Draft: February 14, 20007
Approved: February 21, 2007
TOWN OF LYME
BOARD of SELECTMEN
Minutes
February 14, 2007
The Board of Selectmen met at 8:00 am at the Town Offices for the regularly scheduled Selectmen’s meeting.
Present were Dick Jones, Charles Ragan, Judy Brotman, Dina Cutting, Pauline Field and Wayne Pike.
1. The Board met with Wayne Pike and Pauline Field to discuss the items outstanding for the new Police Department office. Included in the discussion was a copy of the proposed lease. Rent for the space is $1000 per month, no utilities are included in that price. Wayne will obtain and forward estimates of utility costs for the office space based on previous occupants costs. The formal lease will begin March 1, 2007, with a pro-rated lease starting February 15, 2007.
2. Dick Jones moved to go into non-public session under RSA 91-A:3 II (c) matters which if made public could affect the reputation of an individual not a member of the Board. Charles Ragan seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously by roll call vote.
3. The Board returned to public session having voted to seal the minutes.
4. The Board approved the minutes of February 7th (regular session), February 10th (emergency session), and February 12th (continuation of the emergency session).
5. At the request of the Department Head, the Board reviewed the pay for a highway worker. The worker received an 11.4% raised in December 2006, which included the regular COLA awarded in January 2007 to the other employees.
6. The Board will ask the Lyme Town Offices committee to reconvene and prepare revised cost estimates (for the revised project based on the Police Department being removed from the facility) for Little Town Meeting.
7. Dick Jones has visited the Town Web site and confirmed that the notice of the February 13th Public Hearing was provided from that site.
8. The Board approved a hardship tax abatement.
9. The Board approved tax abatements, all based on staff errors, for Orem, Carr, Blau, Stevenson, and Meyer.
10. The Board approved current use updates for Blau, Stevenson, and Meyer.
11. The Board signed the appointment slip for Jane Fant as alternate to the ZBA.
12. The Board approved and signed appointment slips for Wayne Bates and John Campbell to the Lyme Center Academy Building committee; and Jodi Rich to the Independence Day committee.
The meeting adjourned at 9:00 am.
Respectfully submitted,
Judith Lee Shelnutt Brotman
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