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Minutes of 12/16/2013 DRAFT

December 18th, 2013

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
DRAFT December 16, 2013
"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 Susan Kraabel, Secretary Pro-Tem

Board members present: Paul Bussiere, Bill Dowling, Bonnie Moroney

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM.

Members of the public present: Chris Pappas, John Trammell, Evan Karpf, Joan Karpf, Dave Scalley

Pledge of Allegiance

The meeting was filmed by Joan Karpf.

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

Selecman Dowling moved to accept the minutes of December 2, 2013, as written. Approval of the minutes of December 5, 2013 was tabled until the next meeting.

Chairman Bussiere reported that a meeting had taken place with our auditor Pat Mohan regarding the water debt payments made in 2006 and 2007. Mr. Mohan verified that the water department had made these payments, and suggested that a warrant article be placed on the March 2014 ballot to transfer money from the General Fund to the Water Fund to pay back the $91,620. Chairman Bussiere also said that Maryclare Quigley had talked to Jaime Dow at the NH Department of Revenue Administration, and Ms. Dow suggested we go to the town attorney for legal review before transferring money or creating a warrant article. Selectman Dowling said he didn’t think we needed a warrant article, as the original 1993 town meeting already approved the town bond and the 2006 and 2007 payments should never have been paid by the water department. He feels we can just do an accounting transaction and transfer the money. If there’s a warrant article and it does not pass, the money cannot be transferred. After some discussion, it was decided to contact Town Counsel about this matter, including the opinions of Pat Mohan and NH DRA, and a copy of the 1993 warrant article.

The next item on the agenda was new warrant articles, and there were none submitted to the town office.

Discussion took place about the schedule for completing the 2017 property revaluation. Originally, it was set up so that no work would be done by the assessors until 2015. They would then make property visits collecting information in half the town in 2015, and then do the other half in 2016. Finalizing the audit would happen in 2017. Commerford Nieder & Perkins has now requested that they be able start work in 2014, doing property visits in one third of the town in each of the years 2014, 2015, and 2016. Everything would still be finalized in 2017. A vote by the selectmen on this request was tabled until they could look at the assessing contract and last year’s warrant article to see how that may affect this change.

The following items were approved and signed:

Property Tax Abatements -- Campo, Andrews, Brooks, Kaplan, Bucchere, Bayroot, Burns,
Dodge, Lawless, Lorenz, Temple, Bussiere
Certificates of Occupancy -- Highleyman, Atkinson, Ruben
Veteran’s Exemption – Oliver
Intent to Cut – Kuster/McLaughlin
NH Department of Safety Homeland Security Grant
Town Hall Use Permit Application – White/Fahey Family

Selectman Moroney read the Conditional Offer of Employment as a police officer for Justin Washburn. This offer is conditional on his successful completion of the police academy training. His starting salary will be $17.69/hr. based on a 40 hour workweek. He will be offered health insurance less the employee contribution and other benefits consistent with other full time employees. The employee agrees to serve the Town of Carroll for a period of 5 years from the date of completion of academy training. John Trammell reported that Mr. Washburn has passed the academy agility test and a background test. Selectman Dowling moved to have Chairman Bussiere sign the offer. Selectman Moroney seconded, and the motion passed unanimously.

As there was no further business, the Board was polled and went into non-public session for Town Aid at 7:25 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 7:30 p.m. The next meeting will be Monday, December 30, 2013.

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