DRAFT: December 13, 2006
APPROVED: December 20, 2006
TOWN OF LYME
BOARD of SELECTMEN
Minutes
December 13, 2006
The regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Selectmen was opened at 8 am in the Fire Station Training room.
Present: Judy Brotman, Dick Jones, Charles Ragan, Carole Bont, Fred Stearns and Patty Jenks.
1. The Board met with Fred Stearns for his regularly scheduled meeting.
2. The Board met with Patty Jenks, Town Clerk, to review the need for her department to have a computer replaced, as scheduled, in 2007.
3. The Board approved Vacation Carry over requests as follows:
a. Vicki Davis – through May 31, 2007;
b. Carole Bont – through May 31, 2007;
c. Pauline Field – all accrued time, through March 31, 2007, with the stipulation that in future years Personal time will not be carried over;
d. Highway Department - Mark – vacation okay’d by Fred, carry over time to be used by May 31, 2007.
4. The Board discussed Carry-over requests:
a. Library $1,341.80 – declined carryover, this is a regular expense item which will expire at the year’s end;
b. Master plan/ UVLSRPC – Approved for the contract amount, $8,289.91;
c. Police Technology Grant Funds – Approved for the contract amounts, $1,400 + $4,354;
d. Other items to be resolved next week.
5. The Board discussed several Requests for Tax Abatements:
a. Barker, $137.10 – Approved, incorrect amount due to staff recording error;
b. Paolino, $7.42 – Approved - LLA not picked up at time of adjustment;
c. Newton, $125.64 – LLA detected acreage error – Board voted to revisit this property after the Assessor reviews the several unusual circumstances of this request.
6. The Board granted the request for a Hardship Tax Abatement.
7. The Board discussed authorizing a Warrant Article to seek the Town’s approval to raise the level of elderly, disability and blind exemption amounts. The Board decided to leave the abatement amounts at the current levels, but remember to be open to granting hardship abatements as needed.
8. The Board discussed and approved the updated Transfer Station flyer - with one change.
9. Board approved the Minutes of December 6th and December 7th.
10. The Board reviewed the present status of the engineering for Shoestrap Road.
11. The Board approved the draft letter to Mr. Taylor, explaining the differences between this summer’s Board letter concerning the tax assessments, and the rate established by DRA at the end-of-year for our tax billing.
12. The Board discussed a Transfer Station incident. No further action is to be taken at this time.
13. The Board has located the contract for the Rescue Truck, which is presently on order (contract signed by both the Selectmen on April 26, 2006 and the company’s local representative). The contract is for $133,000, but the last clause of the contract appears to require it to be signed by the company’s home office, and therefore the finds will not be a carry over from this year’s capital budget.
14. The Board reviewed the general transfer station issues – for discussion with the Committee in early January.
The meeting adjourned at 9:17 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Lee Shelnutt Brotman
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