Minutes
Town of Greenfield
Greenfield Town Offices, 7 Sawmill Road Greenfield, NH
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
Thursday, March 14, 2013 – 4:30 pm
Board of Selectmen: Chairman Rob Wimpory, Selectwoman Karen Day, and Selectwoman Debra Davidson.
Staff: Town Administrator Patt,
Public:
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 Invoices
§ Payroll Checks
§ Payroll Manifest
§ NH Retirement Payment
§ Minutes of 3/07
§ Intent to Cut R4-27-1
§ Abatement request V3-17
4:30 PM: Review and Approval of Documents
At 4:30 PM Chairman Wimpory opened the meeting. The Board signed A/P invoices, Payroll Manifest and Payroll Checks, an intent to cut and an abatement request.
4:40 PM: Mrs. Loretta Goodwin, Richard Goodwin
At 4:30 PM the Board welcomed Mrs. Goodwin to the meeting. The Board conferred with Mrs. Goodwin and a phone call to Rich Goodwin was made. Rich Goodwin joined the meeting at 4:40 PM. The Goodwin’s discussed their interest in paying back taxes and asked the Board of Selectmen to waive a portion of the interest fees.
5:00 PM: Cemetery Trustee Margo Charig-Bliss
At 5:00 PM the Board was joined by Margo Charig-Bliss and Gil Bliss. The Board of Selectmen and the Cemetery Trustees discussed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in a draft stage that would provide guidelines for the property adjacent to the Greenvale Cemetery. The guidelines that were discussed were vegetative buffers around the cemetery, the shoreline set-backs, and a possible building buffer. The Trustees indicated that they have not had a meeting to discuss the use of the property by DPW and from their standpoint there were several areas in the draft MOU that need work.
5:47 PM: Leah Fiscanaro-Conway, Welfare Director
At 5:30 PM Leah Fiscanaro-Conway joined the Board of Selectmen to discuss a welfare issue. The Board discussed entering a non-public session. On a motion by the Chair, the Selectmen held a roll call vote under RSA 91-A II, c Reputation. The vote was unanimous and the Board entered into non-public session at 5:50 PM. At 6:50 PM the Board voted 3-0 in favor of exiting the non-public session. It was noted that no decisions had been made and that no votes were taken. The Board thanked the Welfare Director for her time and for clarifying several items for them. In open session the Board and the Welfare Director discussed whether to update the welfare guidelines.
7:15 PM: Working Session
At 7:15 PM the Board of Selectmen signified that they would hold a working session. It was noted that there was no public present at the meeting.
The Board of Selectmen reviewed a letter from Belletete’s Inc. via their counsel and on a motion by the Chair voted 3-0 in the affirmative to seek the legal advice from the Town’s counsel to determine the best way to move forward with a request from Belletete’s.
An update was provided on the new telephone system. Voicemail is up and running as are the auto-attendants for both the executive offices and the tax collector/town clerk offices. The Chair inquired as to whether the system was ready to program with emergency announcements. The Administrator indicated that an emergency announcement feature is available but that the system had not been programmed yet.
This would be done in the near future now that the basic system functions were in place. Twin Bridge would return Monday afternoon to provide instruction to the Town Clerk and the Tax Collector on how to manage and set-up their own voicemail.
The Board considered each of the warrant articles for Town Meeting to determine the best person to answer questions about each of the articles.
Adjournment
Chairman Wimpory moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:25 PM. Selectwoman Day seconded the motion. The motion carried 3-0.
The meeting adjourned at 7:25 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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