MINUTES OF SELECTMEN’S MEETING
August 6, 2008
1. The meeting was called to order by Hal at 7:00pm. Rick was present.
2. On a motion by Rick, 2nd by Hal, ALL voted to accept the minutes from July 16, 2008 Board Meeting as read.
3. On a motion by Rick, 2nd by Hal, ALL voted to sign Warrant #2 to pay the towns bills.
4. The Board countersigned the Warrant for SAD#17 Referendum on Sept 9th, 2008.
5. Tom Moore and Joe Vaillancourt were present to update the Board on the Consolidation process. The vote that was taken last month was to see if the district wanted to continue looking into the SAD#39 & SAD#17 partnership. They are in the process of writing the commissioner of education about eliminating the filing penalty if they do not extend the deadline. Both Tom & Joe feel by late Sept. or early Oct. they will be able to give a more extensive report to the board.
6. Chief Hooker wanted to know if the port-a-potty at the beach could be moved to the lower parking lot. This would help those people on the beach from having to leave the area. He suggested near the Dry Hydrant and that way people might not park and block
the hydrant. The Board asked him to figure the signage and the area that is needed for both and they will review for next season. He also asked about a no smoking on beach policy. He stated that it is disgusting having all those nasty butts all over the beach.
Rick would like to have this sent to the Ordinance Review Committee to amend the Beach Ordinance to include a no-smoking policy. The amendment would have to be voted at Town Meeting.
When the snowplowing contracts were being discussed by the selectmen, plowing and shoveling of Fire stations and dry hydrants was brought up. The boards asked Mike to review the contact that is being used presently and submit items concerning when to plow stations and also a shoveling contract needs to be written for this coming season.
7. On a motion by Hal, 2nd by Rick, they voted to reappoint Jim Bishop to the Appeals Board for a 5 year term to expire 6/30/2013.
8. On a motion by Rick, 2nd by Hal, they voted to reappoint Maureen Purdy to the Ordinance Review Committee for a 5year term to expire 6/30/2013.
9. On a motion by Hal, 2nd by Rick, they voted to accept Pat Blake's letter of resignation from the Conservation Committee at the end of Sept. and they appointed Scott Vlaun to take her place on the committee. The Committee will be deciding at their next meeting the terms. When the committee was set up each was given a one year term.
10. Jim Bishop, TLEA, member requested the board to take a tour of the road sites that have been identified from the survey that are source of non-point pollution. They have set 8/22 at 2pm for their road tour. Jim stated that the grant is not near enough to correct the problems; they may need to put together a 3-5 year plan.
11. The Board asked Dan Peaco to supply a list of his volunteers in order to get the accident insurance for volunteers working in the cemeteries. This MMA insurance is an excess policy, which means each individual would use their own insurance first and this would pick up difference.
No volunteer may use their own tractor or other equipment. No volunteer is covered by workers compensation. Only Dan, who is an employee will be allowed to use his tractor .
The recreation dept and the Planning board will also be covered by this policy. Need exact names and numbers.
12. All other unfinished business items will be reviewed at future meetings and kept on the agenda.
13. Motion to adjourn by Rick, 2nd by Hal, ALL at 9:15pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Marianne Izzo-Morin
Hal Ferguson
Rick Micklon
Selectmen
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