWN MANAGER REPORT:
- The Town Manager gave Selectmen a revised 2012 budget, which included the budget changes from Town Meeting.
- Josh asked if we had gotten some patch in and Tom said we had a load delivered from C H Stephenson, and thinks it will be more cost effective than driving in to pick up small loads. There was some discussion on where the price of asphalt is going.
- Josh asked if we are going to do any road sweeping this year, and the Town Manager said we are. Tom asked the Board to consider using salt priority next year in some parts of town, especially the village area, to reduce the amount of dust from sand.
NEW BUSINESS:
Elect Chairman: John Luce made a motion to elect Joshua Devlin as Chairman of the Board for another year. Doug Small seconded. Four voted in favor. Josh Devlin abstained.
2-yr Appointment (Election Clerks): Josh Devlin made a motion to appoint the election clerks as listed (see attached) for the ensuing two years. Suzan Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor.
Code Enforcement Officer’s Report: Stewart said the owner of the new antique store on Route 2 wants to add forty feet to the building. Stewart said he had walked around the building to look and noticed the State has a culvert there and probably will not give the owner permission to build over it, but if he does get permission from the State, we may give him a letter of no-action
Possible Junkyard: Sue Rudnicki said she had flown over Autumn Meadows trailer park and noticed there are a lot of old tires on that lot. Stewart said he will check it out when the ground had dried up.
Foreclosure Sale: Selectmen reviewed the following list of town-owned/tax-acquired properties: Map 5 Lot 31C, Map 5 Lot 31-6, Map 5 Lot 31I, Map 5 Lot 22D, Map 5 Lot 27B, Map 7 Lot 66, Map 7 Lot 77, Map 12 Lot 32, Map 15 Lot 2, Map 7 Lot 35-12ON and Map 7 Lot 35-23ON.
Josh Devlin made a motion to put all of the above lots out to bid, except for Map 7 Lots 66 and 77. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
Road Program (Old State Road): Tom said CPM Constructors is going to get back to him with an estimate for paving Old State Road. Tom also said he is supposed to meet with them tomorrow to get prices to bring back to the Board to see if they want to have it done.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of March 19, 2012 in the amount of $3,064.06. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of March 19, 2012 in the amount of $11,329.53. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
ADJOURNMENT: Josh Devlin made a motion to adjourn. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:13 pm.