Newton Board of Appeals
P.O. Box 378
Newton, N.H. 03858
MINUTES: Meeting of Tuesday, December 15, 2009
CALL TO ORDER at 7:30 PM by Chairman Tom McElroy
ROLL CALL: Chairman Tom McElroy, Vice-Chairman Alan French,
Bradley Cardoso, Jack Kozec, Alternates: Charles Melvin, Sr.
and Ken Pelletier. Mr. Allison is absent.
ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES: Meeting of November 17, 2009. A motion was made by Mr. Kozec to accept the minutes as written. Second by Mr. French. All in favor. Motion carries.
NEW BUSINESS:
- Everyone read the e-mail letter from Atty. Sumner Kalman. The Board felt that is was favorable, and that they were going about things as the ordinances stated.
- New Variance Criteria form
Beginning January 1, 2010, there will be a new format for the Requirements for Granting a Variance. Board members who had attended the Law Lecture Series, had discussed these with the attorneys present. The form in the Board of Appeals must conform to the new format.
Discussion on whether to keep the explanation of the various requirements on the form. It was decided that it would be of great help to the Applicant, therefore, it should be included.
Mr. Cardoso noticed the absence of the work ‘purpose’ in the explanation of #2. It will be corrected.
Mr. Pelletier asked if these changes would be applied to anyone scheduled for a January hearing. YES. The forms in the Office would be changed and a sample copy of the new form would be given to each department.
- New Schedule for 2010 had been received by all.
- Chairman McElroy reported that the Budget for 2010 had been reduced some. Since there were very few legal fees directed to us, they had been reduced.
OLD BUSINESS
ADJOURNMENT
A motion was made at 7:45 PM by Mr. Kozec to adjourn. Second by Mr. French. All in favor! Motion carries.
Next meeting will be Tuesday, January 19, 2010.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeannette Clark, Secretary
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