Regular Meeting (01-27-2014)
Selectmen Present: Suzan Rudnicki, Earlyn Bowers, John Luce, Douglas Small and Joseph Pelletier
Town Manager: Tom Richmond
Recording Secretary: Coreen Sylvester
Guests Present: Tom Hyson, Troy Weeks of Straight Up Roofing, Jennifer and John Work of F.C. Work & Sons, Toby Pelletier and Glennis McSorley
7:30 PM: Suzan Rudnicki called the meeting to order.
NEW BUSINESS:
Haskell Road Bids: Selectmen received the following bids for the Haskell Road bridge replacement:
Company Bid Amount
sitewerx 198,220.00
Lupo Construction Inc. 149,950.00
F.C. Work & Sons 128,000.00
Gardner Construction Enterprises 126,600.00
Voting on the bids was tabled.
MINUTES: John Luce made a motion to accept the minutes of January 21, 2014 as written. Douglas Small seconded. Five voted in favor.
NEW BUSINESS:
Tom Hyson – Partial Payment on Tax Acquired Properties: Tom Richmond explained Tom Hyson has requested the Town accept payment of $8,000.00 towards the two tax-acquired properties he has with the Town. This amount would pay one of the accounts in full, and approximately half of the other one. Suzan Rudnicki made a motion to accept the payment of $8,000.00 from Tom Hyson, with the remaining balance to be paid off in six months. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
Municipal Review Committee Resolve: Suzan Rudnicki made a motion to sign the “Resolution to Continue the Advancement of Post 2018 Planning Process” for Municipal Review Committee. Earlyn Bowers seconded. Five voted in favor.
Update on Ambulance Accounting: The Town Manager explained the auditor called on Friday to say she worked on the ambulance receivables account and has the number down to an acceptable difference.
Steel Roofing (Troy Weeks): Troy Weeks explained the differences between steel roofing options and asphalt architectural shingles. Troy said he would recommend architectural shingles because they are less costly and you wouldn’t have the safety concerns with snow and ice possibly falling onto customers and/or their vehicles. There was discussion about the fact that asphalt shingles are on the new section of the fire station, and we have serious leaks in it. Troy said we could put steel roofing on the back section and asphalt on the front. Troy stated he will come back in the daylight and do some measurements to get us a rough estimate on the cost.
2014 Town Meeting Warrant: Tom said he would have the warrant ready for next meeting.
Fire Truck #421: Earlyn Bowers stated he had checked the valves on fire truck #421, did some work on them and plans to come back this week to work on the some more.
Full-Time Fireman Position: Tom Richmond said the full-time fireman position was offered to Ryan Simpson. He accepted and will be starting next week.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the payroll warrant of January 27, 2014 in the amount of $3,455.22. Joe Pelletier seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the Full-time fireman’s payroll warrant of January 27, 2014 in the amount of $363.32. Joe Pelletier seconded. Five voted in favor.
WARRANT: John Luce made a motion to accept the accounts payable warrant of January 27, 2014 in the amount of $7,799.59. Joe Pelletier seconded. Five voted in favor.
OTHER BUSINESS: Road Sand Complaint: Joe Pelletier said he received an unsigned letter saying Bobby Noyes is using town sand for private roads. Tom stated Bobby has his own sand pile, and said if a complaint is not signed, it is not a legitimate complaint.
ADJOURNMENT: Joe Pelletier made a motion to adjourn. Sue Rudnicki seconded. Five voted in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:40 pm.