Sep
24
2012

Regular Meeting (09-24-2012)

Selectmen Present:                Joshua Devlin, Douglas Small, John Luce and Earlyn Bowers

Absent:                                   Suzan Rudnicki

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:  Earlyn Bowers made a motion to accept the minutes of September 10, 2012 as written.  John Luce seconded.  Three voted in favor.  Josh Devlin abstained as he was not present for that meeting.

 

ROAD COMMISSIONER/TAX COLLECTOR/TOWN MANAGER REPORT:

 

  1. Town Manager Tom Richmond said last week we worked in Highland and Ruggles cemeteries; in Ruggles we seeded down the back side, and in Highland we cut down all the bamboo near the entrance.  Tomorrow they will be hauling in crushed white granite for some of the roadways in Highland.

 

  1. Tom said he had met with Andrew Allen of Department of Transportation in an effort to get the speed limit reduced to 25 mph when coming over the new bridge on Route 2 near Bridge Street, with no success.  Tom stated he had pulled into Bridge Street to check it and coming back onto Route 2 is dangerous because you can’t see if a car is coming over the bridge, and they are coming too fast over it.

 

  1. Tom told the Board he has asked Jerry Sullivan of Sullivan’s Waste and Bobby Noyes of R&R Lumber to come to the meeting on October 15th to discuss extending their contracts.

 

  1. The Town Manager said we have some money left in the ditching account, so he is going to replace Skip Lenfest’s culvert on Cook Road.

 

CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER’S REPORT:  Stewart Brooks said the Planning Board

has decided to only have meetings on an as-needed basis, and he will notify the members if anything comes up that needs to be acted on.

 

NEW BUSINESS:

 

Town Manager Appointments:  Josh Devlin made a motion to appoint Thomas F. Richmond as Treasurer, Tax Collector, Town Clerk, Road Commissioner and Agent to the Overseers of the Poor for the ensuing year.  Earlyn Bowers seconded.  Four voted in favor.

 

Assessing Contract (Bids):  Tom Richmond stated he had taken a couple of assessing contracts from other towns and merged them with our contract with RJD Appraisal Inc.  After reviewing the draft of the contract, Selectmen decided they would put the bid out as a three-year contract with the option of terminating after one year if not satisfied.

Josh Devlin made a motion to put the assessing contract out to bid, due back at the Town Office by November 5th, to be opened and possibly awarded at that night’s meeting.  Earlyn Bowers seconded.  Four voted in favor.

 

Auditor Engagement Letter:  Earlyn Bowers made a motion to authorize the Town Manager to sign the letter of engagement with RHR Smith for the 2012 audit.  John Luce seconded.  Four voted in favor.

 

Bicentennial Sign at Etna Town Line:  Tom informed the Board someone pulled the Bicentennial Welcome to Carmel sign out of the ground, but there is damage to it.  Josh Devlin suggested using sonotubes to put it back in the ground.  Tom said Billy Cichocki had suggested having David Burgoyne dig the holes with his post hole digger and place the sonotubes in.

 

Bingo and Game of Chance Application:  John Luce made a motion to sign an application for Bingo and Game of Chance for the Masonic Hall.  Earlyn Bowers seconded.  Four voted in favor.

 

WARRANT:  John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of September 17, 2012 in the amount of $4,066.09.  Earlyn Bowers seconded.  Four voted in favor.                    

WARRANT:  John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of September 24, 2012 in the amount of $4,311.19.  Earlyn Bowers seconded.  Four voted in favor.

WARRANT:  John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of September 24, 2012 in the amount of $39,275.60.  Douglas Small seconded.  Four voted in favor.

 

Salt Shed Yard Damage:  John Luce asked if Tom had heard anything from CPM Constructors about repairing the damage done to the salt shed yard.  Tom said he had our crew do the repairs and sent CPM Constructors a letter asking them to reimburse us $1,000.00 for the cost of labor and materials.  Tom also said he called their office and they indicated they would probably reimburse us the $1,000.00.

 

ADJOURNMENT:   Earlyn Bowers made a motion to adjourn.  John Luce seconded. Four voted in favor.  Meeting adjourned at 8:02 pm.

09-24-2012 Minutes