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Minutes of 11/26/2012 APPROVED

December 6th, 2012

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
November 26, 2012
APPROVED
"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 PM by Chairman Dowling

Members of the public present: Mike Gooden, Jeremy Oleson, Tadd Bailey, Bill Bochynski

Pledge of Allegiance

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

Selectman Catalano said he had a modification to make to the minutes – the last page, last sentence of the first paragraph, he was quite sure he said, “to be considered ‘business’ friendly and that the boards should work together and believes they are.” He said the Secretary could check that on the tape if she wanted. Selectman Catalano then made a Motion to: Accept the minutes of 11/19/2012 as amended. Selectman Bussiere seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Dowling then opened the Public Hearing to adopt the Resolution for Flood Insurance Rate Maps. He explained that FEMA had done new maps regarding the flood plain. The Town of Carroll didn’t change much, but we are required to adopt this resolution so people can get flood insurance.

The Chairman read the resolution: “Pursuant to RSA 674:57, by resolution of the Town of Carroll Select Board, all lands designated as special flood hazard areas by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) in its “Flood Insurance Study for the County of Coos, NH” dated February 20, 2013, together with the associated Flood Insurance Rate Maps dated February 20, 2013, are declared to be part of the Town of Carroll Zoning Ordinance and are hereby incorporated by reference.”

Chairman Dowling advised the complete maps are available in the Selectmen’s Office for anyone who may wish to look at them. Selectman Catalano made a Motion to: Sign the resolution. Selectman Bussiere seconded and it passed unanimously. The Chairman advised this has to be signed and certified by the Town Clerk.

Selectman Catalano advised there has been no meeting about the water debt yet but it is still planned for the future.

Chairman Dowling spoke about the Pharmacy Discount Program recently sent to the Board for their consideration. The cards are free and they have 1,000 ready to be donated to the Town at no charge. There is a website, “Mypharmacysaver.com,” and apparently the town of Gorham, Maine, has taken advantage of this program. The Board agreed this should be looked into more carefully and asked the Secretary to call Gorham, ME as well as the NH Consumer Protection Agency. They will revisit this when we get more information.

Regarding the Highway Block Grant money and Chairman Dowling’s suggestion that it be put into an account for highway reconstruction, he said he had been in touch with LGC about how to write the warrant article as DRA requires particular language. including specific amounts of money. Chairman Dowling read the two suggestions made by the LGC Attorney,

1. “To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 to be placed in the existing Highway Capital Reserve Fund. Such sum to come from the Highway Block Grant as received, and the remainder from general taxation.” The Attorney wrote that while this solves the specific amount problem, deposits cannot be made until received. As this won’t occur until have the construction season is over the Town is really only saving current revenue for the next year’s projects. He also noted that it doesn’t actually impact the tax rate since the amount of appropriation is about equal to the revenue.

2. “To see if the town will raise and appropriate the sum of $10,000 to be placed in the existing Highway Capital Reserve Fund. Such sum to come from general taxation.” The Attorney wrote that if the amount sought is about the same as the estimated grant, the net effect on taxation is essentially zero as the block grant revenue will reduce the total amount to be raised in the tax rate and the two will effectively wash each other out.

Though the Selectmen generally expressed preference for the second suggestion, they said they will decide at a later meeting.

The following items were approved and signed:

Municipal Assessment Data Certificate – DRA
Yield Tax Certificates – Pagliarulo, D. & M. Hogan

Other:

Selectman Catalano spoke about funding the next revaluation of the town. A brief discussion was held about the process and whether it would be done over five years or in fewer years. If they choose a more compact period i.e. completing it in two or three years, the Selectmen said they would opt for putting money aside each year and would want to put in a warrant article to that effect. A warrant article will be brought to the next meeting.

Selectman Catalano asked what the date is for Selectmen warrant articles to be submitted. The Secretary said petition articles have a deadline in early January, but she wasn’t aware of others and will check.

Chairman Dowling brought up the meeting schedule and suggested as Christmas and New Years are on Tuesdays, that the Selectmen meet the first three Mondays in December – 3, 10 and 17, with which both Selectmen Catalano and Bussiere agreed.

Chairman Dowling read the warrant article for the Ambulance Special Revenue Fund. “To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $50,000 (Fifty Thousand Dollars) for the operational costs of the Emergency/Ambulance Department budgeted expenses. The appropriation will come from the Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus, Equipment and Personnel Special Revenue Fund. No money will be raised from new taxation.

Selectman Catalano said the money in this account comes from fees charged for ambulance service and the fund shrinks and grows depending on ambulance use but there is no money from the town in it. He said he’d like to think that someday this might be a self-supporting department. Jeremy Oleson said this account also is used for larger purchases “down the road.”

Chairman Dowling read the warrant articles for the Planning Fund and Road Acceptance:

“To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the amount of $11,000 (Eleven Thousand Dollars) to fund Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals and the Property Inspector-Code Enforcement Office Salary. And further to authorize the withdrawal of such amount from the Planning Special Revenue Fund established in 2006 for that purpose. No money to be raised from new taxation.”

“To see if the Town will vote to accept Mahlyn Drive, Poplar Drive and Dori Way as Town roads.” Selectman Catalano said this has been on the warrant for several years and turned down. He believes these should be accepted as they have houses on them and the Road Agent approved them a year ago. Mr. Oleson said he believes it is Poplar “Lane” not “Drive” and perhaps should be checked in case it makes a difference. He was thanked and assured it would be.

As there was no further business, the Board was polled and went into non-public session for town aid, personnel and legal matters at 7:30 p.m.

At the close of Non-Public Session, Chairman Dowling moved to return to Public Session and seal the minutes from Non-Public Session. Selectman Bussiere 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 9 p.m. The next meeting will be Monday, December 3, 2012.

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