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Minutes of 03/27/2006

March 27th, 2006

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
March 27, 2006


Board members present: William Wright, Allen Strasser, Bonnie Moroney

The meeting was called to order at 7:02 PM.

Members of the public present: Roberta McGee, Doug Bews, Billy Rines, Tom Gately, Evan Karpf, Joan Karpf, Dale Shakespeare, Rena Vecchio, Ann Fabrizio, Carmine Fabrizio, Paul Bussiere, John Goodney, John Burt, John Gardiner

The board began with the approval of bills and signing of checks.

Selectman Strasser made a motion to approve the minutes from 03/20/2006. The motion was seconded by Selectman Moroney and passed unanimously.

Billy Rines reported back to the selectmen on progress with regard to the safety inspection conducted on March 13. Mark Gensamer, a Whitefield electrician, worked on the kitchen area during the day, has installed ground fault plugins, replaced some of the wiring, and will return to finish up tomorrow.

Dave Witham from Primex will be here on Wednesday to meet with John Gardiner and John Goodney of the Safety Committee. He will lend aid in the area of setting policies and procedures with regard to employee safety. The Dept. of Labor report from Mr. Weber’s inspection of payroll records was received last week. We are lacking in I-9 forms for several employees, and these are being filled out this week.

Two Intent to Cut forms for Bayroot were signed by the selectmen. A property tax abatement in the amount of $395.71 for the Palmer Group was signed. A Supplemental Property Tax Warrant in the amount of $8,225.05 for PSNH was signed. The Application for Construction for Bridge Aid from the state was signed. This states that the town has appropriated $30,000 as its share of replacing Bridge #143/051 on Old Town Road over the Ammonoosuc River. Receipt of this application by the state will put our name on the waiting list for 80% of replacement cost from the State, estimated to be available in 2012.

A letter from the Ammonoosuc River Corridor Advisory Committee was read. It was a request for townspeople to send support letters to have the river be a NH State Designated River under the NH Rivers Management and Protection Program. The board voted to send a letter of support.

Discussion took place regarding the Appalachian Mountain Club’s tax exempt status. A Senate hearing for an amended bill passed by the House will take place Wednesday morning in Concord. If this bill passes it will seriously hurt the town’s chances of getting the tax exempt status changed. Chairman Wright said he would be attending the hearing, Bernie Waugh would be going, and he hoped some other residents would attend. Currently the AMC is not only not paying property tax, but they do not pay the state’s rooms and meals tax either. Doug Bews asked if the AMC, as required by law, had come before the town each year to present their case for tax exempt status. It was thought that they had not. He also stated that under 501c3 status the AMC could not serve alcohol, and the IRS would frown on the practice. He said he’d research the RSA’s pertaining to these items. In the meantime, residents were urged to email their legislators before Wednesday to ask them to amend the Senate bill or kill it entirely. Email addresses for the legislators will be but on the Town website on Tuesday.

Paul Bussiere asked the Board to appoint John Goodney to the Zoning Board of Adjustment. Selectman Strasser made the motion to appoint, Chairman Wright seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.

Selectman Strasser asked if the town could subscribe to Real Data Corporation search engine. For $253/yr. we would have access to real estate sales transactions in the 10 surrounding towns. He feels that it would be a service to residents seeking assessment information when tax bills come out, and that the librarian has had people request this type of information. Mr. Bews suggested buying a scanner, to among other things, scan a few pages of the weekly Registry Review each week. Selectman Strasser made the motion to purchase the subscription, Chairman Wright seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.

The fact was brought up that we have a Conservation Commission and a Cemetery Board of Trustees that have no members. Joan Karpf volunteered to be on the Conservation Commission, but since the Planning Board set up the commission, it was suggested that she request them to appoint her. The Cemetery trustees, responsible for surveying sites, setting fees, and overseeing maintenance, must be elected, and we need to see if we can appoint people until next year’s election.

Dale Shakespeare asked if the Planning Board is responsible for long term development. He was told that the board uses the Master Plan in making its decisions. That and the Capital Plan should determine the future development in town. Karen Carew, the auditor we’ve hired, says we’ve budgeted enough money to have a capital inventory done, which we’ll need if we intend to borrow money in the future. Selectman Strasser stated that you can’t pass an ordinance on stopping growth. You must allow reasonable use to a property owner. Evan Karpf said the Planning Board in dealing with subdivisions is demanding that private roads are properly built so that they would meet proper specifications in the event they become town roads.

Roberta McGee asked for some information about Karen Carew. Selectman Strasser explained that we had met with her last week, that she is an auditor recommended by Town Counsel. Her plan is to implement proposals made by MRI last fall, help us come up with good 2006 beginning balances, coordinate employee reporting, and prepare us for an official 2006 audit.

Selectman Strasser made a motion to have Stan Borkowski submit a report every Monday on the status of building activities. Chairman Wright seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously.

Mr. Rines asked the Board if he could advertise for a fulltime temporary worker at $12/hr. for the highway department. The Board felt that as long as the applicants were made aware that the position is temporary it would be okay.

Ms. Karpf asked why the Article 15 committee was disbanded last week. Selectman Strasser said that the email from Jack Catalano said his resolution to the Committee was that the Article 15 Committee be disbanded regardless of the outcome of the Profile vote. He stated the committee wasn’t working well and the decision was made to disband it. Chairman Wright stated that at some point the selectmen would probably start another committee. Ms. Karpf said the committee was waiting to see what happened at Profile, and it was frustrating to see the committee disbanded.

Tom Gately asked what has happened with the rebuilding at the Lodge at Bretton Woods. Selectman Strasser stated that they do have plans that the architect forgot to send to the town, they have now been sent, and that Mr. Borkowski has followed up on the fact that the plans were not stamped. Mr. Gately asked why they didn’t have to go to the Planning Board before rebuilding. He was told it was because they were building on the same footprint.

Selectman Strasser talked about the question Jeff Duncan raised at the previous meeting. The state has not been notified of the change in our building permit procedure, and we may have to pass an ordinance to eliminate the need for selectman signatures on a permit. Until the issue is resolved, they will sign permits and CO’s.

Mr. Karpf reported that Valley Pride Day is coming up and he will post notices. It’s a day to help clean up the town roads, enjoy lunch, and perhaps win a raffle prize.

Selectman Strasser said an ISO underwriter has been out to Bretton Woods and the since it is more than 5 miles from the Twin Mountain fire station, wanted to know why there was no fire station in Bretton Woods. Selectman Strasser wants to write a letter to all the BW association presidents to look for participants for the town Building Committee. He has a list of Carroll Fire Department goals from Mr. Duncan, and would like to send a copy of that. He will submit the letter to the other selectmen before sending it.

Chairman Wright said Ron Hill, a Twin Mountain native and basketball coach in Woodsville, would like to use the gym for 3 Tuesdays for practice. They are still in a tournament and have lost the use of their gym. Selectman Strasser moved to allow the use, Selectman Moroney seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.

At 9:00 PM, as there was no additional business, Chairman Wright made a motion to go into executive session regarding legal and personnel matters. This was seconded by Selectman Strasser. The motion passed unanimously

At the close of executive session, Chairman Wright made a motion to return to public session and seal the minutes from executive session; Selectman Strasser seconded and the motion passed unanimously. At 10:30 PM a motion was made to adjourn for the evening, which was seconded, and passed unanimously.

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