Town of Lyme
Board of Selectmen
Minutes 7 May 2003
1. The Lyme Board of Selectmen convened its regular meeting at 1:00 PM. Pete Bleyler, Dick Jones, Allan Newton and Carole Bont (Administrative Assistant) attended the entire meeting. Vickie Davis (Planning and Zoning Administrator) and Earl Strout attended parts of the meeting.
2. The 30 April minutes for both the regular meeting and public hearing were approved with corrections.
3. The Board revisited the issues raised by the Police Chief concerning paragraph 2(b) of the 23 April minutes. The Board believes that she may have been misled or misunderstood the Board’s action. The Board believes that they gave her permission to advertise for a potentially vacant position and that in accordance with the Town’s Personnel Policies, Board approval is required to hire any new Town employee.
4. Earl came in to mention two issues. He felt that the highway department should pick up the broken gate at the town garage and that action should be initiated to plant new trees to replace those on the Common that appear to be dying.
5. The following administrative issues were discussed and/or actions taken:
a. The Board discussed potential emergency helicopter landing spots in town and concluded that the following should be considered: the Skiway parking lot, the ball field at Chase Beach and the school athletic field. Carole will attempt to contact Wally to coordinate their selection and designation.
b. Dick moved and Allan seconded a motion to appoint Kerry Beck to the Recreation Commission for a term through March 2005. The motion carried unanimously.
c. Sharon Pushee’s purchase of a cemetery lot was approved.
d. Dick was authorized to sign a letter to Helen North on behalf of the Board.
e. Extended hours for parties at the Skiway for the class of 1963 and Rich wedding were approved.
f. Vickie came in to discuss installing a door or filling in the wall opening between her and the selectmen’s office. The Board decided that a door should be installed; getting it installed was a budget issue, and any action should be coordinated with the Library Trustees.
g. The Board agreed that all recreation referees etc. were Town employees and should be paid through the regular payroll process.
h. The three barn easement applications were discussed at some length without reaching any decisions. It was felt that the assessed value of the barns and associated land needed to be determined before reaching any decision.
6. The meeting adjourned at 2:35 PM.
R. G. Jones
Recorder
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