Town of Greenfield
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
Wednesday – December 19, 2007 – 5:30 pm
Present: Chairman, Aaron Kullgren; Selectwoman: Karen Day; Selectman: Jarvis Adams, IV
Call to order by Chairman Kullgren at 5:30 pm
Selectwoman Day taking minutes until Administrative Assistant comes to the meeting at 7:15 pm
Appointments:
5:30 – Work Session – The Board of Selectmen met at this time in preparation of later business.
6:00 – Highway, Jim Plourde – Mr. Plourde announced to the Board he would be resigning from his position on the Highway Dept., effective December 28, 2007. The Board accepted Mr. Plourde’s resignation with great regret and wished him the best with his future endeavors.
6:15 – Chief of Police, Brian Giammarino – Chief Giammarino introduced to Glenn Roberge as the new full-time officer for the GPD. The Board discussed they were pleased he is the new full-time officer. Roberge stated he is very excited, he has provided services for 9 years on part-time basis and looks forward to full time services.
6:25 - In accordance with RSA 91A:3 II (a ) – personnel Chairman Kullgren motioned to enter into a non-public session. Seconded by Adams & Day. Unanimously voted in the affirmative.
6:35 Chairman Kullgren motioned to enter out of the non-public session. Seconded by Adams & Day. Unanimously voted in the affirmative.
Decision: The Board recommends a 3.5% change in rate of pay for Chief Giammarino; and to further support the personal goals he has set for himself.
6:36– In accordance with RSA 91A:3 II (a ) – personnel Chairman Kullgren motioned to enter into a non-public session. Seconded by Adams & Day. Unanimously voted in the affirmative.
6:50- Chairman Kullgren motioned to enter out of the non-public session. Seconded by Adams & Day. Unanimously voted in the affirmative.
Decision: The Board recommends a 3% change in rate of pay for Mr. Fox. They will support his efforts to obtain his goal in 2008.
6:55 -In accordance with RSA 91A:3 II (a ) – personnel Chairman Kullgren motioned to enter into a non-public session. Seconded by Adams & Day. Unanimously voted in the affirmative.
7:24 - Chairman Kullgren motioned to enter out of the non-public session. Seconded by Adams & Day. Unanimously voted in the affirmative.
Decision: The Board recommends a 1.75% change in rate of pay for Anfuso. They will support her efforts to obtain her goals in 2008.
7:15 – Recycle Supervisor, Matthew Blanchard – Mr. Blanchard met with the Board to discuss the recycle center and how things are going thus far. Blanchard stated he thinks things are going well, the highway crew has been very helpful. Part-time employ Patricia LaPree is a nice lady and she is working out great. He is continuing to try and reach Mr. Lowell to have him start on a part-time basis as well.
Chairman Kullgren asked about any surprises that Matt has encountered. Matt stated baling paper seems to be very labor and cost intensive, he is not sure why the Town bales it.
Selectman Adams stated that this has been discussed in past. He would like to educate residents to keep clean office paper separate, it seems good idea with the revenue we could make recycling clean office paper vs. newspaper.
Matt explained to the Board the glass has been moved and is working out much better. The glass is piled up and after it is crushed Duffy moves it out to the pile he has for fill, it is working out good.
The aluminum cans were easy to bale, plastic is also easy to bale. Cardboard and paper are rather time consuming.
Adams asked if Matt could think of a way to eliminate the paper, and to further educate residents so they will be excited about recycling.
Matt stated that he hasn’t been able to get into recycling the metal pile yet. Matt mentioned that a good reason for a good relationship between the highway and recycle departments is everything runs so smooth when departments are working together. Matt said again the highway crew has been great and has been a big help in his adjustment to this position.
Selectmen asked how Pat is doing. Matt said she is doing great, they work well together.
The Board discussed the 2008 budget briefly. Matt was encouraged to reach out to Deb & Catherine if he has any questions. The board expressed they would like Matt to bring ideas forward to them to allow them to know what feedback is coming. Everyone needs to be in the loop in order to know where all expectations for the recycle center are going and to allow everyone to work towards the same goals. We all want to move on the right path and stay positive. Kullgren stated that the Board wants to listen; they might say no, they want to be in the loop. Kullgren commented that again the Board encouraged Matt to put any/all ideas on the table to be considered.
Adams stated that a Town goal would be if the Town of Greenfield could get into the 30% recycling group next year at this time that would be wonderful. Currently the Town is only at 18%. Education will be a key to this factor.
Selectwoman Day stated if everyone has innovative ideas the residents will get excited.
Kullgren recommended utilizing Duffy and his expertise for recycling and reusing items to the benefit of the recycle center.
Day commented after Matt gets a hold on what is going on, they all need to talk and be on the same page. Day believes they can make everyone in Town get excited about recycling.
Kullgren discussed the importance of confidentiality for Town business if there is a non-public session. Brief discussion followed regarding RSA 91A.
Discussion followed about Matt taking a management/leadership course from the LGC being helpful. Blanchard agreed to take a course throughout the year.
The Selectboard said whatever Matt needs as far as meeting with them to let Deb know and they will accommodate his needs as best as they can.
Matt would like to meet every two weeks with the board for a while.
Deb will look up the links for the composting toilet and review the prices, it requires electricity to cook the waste and then you have compost. Allen and Mathewson sell a unit called the “Destroylet”. Matt provided Deb his email address at home, she will forward the links and any research she has regarding composting toilets. Deb will look into grants that may be available for the purchase of a composting toilet.
Matt asked about grants for hazardous waste day with the City of Keene. He went on to explain that if we co-operatively do HWD with Keene, every Saturday of the month from April – October and the 1st Wednesday of the month the Town of Greenfield would be able to dispose of their hazardous waste. Matt will check out the various options and see what neighboring towns are doing and how we can all work together for the best interest of each town.
The Selectboard will plan to meet with Matt on January 8th - Between now and January 8th Deb will send the links for the composting toilet to Matt for him to review.
8:00 - In accordance with RSA 91A:3 II (a ) – personnel Chairman Kullgren motioned to enter into a non-public session. Seconded by Adams & Day. Unanimously voted in the affirmative.
9:00- Chairman Kullgren motioned to enter out of the non-public session. Seconded by Adams & Day. Unanimously voted in the affirmative.
Decision: The Board recommends a 2.5% change in rate of pay for Davidson. They will support her efforts to obtain her work related goals in 2008.
Budgets:
Selectmen briefly reviewed budgets
Other Business:
Holiday hours were discussed. Selectmen do need to come in to sign pay roll and a/p. However, the office will be closed on both Monday, December 24th and December 31.
A welfare matter was briefly discussed. No decisions were made.
Mail – Selectmen reviewed a letter from the Francestown Land Trust withdrawing their offer to purchase the property identified as R5-14-1.
Selectmen signed the A/P manifest
Selectmen signed outgoing letters
With no further business the meeting adjourned at 9:45 pm. The next scheduled meeting will be held Tuesday, January 8th, 2007at 6:00 pm.
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