Town of Greenfield
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
Thursday – January 4, 2007 – 5:45 pm
Present: Selectmen - Chairman, Conrad Dumas; Selectman, Aaron Kullgren; Selectman George Rainier
Selectman Dumas called the meeting to order at 5:45 pm
Appointments:
6:00 – David Bridgewater –
Mr. Bridgewater attended the meeting to discuss a meeting, which will be held on Wednesday, January 10, 2007 between 6-8 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss establishing a program offering transportation to those who may need it within the Monadnock area. The initial meeting will be held at the Peterborough Town House.
Mr. Bridgewater was asked to arrange a meeting in terms of the transportation program through the towns of Peterborough, Sharon & Greenfield. This region has very little public transportation; a local group has given funds to the River Center to work on establishing a public transportation program.
Discussion followed as to what is available for Greenfield. This is a preliminary meeting, to get welfare directors, volunteers and a variety of people together to brainstorm.
Deb will contact the GIVers, Leta Markhum and someone from Crotched Mountain to get their support at this meeting.
Action: The Selectmen would like the Administrative Assistant to attend the meeting next Wednesday
6:15 – Peter Galbraith –
Mr. Galbraith wanted to discuss his assessment; he questioned why is his home assessed as a ranch and not a mobile home. Mr. Galbraith stated his home is a doublewide mobile home on a foundation. For purposes of insurance and determination from his banking institution they consider this a mobile home. He does have a certificate with a mobile home VIN; Mr. Galbraith will provide this to the town office for the file.
Mr. Galbraith indicated he has spoken with Catherine; she gave him an abatement to submit. Mr. Galbraith further asked if the measurements are done by outside dimension or inside – the numbers are off by approximately 90 sq. feet either way. Another question Mr. Galbraith had is the way the land is divided by land type; he doesn’t understand it. The Administrative Assistant explained that the initial four acres are assessed as the building lot, the remaining 1.5 +/- acres are assessed as the back land. The property is located in the Rural Agricultural zone, which is why the minimum four acres is assessed for the building lot.
Mr. Galbraith thanked Selectmen for their time and will be submitting an abatement before March 1.
Lee Leblanc was in attendance, she did comment that she was very satisfied by the “Santa” letters sent; she showed Selectmen a copy of the letter her grandson received. She would like to see this continue in the future. She also commented that the tree lighting at the Library was successful. Initially the lights at the library didn’t work; however with an extension cord the lights eventually worked and look beautiful.
Other Business:
· A/P checks approval; A/P Invoices
· Minutes – Administrative Assistant discussed if changes are to be made to minutes, the Board should either motion to accept the minutes with changes or not accept the minutes. The minutes should not be marked out by one Selectman; a majority of the board needs to accept the minutes, similar to how the Planning Board accepts changes. Minutes need to be briefly read, changes made accordingly. Discussion followed.
Selectman Kullgren motioned to amend the minutes of 12/20/06 with the following changes; on page two change the year discussed from “2006” to “2007”. Seconded by Selectmen Dumas & Rainier. Moved to accept the amended 12/20/06 minutes, passed minutes at 6:00 pm.
Selectmen would like paper copies of the minutes & the agenda in their mailboxes on Wednesday evenings. They will come in and pick them up the evening before the meetings.
· Library
o Flag Pole – The Librarian recently asked the Administrative Assistant, who is responsible for the maintenance of the pole? Discussion followed, the Library general maintenance budget should pay for any maintenance to the Library flagpole.
o Overnight parking – The Librarian also inquired about overnight parking at the Library, she would like a “no overnight parking” sign installed and would also have the police to enforce no overnight parking. The Trustees will discuss this with the people who are parking overnight at the Library and to further let the family know the police will be enforcing this issue.
Action: Selectmen authorized the Administrative Assistant to instruct the Road Agent to install a “no overnight parking” sign at the library, to have the Police enforce this and to have the Library Trustee discuss this with the family using the parking area.
· Review Misc. Mail – Selectmen reviewed all the miscellaneous mail
· Signed Correspondence –
o GCCC –letter to the Church Leadership Chairman, Phil Martus.
o Delay – letter to Mr. & Mrs. Delay, Attorney Teague, Attorney Makechnie reiterating the meeting between all parties.
· Conservation Commission Appointments –
o James Chase
o Carol Irvin
· Elderly Deferral – R9-69
· Abatement – R9-69; R4-10; R9-36-3
7:50 pm In accordance with RSA 9A:3 II (c) Selectman Dumas motioned to enter into a non-public session. Seconded by Selectmen Rainier & Kullgren. Voted: Affirmatively
8:00 – Motion by Selectman Dumas to enter out of the non-public session and to further seal the minutes. Seconded by Selectmen Rainier & Kullgren. Voted: Affirmatively
Decision: To forward all information to Town Counsel
Follow-up:
· Budget – Increase General Government Buildings to $11,200.00, to allow for some additional necessary maintenance.
· Elderly Day Care – The public hearing will be scheduled for the 25th of January at 6:30 pm.
· Key – Selectman Rainier will make an additional key for the Greenvale Cemetery, a copy will be provided to Rick Goodwin.
· Selectman’s Advisory Committee – Selectman Dumas reported on last nights SAC meeting. He stated it was a very good meeting, a good turnout, two Senators and two State Reps. Spoke for about 1 hour.
Tom Weldon & Craig Hicks discussed the proposed budget and reported that the benefits are up 18%; the overall proposed school budget is up approx. 7.5-8.5%, of which 6% are contractual costs that cannot be avoided. Discussion continued to follow.
Clarification regarding the comment a few weeks ago by a member of the Open Space Committee that the elementary school is at full capacity, infact is not accurate. The building was originally built to hold 150 children; there are currently 91 children.
· Meetings – Selectman Dumas asked to look ahead for two – three weeks.
o CDBG Hearing is scheduled for Thursday, January 25th at 6:30;
o Budget Hearing is scheduled for Thursday, February 8th at 6:30;
o Proposed Warrant review at the January 11th Selectman’s Meeting
o Road Agent evaluation on the 11th, Administrative Assistant on the 18th, Recycle Attendant on the 25th.
With no further business Selectmen adjourned the meeting at 8:15 pm. The next scheduled meeting is Thursday, January 11, 2007 at 5:45 pm.
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