DRAFT: August 23, 2006
APPROVED: August 30, 2006
TOWN OF LYME
BOARD of SELECTMEN
MINUTES
August 30, 2006
Present: Judy Brotman, Dick Jones, Charles Ragan, Carole Bont, Pauline Field, Fred Stearns.
The regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was opened at 8 am.
1. Fred Stearns met with the Board to discuss highway matters.
2. The minutes of August 16 and August 20 were approved as corrected.
3. The non-public session minutes of August 16 were approved.
4. The Board signed the manifest.
5. The Board scheduled the annual meeting with the Library Trustees for the third Wednesday in September at the regularly scheduled Selectmen’s meeting.
6. The Board discussed a request for roadside mowing on the River Road and East Thetford Road.
7. The Board voted to schedule a public hearing for the discussion of granting a municipal exemption for an emergency communications tower at the fire station. The public hearing will be scheduled for September.
8. The Board discussed the options for Shoestrap Road with the Highway Agent and Police Chief. The Board voted to close the road to thru traffic. A notice will be placed in the Valley News, and the residents of the road will be called to advise them of the closure. Signs will be posted at the ends of the road and Jersey barriers will be placed at both ends of the closed section where the severe washouts have occurred.
9. The Board granted permission for the Safety committee to schedule the inspection of Town buildings furnaces.
10. The Board appointed Lisa Cohen to the Recreation Commission.
11. The Board voted to support the proposed legislation being proposed by Hanover and the Local Government Center to allow digital copies for legal storage for Town records for consideration by the legislature this year.
12. The Board signed the changes to the UVLSRPC Road Inventory.
13. The Board signed the appointment slip for Francis Bowles as a Planning Board alternate.
14. The Board discussed limiting the official use of the Lymelist.
The meeting adjourned at 9:30 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Lee Shelnutt Brotman
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