Town of Carroll, New Hampshire

• Town Services
• Town Meeting Minutes
• Planning Board/ZBA
• Applications & Forms
• Town Clerk/Tax Collector
• Map
• Home

Minutes of Town Board Meetings

• Planning Board
• Board of Adjustment
• Select Board
• Budget Committee
• Building Committee
• Energy Commission

Minutes of 10/28/2013 DRAFT

October 31st, 2013

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
October 28, 2013
DRAFT
"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: Paul Bussiere, Bill Dowling, Bonnie Moroney

The meeting was called to order at 7 PM by Chairman Bussiere

Members of the public present: Nancy Mitiguy, Michael Hogan, Jeremy Oleson, Evan Karpf, Dave Scalley

Pledge of Allegiance

The meeting was filmed by Nancy Mitiguy.

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

Selectman Dowling made a Motion to: Accept the minutes of 10/21/2013 and Selectman Moroney seconded. The Motion passed unanimously.

The Secretary said she hadn’t been able to speak with the Auditor as planned, but should know something more definite at the next meeting.

The Secretary reported on the response from Attorney Whitelaw regarding attaching an email brought up at the previous meeting by Selectman Dowling, as it relates to RSA 91-A:2,I(b). This provision deals with meetings, not the written communication itself between counsel and client. Therefore, that document is protected pursuant to the attorney-client privilege and attaching it constitutes a waiver of that privilege. Selectman Dowling said he was satisfied with the explanation.

Selectman Dowling read the warrant articles he put forth for the Transfer Station:

“To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $20,000 (Twenty Thousand Dollars) for the 2014 tipping of bulky waste and construction debris, the removal of tires, Freon, propane tanks, electronics, florescent light bulbs, and antifreeze, container lease, equipment repair and equipment purchase, and further to authorized the withdrawal as needed from the Recycling Equipment Special Revenue Fund established at the 2001 Town Meeting for this purpose. No money to be raised from taxation.”

Chairman Bussiere clarified where the money in this Fund comes from and Selectman Dowling confirmed it was from fees and selling recyclable items.

Selectman Moroney made a Motion to: Accept this article for the Warrant. Selectman Dowling seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

Selectman Dowling read the next one:

“To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $9,171 (Nine Thousand One Hundred Seventy One Dollars) for ground-water monitoring of the old landfill: $2,937 (Two Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Seven Dollars) to pay for the engineer to take samples, produce reports and send the results to the Town and State; $6,234 (Six Thousand Two Hundred Thirty Four Dollars) to pay the laboratory fees to process the samples. The total amount to come from the existing Landfill Closure Trust Fund established for this purpose. No money to be raised from taxation.”

There was a brief discussion regarding Selectman Dowling seconding and voting on the Motions and if they would be considered legitimate. Selectman Dowling said they would be and it was stated they are voting only to put them on the Warrant and the people will be voting on the actual article.

Selectman Moroney made the Motion to: Accept this article for the Warrant and Chairman Bussiere seconded. The Motion passed unanimously.

Selectman Dowling read another one:

“To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000 (One Thousand Dollars) for maintenance of the old landfill. This includes needs for actual physical maintenance, engineering and overseer expenses. The appropriation will come from the Landfill Closure Capital Reserve Fund established for this purpose. No money will be raised from new taxation.”

Selectman Moroney made the Motion to: Accept this article for the Warrant and Chairman Bussiere seconded. The Motion passed unanimously.

Selectman Dowling read the last one:

“To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $2,500 (Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars) to hold a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program. The Program will provide residents’ access to a Household Hazardous Waste Collection of household generated hazardous waste such as oil based paints, paint thinners, solvents, pesticides, gasoline and household cleaners.”

Chairman Bussiere made a Motion to: Accept this article for the Warrant. Selectman Moroney seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

Michael Hogan clarified that this is not a fee-based service. Selectman Dowling said it is not and if no one uses it, there is only the set-up fee. It was noted that used oil is already accepted at the Transfer Station as they have a boiler which uses it.

Evan Karpf said he had recently been to the Health Officers’ fall convention and gave his report. The first was about water and that there is no required testing of private wells, but there is a major issue of arsenic in the water in the state. He said this is odorless, tasteless, and colorless so it is undetectable, but they have reason to believe it is among the causes for cancer, cardio-vascular disease, etc., over a period of time. He said people should test every three to five years and if it comes back positive for bacteria then to test every year. He said there is a high incidence of bladder cancer, but not yet actually correlated to water. He will post accredited labs for testing. He will also have test kits and would be willing to drive to Concord if he can get 10 to 12 or so samples. The test runs about $85 each plus a possible fuel surcharge. Dr. Karpf said there are a lot of renters in town and there is no obligation in the state that landlords should test. He said he will bring this to the Planning Board for possible regulations to be set by the town. Michael Hogan said he heard samples have to be in Concord with 24 to 48 hours, which Dr. Karpf confirmed. He also said he heard the UNH may do this for free, but Dr. Karpf didn’t know about that.

The next item was regarding new septic laws involving residences, which are in place. It was stated that installers should be up to date on these.

Dr. Karpf said bedbugs are still an issue and there is a new bill for landlords, HB482 which says if bedbugs are reported they must act within 72 hours to notify the tenant of the solution and the tenant must let him in. The landlord also must notify abutter apartments within 48 hours. He said the best practice is to have the tenant vacuum frequently. If there are no bedbugs for six months prior to a tenant report, then it may be assume that the tenant brought them, but the landlord still has to take care of the problem but can go to the tenant for reimbursement. To date there is no repellant or “cure” other than DDT, which is not allowed. The only solution is to bring the temperature up to 134 degrees for four hours or so. He said it is important for emergency personnel who go into homes that they do not sit, do not put anything down, and not to wear cuffed pants and that they should change clothes before going home.

There was brief discussion about going to the Planning Board over the water issue and putting them in charge of it. No decision was made.

The following items were approved and signed:

Town Hall Use Permit Applications – Twin Mountain Snowmobile Club; K. Cormier
Letter to NH DOT Supporting Prohibited Roadside Parking on Routes 3 and 302 at the Cog
Train Display
State of NH DOT Municipal Work Zone Agreement – For work to be done on Route 115 in
Carroll and Jefferson in Spring, 2014, that allows DOT to handle traffic control.
Other:

Selectman Dowling said he had been asked by someone from Parks & Recreation Commission if they could use the upstairs for storage. With limited discussion, Selectman Dowling made a Motion to: Allow the use and send a letter of approval. Selectman Moroney seconded and it passed unanimously.

Selectman Dowling also advised that he had applied for a grant for $2,000 for the Glass Crusher and had been awarded it. The Board thanked Mr. Dowling for doing this.

Selectman Moroney said with all the changes in healthcare law that she felt the need for an amendment to part time employees. She said she did two amendments because there is specific mention in the Employee Manual for the Transfer Station. Selectman Moroney’s amendments said “shall work no more than 30 hours” but it was stated the law specifies any employee who works 30 hours or more, so this was changed to 29.5 hours at the time. It was noted the Town does not currently have 50 fulltime employees but included in the 50 is also what would be considered “fulltime equivalent” FTE’s, which are determined by a formula over a particular period of time and they want to be proactive regarding this. Chairman Bussiere made a Motion to: Send these to Town Counsel for review. Selectman Moroney seconded and the Motion passed by a vote of 2 to 1. Selectman Dowling said he wants to see if it is the law.

Chairman Bussiere said was to have found out some information for the last meeting, which he had not, but had gotten in the meantime, which is: The hosted server contract is for three years at $320 per month. It was noted this is an offsite dedicated server.

Dave Scalley asked about a key for getting into the storage area and was concerned that there are too many keys out as it is. He was told a key would not actually be given, but that each time they wanted to use the area someone would have to come to the office for one. This will only be available during the hours the Selectmen’s Office is open.

Evan Karpf spoke about comments made by Selectman Moroney at the previous meeting and said it is unfortunate that the town acts on emotional rather than cognitive levels. He said he feels the town could move forward and he is always for fair and equal treatment. He said there were more than just a few truckloads of gravel removed the excavation and that more than a million dollars was generated from that and that losing their home shouldn’t be an issue. He said the impact occurred by violation and could have been taken care of if done properly. He said he reviewed just about all the minutes of all the meetings and there were no “no” votes thus all in attendance were in favor of taking the steps that were taken. He said he would like to see things worked on as a community and more forward as some have done recently.

As there was no further business, the Board was polled and went into non-public session for Personnel matters at 7:48 p.m.

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

There being no further discussion, Selectman Dowling made a Motion to: adjourn the meeting. Selectman Moroney seconded and the Motion passed unanimously. Chairman Bussiere declared the meeting ended at 7:55 p.m. The next meeting will be Monday, November 4, 2013

Town of Carroll, New Hampshire ®2024