Minutes
Town of Greenfield
Greenfield Town Offices, 7 Sawmill Road Greenfield, NH
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
Thursday, May 03, 2012 – 4:30 pm
Board of Selectmen: Chairman Robert Wimpory; Selectwoman, Karen Day; Selectwoman Debra Davidson
Staff: Town Administrator Patt, DPW Supervisor Murray, Police Chief Giammarino
Public: Ken Paulson
The meeting was called to order at 4:30 PM by Chairman Wimpory.
Documents for Approval/Review/Signature
The Selectmen reviewed and signed the following items:
§ A/P Check Manifest
§ A/P Checks
§ A/P Invoices
§ Approval of Selectmen Minutes
4:30 PM: John Hopkins – Mountain Bike race
At 4:30 pm John Hopkins approached the Board to provide advance notice that the group, Eastern Fat Tire Association, that holds the Mountain Bike race was moving forward with their planning in advance of a race in 2012. He also wanted to notify the Board that the non-profit Greenfield Trails Association, which was created in 1999-2000, is interested in creating a non-motorized path for the benefit of the public through R6-Lot 24. After some discussion the Board expressed an interest in supporting the proposal. Chairman Wimpory made a motion to support the proposal. The vote was seconded by Selectwoman Davidson and passed 3-0.
4:40 PM: DPW Department
At 4:40 pm DPW Supervisor Murray approached the Board and shared that a right-to-know request had been received in the mail and that he had provided the letter to the Administrator. A short discussion was held and the Board reviewed the request. The Board requested that the fuel logs be made available at their next scheduled meeting.
4:45 PM Non-Public Meeting – DPW Personnel
At 4:45 pm DPW Supervisor Murray requested a non-public meeting with the Selectmen under RSA 93-A: II a, the dismissal, promotion, or compensation of any public employee. Chairman Wimpory made a motion to enter into non-public session, which was seconded by Selectwoman Day and passed on a roll call vote of 3-0. At 5:25 the Board voted to end the non-public session on a roll call vote of 3-0 after a motion by the Chair and seconded by Selectwoman Davidson. It was noted that as a result of the resignation of Maintenance Foreman Buttrick, the Board was approving the recommendation of Supervisor Murray to promote DPW employee Todd Mason to Maintenance Foreman with a 30 day probationary review period, after satisfactory conclusion of which will result in a pay increase of up to $18.00 an hour at the Supervisor’s
discretion.
The Board then discussed the open position of Operator / Highwayman that has been circulated. The number of applications has been low. The Administrator included the advertisement in the Local Government Center free municipal classified section of their website. The Board then discussed the use of other free services such as Craigslist or NHjobs.com.
5:35 PM: Peter Hopkins – Permit Process
At 5:35 PM Code Enforcement Officer Hopkins approached the Board to discuss recent building permits issued in town and the process that is applied to each. In at least one instance there had been a complaint to the Selectmen about the process as the information provided to C. E. Officer Hopkins had resulted in a boundary line dispute. Mr. Hopkins walked the Board through the process that he uses before approving a building permit.
6:00 PM: Review of Documents and April 26th Minutes
The Selectmen reviewed the Manifest, AP checks, AP invoices and the previous week’s minutes.
Selectwoman Davidson outlined several corrections for the previous weeks minutes. This included reformatting a section of the 2nd page for consistency and a clarification of language on the second page.
Chairman Wimpory asked that there be a follow up from Paul Freeman after his inspection of the Meeting House Steeple.
At 6:25 pm Chairman Wimpory made a motion that the Board of Selectmen begin summer schedule and begin meeting every other week until further notice. The motion was seconded by Selectwoman Day. The motion passed on a 3-0 vote.
Chairman Wimpory then made a motion to authorize the members of the Board of Selectmen to carry out their fiduciary responsibilities and sign correspondence during the weeks when there was no regularly schedule Board meeting. The motion was seconded by Selectwoman Day and passed on a vote of 3-0.
At 6:37 pm Selectwoman Day notified the Board that she would like to transition the Selectman’s Advisory Committee role over to one of the other selectmen. There was a short discussion on the role of the selectperson at the meetings and Selectwoman Davidson agreed to take over the SAC role.
The discussion then included a series of updates on the following items:
§ A letter from Supervisor Murray about the excellent job that Neal Beauregard has been doing.
§ The health insurance quotes have been received and placed in a binder for review – final numbers from NHIT had been received. Schoolcare’s numbers are still pending.
§ A discussion of Comp. Time by the Board was held and the Board indicated that while they would like to see schedules have some flexibility there was no comp. time available in the Town of Greenfield.
§ Chairman Wimpory would be out on June 28th and July 5th.
7:55 PM: Adjournment
There being no further business, Selectman Wimpory moved to adjourn the meeting. Selectwoman Day seconded. The motion carried 3-0.
The meeting adjourned at 7:55 PM
Respectfully Submitted:
Aaron Patt
Town Administrator
The minutes are final when approved and signed by the Board of Selectmen. A signed copy is on file in the Selectmen’s minutes.
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Robert Wimpory, Chairman Karen Day, Selectwoman Debra Davidson, Selectwoman
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