Minutes
Town of Greenfield
Greenfield Town Offices, 7 Sawmill Road Greenfield, NH
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
Thursday, December 13, 2012 – 4:30 pm
Board of Selectmen: Chairman Rob Wimpory, Selectwoman Karen Day, and Selectwoman Debra Davidson
Staff: Town Administrator Patt,
Public: Ken Paulsen
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 Manifest
§ A/P Checks
§ A/P Invoices
§ Broad Oak Tree Proposal for Meeting House
§ Town of Greenfield Budget Overview
§ Tax Deed letters
§ GRECOM layout and letter to Selectmen
§ LGC Press Release on Surplus return
§ Waste Water Account Transfer
§ Transfer to Oak Park Fund
§ Transfer to Recreation Revolving Fund
§ Resignation of Moderator Tom Mullins
4:30 PM: Meeting Open
At 4:33 PM Chairman Wimpory opened the meeting and noted that Carl Webber and Toni Flewelling from Primex were in attendance in advance of their Selectmen’s Goal Setting facilitation. The Board signed off on the A/P check registers. There was some brief conversation of the Board with the members of Primex and then the goal setting session began. The agenda for the program was to address the Selectmen’s interest in setting goals that would address several areas of the Board’s interest with respect to town government.
6:15 PM: Comments from the Public
At 6:15 PM Ken Paulsen asked to speak to several items including scheduling a meeting with the budget committee, a question regarding the old town office and a question about the economic development committee.
7:05 PM: Building Inspector Code Enforcement Officer
At 7:05 PM the Board of Selectmen reviewed the applications for the building inspector / code enforcement position. The Board received four resumes and had met with three of the four applicants. The Board narrowed the search down to two final contestants based on their meetings with the Board, their qualifications, and experience with the position and with the town. The Board discussed the background of the finalists noting that Mike Borden had been the Building Inspector for the town of Greenfield in the past, while Richard Boucher has not had any experience yet with the position. Both men live in Greenfield. After some discussion of the backgrounds of each of the finalists the Chair motioned to hire Mike Borden as Building Inspector / Code Enforcement Officer subject to a background check. Selectwoman Day seconded the
motion and the vote was 3-0 in favor of hiring Mr. Borden for the position. The Board asked the Administrator to communicate with each of the applicants and let them know their interest in working for the Town of Greenfield was greatly appreciated by the Board. The Board asked that the Administrator also contact Peter Hopkins the current Building Inspector and advise him of the vote.
7:30 PM: Work Session
The Board reviewed several items in the reading file, including a resend of the Greenfield Recycling Committee (GRECOM) proposed layout of the Transfer Station, including the layout of the facility and traffic route. The Board then reviewed a survey put together by GRECOM that had several questions that the committee had deemed important to ask input from residents. The Board held a conversation about the survey and determined that the survey questions would not answer the stated goal and that the cost of mailing to every household in town was prohibitive. It was stated by the Chairman that he was really interested in hearing from people who actively use the facility and not hearing from people that didn’t use the center. While the goal was to try and gather information to decrease the cost of running the center,
the survey questions, did not adequately gather the necessary information. The Board indicated that they would like to see the survey handed out at the Recycling Center and for GRECOM to change the questions so that the survey will be more productive.
Next the Board discussed a proposal from Broad Oak Tree and Shrub Inc. for the care and pruning of the Meeting House maples, as well as the clean-up of several areas that require removals of saplings, invasive plants and non-maple trees around the Meeting House and the cemetery. The cost for the proposal is $19,369. The Board determined that while there are people in town that would prefer a licenses arborist care for the Meeting House maples, there were several areas covered in the proposal that could be taken care of by the Greenfield DPW. The Board asked the Administrator to communicate several items to DPW Supervisor Murray and see if Broad Oak could focus the proposal on just the care of the maples and a handful of ornamental trees on the knoll.
Next the Board set the calendar for the month of January and settled on a date for the Budget Hearing in February, choosing February 7th for the hearing.
8:23 PM: Adjournment
There being no further business, Selectman Wimpory moved to adjourn the meeting. Selectwoman Davidson seconded the motion. The motion carried 3-0.
The meeting adjourned at 8:23 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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Rob Wimpory, Chairman Karen Day, Selectwoman Debra Davidson, Selectwoman
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