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Minutes of 3/26/2012 APPROVED

April 11th, 2012

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
March 26, 2012
APPROVED 4/9/2012
"These minutes of the Town of Carroll Select Board have been recorded by its Secretary. Though believed to be accurate and correct they are subject to additions, deletions and corrections by the Select Board at its next meeting when the Board votes its final approval of the minutes. They are being made available at this time to conform to the requirements of New Hampshire RSA 91-A:2."

Minutes recorded by Maryclare Quigley, Secretary

Board members present: Bill Dowling, Mark Catalano, Paul Bussiere

The meeting was called to order at 7:01 PM by Chairman Catalano

Members of the public present: Mike Gooden, Ann Fabrizio, Dianne Hogan, Mike Hogan, Nancy Mitiguy, Al Strasser, Chris Pappas, Donna Foster, Scott Sonia, Joan Karpf, Coleton Hogan, John Gardiner

Pledge of Allegiance

The meeting was filmed by Nancy Mitiguy

The Board announced the approval of bills and signing of checks.

Selectman Dowling made a Motion to: Accept the minutes of March 12, 2012, as written. Chairman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed. Selectman Bussiere abstained as he was not at that meeting.

The next order of business was to elect a chairman for the coming year. After brief discussion, Selectman Bussiere nominated Selectman Dowling as Chairman. Selectman Catalano seconded the Motion, and it passed unanimously.

Chairman Dowling assumed his duties with department and committee assignments. Chairman Dowling went through the list and he and Selectman Catalano retained their previous assignments and Selectman Bussiere was assigned to Safety Committee, ZBA and Building Committee.

The Board reviewed the State MS-2 form which reports all appropriations raised at the recent town meeting. Chairman Dowling made a Motion to: Sign the form, Selectman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

Review of the Warrant Articles followed and Chairman Dowling read the names of all who won the various offices. He continued giving the number of the article and whether it passed or failed: 2 through 18, passed; 19 failed; 20 through 38 passed; 39 failed.

Selectman Catalano said he had a statement to make regarding article 39. He said this was the second year accepting these roads as town roads has been voted down in spite of the recommendations of the Board of Selectmen and the Budget Committee. He feels it is important to send a message to developers that they are welcome here. From a financial aspect, he said the more houses that are built, the better tax base we have and thus it helps individuals as well by having lower taxes. He said he believes developers are getting the message that it is difficult to do business in this town and he thinks it’s ridiculous and it’s time to fix this.

Selectman Catalano spoke of the Water Department debt and said he has spoken with the auditor who is supposed to get back to him. The Secretary noted the auditors are coming on April 12, for their pre-audit (for 2011) visit and the Board asked that a meeting be set up for that morning to discuss this debt. Selectman Catalano will speak with Mr. Mohan. It was stated this will be a public meeting. It was also pointed out that on Wednesday, April 11, the Select Board will meet with representatives from the DRA and our appraisal company. Because this will be a workshop, there will be no public input.

Chairman Dowling said the Board had discussed candidates for the office position prior to the meeting and agreed on the person they chose to hire. Selectman Catalano made a Motion to: Offer the position to Dianne Hogan. Selectman Bussiere seconded and it passed unanimously. Mrs. Hogan was in attendance and accepted the position.

The following items were approved and signed:

Oaths of Office – Susan K. Kraabel, Claire Gritzer, Paul Bussiere, Evan Karpf, David Ikasalo,
Jane Ikasalo, Nancy Hibbard, Erik Bergum, Howard Hoffman, Donna Foster, Jack Catalano,
Ernie Temple, Ben Jellison, Rebecca Pederson, Michael Gooden, Richard Nelson
Town Hall Use Permit Application – Moroney/Recreation Committee, Covey/Chamber of
Commerce
Water Warrant – Sarcione, Lynch
Yield Tax Warrant and Certificates – Dowling, Harden Rev. Trust
Laconia Bank Signature Cards

Other:

A registration form for Board signatures from America the Beautiful for the Town Clean-Up Day was submitted by Evan Karpf. This will be sent in and entitles the town to receive flower bulbs for their efforts. Chairman Dowling said to let Evan Karpf know that he will be going to NRRA in April and can pick them up if they’re ready.

Al Strasser spoke about Selectman Catalano’s comments about the roads and said the Bretton Woods roads need to be taken over by the town. He said they were set to be taken over years ago, but had not been because of a stumbling block, something about town standards and the road agent at the time. He said 68% of taxes in the town are paid by Bretton Woods. Selectman Catalano said he had heard things that people out there didn’t want the town doing them. Mr. Strasser said their roads have to be well taken care of and they want to contract the work out and have the town pay. Selectman Bussiere said he thought an issue also was something about the numbers on granite posts and Mr. Strasser said that was not part of it. Donna Foster said she has been doing work on the CIP and yes, the town had approved but it was contingent on the Road Agent approving. She said one issue at the time, was that Rosebrook Lane and Remick Lane had only one access by the church and over railroad tracks, but there are other issues. Mrs. Foster said she agrees that perhaps there is a need to do something about this, but people have to understand how taxes will be affected – they can’t be let think their taxes will not go up.

Mr. Strasser went on to ask if the Board had read the recent Democrat to see that Groveton got rid of their Budget Committee. He said there are too many special interests on our Budget Committee and too much money is being spent. He suggested that we might want to do the same thing as it is the Select Board who has to be responsible for the financial matters of this town.

Dave Scalley requested a non-public meeting with the Board and they granted it.

Selectman Catalano said he had spoken with Andy Martel who will be putting flags on the cemeteries again this year for Memorial Day and said Mr. Martel will be getting in touch with Coleton Hogan who helped with the flags last year -- Selectman Catalano noted that Coleton was in attendance and Coleton said he would help. When Selectman Catalano asked if someone from the Board will help also, Chairman Dowling said he would.

John Gardiner said he had just come from a Library Trustees meeting. He said the Carroll Information Group have said they will be putting the DVD’s of meetings they tape in the Library so they will be available to the public. Mr. Gardiner referred to RSA 33-A, Disposition of records and who would take care of various records, etc. With this in mind, he said the Trustees voted and they will retain the DVD’s for six months from the date of creation. At this time, they will revert back to whoever should get them.

As there was no further business, the Board was polled and went into non-public session for personnel matters at 7:55 p.m.

At the close of Non-Public Session, Selectman Bussiere moved to return to Public Session and seal the minutes from Non-Public Session. Selectman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

There being no further discussion, Chairman Dowling made a Motion to: adjourn the meeting. Selectman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed unanimously. Chairman Dowling declared the meeting ended at 8:21 p.m. The next meeting will be on Monday, April 9, 2012.

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