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Minutes of 4/27/2015 APPROVED

May 15th, 2015

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
April 27, 2015

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: Bonnie Moroney, Paul Bussiere, David Scalley.

The meeting was called to order at 7 p.m.by Chairman Scalley.

Members of the public present: Mike Gooden, Ann Fabrizio, Donna Foster, Brian Mycko, Jane Ikasalo, Bill Spencer, Jeremy Oleson, Greg Hogan

Pledge of Allegiance

The meeting was filmed by Jane Ikasalo.

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

Selectman Bussiere made a Motion To: Approve the minutes of 4/13/2015, as written and Selectman Moroney seconded. The Motion passed unanimously.

Certificate of Occupancy for the Spencer home on Birch Road, tabled previously, was brought up and Selectman Bussiere said he had no issue. Selectman Bussiere then made a Motion to: Sign the CO and Selectman Moroney seconded. The Motion was approved. Chairman Scalley abstained.

The Building Permit Process was addressed and Selectman Moroney said Joan Karpf talked to her at a Budget Committee meeting and said there are certain pages in the Town Ordinance where fees are listed, so we may have to charge them. Selectman Moroney said we need to make sure about this and asked that Town Counsel be contacted. Discussion continued with the process regarding removing building inspections, including commercial properties, and thus the inspector. Included in discussion was inspection of heating sources, i.e. oil boilers, wood, gas, etc. Jeremy Oleson, Fire Chief, said though not currently in the Code, the State is looking at inspection of gas boilers. Chief Oleson also said he hadn’t received a copy of the latest draft of the form that may replace the Permit. Chairman Scalley suggested that they table this to allow time to check on fees and also to give Jeremy a chance to review the new document.

Chairman Scalley tabled the Contract Agreement for Cell Tower Construction to the next meeting.

The next item was the Employee Manual. It was noted in a previous discussion, the Board had talked about combining holidays and vacation days to be called Paid Time Off. The topic of compensatory time arose and it was stated there are various discrepancies that need to be addressed. Selectman Moroney suggested each make a list of things they feel need attention and that it be brought back to a future meeting.

Selectman Moroney then spoke about a meeting on health insurance which she attended with Maryclare and Kelly. This was to give more understanding about the Affordable Health Care Act and how we will all be affected by this in the future. She said by 2018, when they hope to have it all implemented, there will be what is being called the “Cadillac tax” on plans that the government feels are more comprehensive than their plateaus. Selectman Moroney said this is important to municipalities where good benefits have always been used to offset what are usually lower wages than other sectors. She said we will be learning more about this.

Selectman Moroney also said it had been brought to her attention that the Police Department is getting ready to set up the new cruiser. They can use black insignia or stay with that which cannot be seen, which would actually be $700 to $800 cheaper. However, some have complained that people don’t know it’s the police; and on the other hand, there are those people who like it so police can stop/catch the wrongdoers. After discussion, the Board said it should be up to the Department to make the decision.

At the end of budget season last year, Selectman Moroney reminded the Board that they had discussed rather than having the department heads attend two meetings, that perhaps this year they could streamline things and have the Select Board and Budget Committee meetings together.
The following items were approved and signed:

Town Hall Use Permit Application – Rouillard; TMFD
Gravel Tax Warrant – Pike Industries, Inc.
Property Tax Abatement – Bucchere
Water Warrant – Hinds
Parks and Recreation Commission – Nomination of Replacement Counselor – Tanya Smith
Intent to Excavate -- Brooks

Other:

Selectman Moroney said she was going to send a notice for the Building Committee to get together again for the Police Department. She said she wanted to ascertain what is actually being addressed – just the Police Department or all three building; i.e. Police Department, Fire Department and Town Hall. Several ideas were discussed such as starting with the Police with room to expand for Fire and Town Hall. The land the town already owns, adjacent to where the Town Hall current is, was also part of the discussion. It went back and forth a bit as to its appropriateness due to wetlands, hills, entrance and egress on both Routes 3 and 302, etc. It was noted again, that several years ago people indicated they wanted a smaller building in Bretton Woods to help their insurance rating and that the Committee had looked at incorporating that but the property was very expensive and deemed not large enough. Selectman Bussiere said he would like the Committee to have the option of looking at all aspects and not just one i.e., the PD. It was stated that it made sense to look at all three as a single solution and that there were conflicts regarding costs. It was also stated when there was a meeting last fall that the people didn’t want to get rid of the Town Hall. Terry Lapoint said the Police Department has to go somewhere and maybe that would be the place to start and look at one building at a time, but we have to move forward. All agreed with that. Selectman Moroney said she will send her colleagues an email stating when the Committee will meet so they may attend if possible.

Selectman Moroney said there are things to address in the Employee Manual and that the Board should start looking at that. It was suggested that it be on the agenda for the next meeting, at least as a start.

Joan Karpf said she was confused about the building permits. She said she understands the philosophy that the owner should have responsibility, and from discussion she gathered that a house has been built that seems to have problems. She wondered if Jeremy (Fire Chief Oleson) will be included in any decision. The Board assured her that he absolutely will. Debbie Szauter said she thought the CO is required for insurance and the financial institution. The Board stated that they didn’t think so for insurance and that both institutions tend to have their own inspectors who visit the sites anyway.

As there was no further business, the Board was polled to go into non-public session, per RSA 91-A-3 for personnel at 8:05 p.m. Selectman Bussiere, yes; Chairman Scalley, yes; Selectman Moroney, yes.

At the close of non-public session at 9:21 p.m., Selectman Moroney moved to return to public session and seal the minutes from non-public session. Selectman Bussiere seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

Selectman Moroney made a Motion to adjourn the meeting and Chairman Scalley seconded. The Motion passed unanimously. Chairman Scalley declared the meeting ended at 9:21 p.m. The next regular meeting will be Monday, April 27, 2015.

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