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REGULAR MEETING
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. with Selectmen Nicholas Mullane, Mark Donahue, and Bob Testa present.
PUBLIC COMMENT AND QUESTIONS: None
MINUTES:
MOTION by M. Donahue, SECOND by B. Testa to approve the minutes of 9/02/14 as amended. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
CORRESPONDENCE:
● Letter from P. Nero to BOS on additional appropriation for a used van
● Memo from BOS to BOF on additional appropriation for the BOE to purchase a used van
● Highway Safety Project Application for High Risk Rural Roads – Speed Enforcement
● Letter from The Office of Management & Budget Office of Information & Regulatory Affairs on Tribal Acknowledgement
● Letter from K. Acimovic, P.E. & L.S. on Shunock River Dam
● Letter from DOT on 2015 Paving Program
● E-mail from CT Dept. of Agriculture on CT Shellfish Bed Management Modernization
● Letter from CT Public Utilities Regulatory Authority for CL&P to amend rate schedule
● Letter from Hopkinton for Public Hearing for an Aquifer Protection Permit
● E-mail from F. Eppinger on Greene Gables Report to Selectmen & Hewitt Committee
● E-mail from Trans Systems on Boombridge schedule
● Letter from Tcors on code analysis for Warehouse project at 41 Norwich-Westerly Rd.
● Letter from Lake Billings Woods Property Owners Assoc. on dropping the water level of Billings Lake
BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/OFFICIAL’S COMMENTS: None
OLD BUSINESS:
1. Hewitt Property
A. Dam Repairs and added appropriation – No Action
2. Proposed School Building Project – Covered in meeting prior to regular meeting
3. Tribal Issues – Acknowledgement/Annexation Issues – Request for added appropriation – Selectmen want estimate from Perkins/Cole of cost
4. Permanent School Building Project Committee – High School Computer Room Generator Done
List of Things to Do
4. Status of Center for Emergency Services Project - submittal to P&Z scheduled for 9/11/14
5. Boombridge Road Bridge – RFP Jan./Feb./Bids due May/Award July/one year construction
6. Parking Lot/Brook Stone Walls – Parking Lot finally paved
7. Grant applications/administration
A. Water Study Ex. 92 x I95 – Consultants are working on the project
B. 2014 STEAP Grant Extension of Village Water System – Grant Award/CT DPH Contract – Need DPH contract
C. 2015 STEAP Grant – Selectmen need to choose grant candidate
D. Housing Grant – Processing Grant Documents
9. Budget 2013-2014 – Close Out/Transfers – No Action
Budget 2014-2015
Capital Purchase – Discussion of purchase of power rake for skid steer – No Action
10. Special Town Meeting
Items for Future Town Meetings
● Lake of Isles Subdivision granting of easements to the Town of North Stonington
● Ordinance allowing the Town to retain overpayments of taxes less than five ($5.00) dollars
● Ordinance allowing alternate members for the Board of Finance
● Ordinance allowing the Board of Selectmen to name, number, and renumber parcels and residences in North Stonington
● STEAP Grant Award – Water Line Extension $245,000 – Added Appropriation
11. Tax Policy – No Action
12. Town Ethnics Policy – No Action
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Main Street Stop Signs Public Hearing – September 16, 2014 – 6:30 p.m. – Agenda’s mailed to Main St. some Rocky Hollow & Wyassup
2. Scheduling and Agenda for meeting with Preston on joint interests – September 18, 2014, 6:30 p.m. – Preston Town Hall
3. Tax Refund(s) None
4. Selectmen’s Public Communications – None
5. Resolution for Town’s Poet Laureate – N. Mullane asked that Anna Coit be considered
6. Resolution for Grant to Control Aquatic Invasive Species – Blue Lake & Billings
MOTION by N. Mullane, SECOND by B. Testa for a Resolution that Nicholas H. Mullane, II is empowered to execute and deliver in the name and on behalf of the Town of North Stonington to the State of Connecticut for a grant to control aquatic invasive species, Anderson Pond, Billings Lake. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY
PUBLIC COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS: None
ADJOURNMENT: 9:35 p.m.
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