Draft: November 1, 2006
Approved: November 8, 2006
TOWN OF LYME
BOARD of SELECTMEN
Minutes
November 1, 2006
Present: Judy Brotman, Dick Jones, Charles Ragan, Carole Bont, Mark Hewes, Scott Bailey, Fred Stearns, Pete Bleyler, Allan Newton, Patty Jenks, Jeff Valence, Mike Beck.
1. The Selectmen met with Mark Hewes and Scott Bailey to discuss highway matters, including possible equipment needs for next year.
2. The Selectmen met with Fred Stearns to discuss the operations at the highway department and to discuss the hiring of a new full-time equipment operator.
a. The Selectmen voted by unanimous roll call vote to go into non-public session under RSA 91:A-3 II (b) for consideration of the hiring of a public employee.
b. The Selectmen returned to public session having voted to offer the position of full-time equipment operator to one of the applicants, and having voted by unanimous roll call vote to seal the minutes of the non-public session until the offer has been accepted (RSA 91:A-3 II (b) – consideration of the hiring of a public employee).
3. The Selectmen met with Allan Newton to discuss the emergency preparedness draft. The Selectmen will act on this document at next week’s Board of Selectmen meeting.
4. The Selectmen met with Mike Beck and Jeff Valance to discuss the school’s request for a municipal exemption from the local land use regulations to allow a storage shed to be placed in a setback area along side the existing dumpster. Dick Jones moved that the exemption be granted, with the provision that the school and the neighbor work out screening of the shed, Charles Ragan seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously.
5. The Selectmen met with Pete Bleyler, as representative of the Town Offices Building Committee, to discuss a possible purchase and sale contract.
a. The Selectmen voted by unanimous roll call vote to go into non-public session under RSA 91:A-3 II (d) for consideration of the purchase, sale or lease of real or personal property.
b. The Selectmen returned to public session having voted to authorized Pete Bleyler to make an offer on a property under consideration by the committee for a future town office; and to seal the minutes of the non-public session (RSA 91:A-3 II (d), consideration of the purchase, sale or lease of real or personal property).
6. As a representative of the Transfer Station, Pete Bleyler and the Board discussed the problem with unauthorized persons acting as attendants on Sunday morning, and the removal of town property from the transfer station.
7. The Selectmen approved the public session minutes of October 25, 2006.
8. The Selectmen signed the manifest.
9. The Selectmen approved the contract with Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District for the processing of glass aggregate.
10. The Board approved an additional eye wash station for the highway department, to be located in the hallway between the front door and the break room.
11. The Board approved two 2006 tax abatements:
a. Hewitt, Map 405, lo 38.1000 for $2,195.41
b. Lewis, Map 401, lot 38.2000 for $2,550.61
12. The Board appointed David Washburn as Supervisor of the checklist for a term through March 2007.
13. The Board discussed several general Budget Issues in anticipation of tonight’s Budget Committee meeting.
a. The “standard” pay raise for town employees will be 4%
b. The Board will “hold the line” on department requests for increased overtime hours
The meeting adjourned at 8:50 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Lee Shelnutt Brotman
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