Town of North Stonington
Board of Selectmen
New Town Hall Conference Room
September 30, 2008
7:00 PM
Call to Order-7:04 PM with Selectmen Mullane, Ricker and Murphy present.
Public Comments and Questions-None presented
Minutes-A motion was made by Selectman Ricker, seconded by Selectman Murphy to approve the minutes of September 23, 2008, carrying. 3-0
Correspondence
DEMHS letter to confirm EOP Plan for Town of North Stonington
Design alternates for Village Wall by Karl Acimovic
Cable Advisory Board vacancy memo
New London Homeless Hospitality Center request for funding from SCCOG
DEP Spill Report
Response to Raveis Real Estate regarding property sale
Kingswood Drainage expenses
Governor’s letter regarding budget
State Library Historic Preservation Grant approval
News Article on State Deficits
Motion to Intervene by Department of Corrections
Freedom of Information Notice of Hearing
PZC v Hall has been settled in favor of the Town
CT DEP looking for volunteer staff for Energy Expo
Letter of request from New London Homeless Hospitality Center
DRAFT of BOS Annual Report
Report on Wetlands at Wheeler HS Soccer Field
Jonathan Banker, Eagle Scout invitations
CIRMA Risk practices and guidelines
Old Business-
1. Tribal Issues-No business
2. Subdivision Review and Planning and Zoning Issues-
Garden Court LLC-Record filed on August 4, 2008-No report
Moratorium extension to December 20, 2008-No report
3. Permanent School Building Project Committee- Going forward action was determined before appointment of members to interview or send questions to potential members, put out press releases of pending appointments of Committee, see if more interested candidates come forward, collect data for Committee members to review, accreditation information, BOE, etc and list of meetings to arrange for new committee to attend with various agencies.
A. Activities/membership-It was agreed that a news release will be sent looking for members for the new committee
B. Revision of Ordinance-Passed at a Town Meeting
C. Ballfield drainage-The amount of wetlands exceeds 5000 sf. And required permits from the Army Corp of Engineers which is an extremely long process, project will be put on hold.
D. CGS 8-24 Approval of School Building Projects-Selectman Mullane identified that the CT General Statutes 8-24 for the storage refreshment stand had not been written to the PZC. After general discussion it was determined that before the letter was written it would be approved by the BOE, PSPBC and then a CGS 8-24 letter would be written and permits issued.
4. Town Energy Projects-No report
Electrical Rate Bids-No report
Wind farm Project-No report
5. Town Hall Improvements-No activity
6. Kingswood/Meadowwood drainage review-General discussion on the conditions observed during last rainstorm and the inspection, construction and cleaning presently planned.
7. Affordable Housing Ad Hoc Committee-No report
8. Closing of Mystic Seaport property by Town-David Cook was invited in to explain the concerns of a spill at a residential dwelling (old School House). He stated that DEP operates under the remediation standard regulations, he was concerned that the indemnification clause should state they are responsible for all future clean up and may be an escrow account should be established for costs. The Board was also concerned if the DEP spill team can not do enough boring that the Seaport should be required to fund the project separately. The Selectmen reviewed the check list of safety items and were in agreement.
9. FY 2007-08 Close-out, additional appropriations, and transfers-Selectman Mullane identified that there are problems with the 07-08 audit and the Auditor is researching. Selectman Mullane apologized to the Board for the problems and will provide an update report at the next meeting.
10. Boombridge Road bridge-Review of Bid Response
Spending Authorization Future Town Meeting
11. LoCIP Plan revisions
Boombridge Road Bridge--(Spending Authorization)
Kingswood Drainage-Additional appropriation was approved at Town Meeting for $30,000
12. Town Hall parking lot-Waiting for Title Search report
New Business
1. Appointment to Cable Television Advisory Board-Selectman Mullane will find out why current representative is not attending meetings.
2. Sale of used Highway Truck-Mr. Holliday will be asked to check the Blue Book value of the truck for the Board.
3. Donation to the New London Homeless Shelter-It was agreed to send the new shelter $500
Public Comments and Questions
Adjournment-10:27 PM
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