Town of North Stonington
Board of Selectmen
New Town Hall Conference Room
October 30, 2007
7:00 PM
Call to Order-7:00 PM with Selectmen Mullane, Peterson and Hescock present
Public Comments and Questions-Marc Tate, Pendleton Hill Road, came to speak to the Board about the number of accidents in the area of Tom Wheeler Road and Route 49 motivated by the fatal accident on Monday night. He requested that the State review the signage and place deer crossing and curves signs along that stretch of road.
Minutes-A motion was made by Selectman Hescock and seconded by Selectman Peterson to approve the minutes of October 23, 2007, carrying. 3-0
Correspondence
· Letter from Govenor Jodi Rell thanking the Town for submitting an emergency operation plan.
· Route 82/85/11 Corridor final environmental impact statement
Old Business-
1. Tribal Recognition-No report
2. Annexation-No report
3. Route 2 Road Modifications update-No report
4. Subdivision Review and Planning and Zoning Issues
Milltown Commons-Hearing Closed
Garden Court LLC-Hearing Closed
PZC is deliberating on decisions
5. Assekonk Swamp Walkway-No report
6. Permanent School Building Project Committee activities
Schools Facilities Master Plan-Draft Ltr. PSPBC volunteers
7. Line Item Veto-No comment
Ordinance Mandating Referendum Vote-No comment
8. Woodco Bond-After review of Connecticut Land Use Law and Practice by Fuller, it was agreed not to consult an attorney and to have the Town’s engineer visit the site and give the Selectmen a report and use the bond money for the expenses.
9. SCWA Appointment-A motion was made by Selectman Mullane, seconded by Selectman Peterson to appoint Robert Shabunia, Bergius Lane, as representative to the Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority Advisory Board, carrying. 3-0
10. WPCA Appointments-No activity
11. Kingswood/Meadowwood drainage review-Pending vendor quotes, the engineer and town have been having trouble coordinating the boring company to review the site and confirm estimates of costs. Steve Holliday reported on cleaning of drainage. The Board approved a letter to residents regarding leaves in the road.
12. Village Water Bid-Selectmen Mullane provided all required contract requirements, Selectman Mullane stated he met with the State and it appears approval could be before the end of the week. Selectman Mullane made a motion to accept the waterline base bid of $178,700, by Cherenzia Excavation to install the waterline with 27 residential curbstops, and a curbstop for the Library ($18,200) , subtotaling $249,900, and road crossover as required (10) with an estimated cost of $4500 ($450 x 10). All this is subject to final State approval. Selectman Hescock recused himself due to Main Street property ownership, Selectman Peterson seconded, carrying. 2-0
13. Highway and Transfer Station Personnel Replacement-After general discussion it was decided that this type of hiring of personnel can be taken care of by the First Selectman and managerial staff.
New Business
1. Town receipt of Hazardous Material at SLF & Cover Material for Bulky Waste-Selectman Hescock recused himself from this item, for professional reasons. The Highway Foreman has received a request from Soil and Environmental Services to accept approximately 600-900 yards of contaminated material from the Lantern Hill Stimpson property site. This is a site that has been cited in the past by the Town and DEP for illegal dumping and is under a consent order by the State to reclamate the illegal dumping. Selectman Mullane stated that he had spoken to a DEP
representative requesting consideration of taking these tailings from the clean up process. After general discussion between Selectman Mullane, Peterson and Highway Foreman Holliday it was decided not to accept the Hazardous Material at the Transfer Station and risk contamination or use up the space in our Landfill.
A request to use crushed glass as cover at the bulky waste area has been received from Willimantic Waste, there is a CGS 22a-208z that does regulate this activity and there is some merit to consideration. It could save the Town some money since the vendor will deliver in an empty dumpster and that would then be used to haul steel for the Town and we could get some additional money for the hauling and material. It was decided that a sample of the material would be obtained to evaluate the material.
2. Call of a Special Town Meeting
Right To Farm
COG Grant Resolution-Web based Regional Financing of GIS
Modification to LoCIP Plan
Conservation Easements
A package of pending items was given to the Board for review, noting the COG item must be process by December 1st.
3. Conservation Land Purchase-Letter from Conservation Commission on purchase of 87 acres of land off of Stillman Road, Bell Cedar Swamp which has a very delicate biodiversity aspect to it.
Public Comments and Questions-In response to Mr. Hescock’s memorandum inquiring about any relationship to Patrick Lafayette. Selectman Mullane stated that to the best of his knowledge neither he or his wife were related to Mr. Lafayette and Mr. Lafayette concurs that he knows of no relationship.
Financial paperwork was provided to Mr. Hescock in response to his question regarding additional appropriation expenditures for FY 2005-06 budget work and closeout.
Adjournment-9:22 PM
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