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Minutes of 8/8/2016

August 10th, 2016

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
August 8, 2016


“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 H. Quigley, Secretary

Board members present: Paul Bussiere, David Scalley, Brian Mycko.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.by Chairman Bussiere.

Members of the public present: Debbie Szauter, Imre Szauter, Bonnie Moroney, Jeremy Oleson, Chris Ellms, John Santonello, Lori Hogan

Pledge of Allegiance

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

Selectman Scalley made a Motion to approve the minutes of 7/25/2016 as written and Selectman Mycko seconded. The Motion passed unanimously.

Chris Ellms, Manager of Bretton Woods Ski Area told the Board he was in to introduce the new Managing Director of the Omni Mount Washington Hotel and Resort, John Santonello. After introductions were made, Mr. Santonello told the Board he had been in the industry in Colorado and was very familiar with all that it entails. He understands the ski economy as well as the resort industry and how they fit together and spoke of the future and visions which he and his team are seeing. He spoke very favorably of the employees at the Resort and how he sees those who wish, to be part of the team and accomplishing goals. He and the Board concurred that the Town and the Resort are quite reliant on each other and one’s success breeds success in the other. It is his intention to continue to foster and grow the relationship between the two. Chairman Bussiere thanked the gentlemen for coming and invited them to stop by any time.

Bonnie Moroney said she was here for the Planning Board to speak about the Building Inspector as they have had some issues. She said the Board has approved applications, some of which have conditions put on them, and they are not being followed up. She said when she was in Office they had spoken of replacing the current official and wanted to know where they are with this. She reiterated they need follow-through and specified the grill on Route 302 which had conditions with it. The Chairman said he had asked about that and was told all was okay. Mrs. Moroney mentioned one condition that the grill had to be fifty feet from the neighbor, and they aren’t sure that it is. And she said there were others, also. It was noted there need to be reports and other communications so everyone involved will know the status of projects, etc. Chairman Bussiere said he will speak with him about the importance of the conditions and compliance. He assured Mrs. Moroney he will look into this. She asked about Mr. Wiley who has expressed interest in the position and the Chairman said price was a big factor, in that his cost is about $7 or $8 more than budgeted for. He also said the Town allowed for 13 hours per week and the new proposal was for about 20 hours at the higher rate. Mrs. Moroney asked if anyone had spoken with the new prospect to ask if he could work within our current parameters. That has not happened, but the Board agreed it was a good idea and they would certainly approach it.

Lori Hogan asked to speak with the Board as having been a past Budget Committee member, she knows there has not been a wage survey since 2006, and she said she has seen a vast difference in wages with large increases for some employees and little or none for others. She spoke of two current employees and said one is for the summer only while the other is full time and part time person is at $14.50 per hour while the other is at $13.50 and questioned the difference. She said in the past an employee threatened to go elsewhere unless he got a raise and received $3 an hour; others just keep doing their jobs, don’t complain and are almost ignored. She said she believes employees are assets and the Town should consider this an opportunity to reward them and to keep them. Mrs. Hogan also said benefits package should not be considered part of the wages as they are in addition to wages and should be thought of more as a bonus. She suggested the Board could create a sub-committee to conduct the wage survey as she said she knows it’s a lot of work, having been involved in doing the last one. They should look at the position’s responsibilities, activity, danger, time, etc. and also consider longevity. This should further define the wage levels and steps, as well as a starting wage. The Board thanked Mrs. Hogan and said they will look into this and consider doing another survey.

The following items were approved and signed:

Application for FY 2017 Payment of State Water Grant – DES
Application for Reimbursement for Federal and State Forest Land – DRA
Water Warrant – Shree, LLC; Poggas; Cherry Mountain Resort, Inc.

Next were Follow-Up Items:

Building Inspector/Code Enforcement Officer – Selectman Scalley said he had texted Mr. Wiley
who is willing to meet with the Board if they wish. He also said he feels it’s a good idea to
to see if they can work something out with the money that we have left for this position.
Jeremy Oleson, Fire Chief, said he would like to be included in any discussion, to which the
Board agreed.
Structural Assessment of the Town Hall – Engineer is in hopes of a full report soon, he had been
out of the office for the birth of their new baby.
Town Hall Permit Application – Tabled until we hear about the assessment.
Building Permit Process – Table as this goes along with the Building Inspector item.
Employee Manual – Chairman Bussiere said this has been so long that he’s forgotten what the
outstanding items are and asked the Board to review for the next meeting. He said he
thought some of it might be with the disability insurance. The Secretary said at least some
of it was that along with sick time and the Board possibly picking and choosing who might
get additional sick time before the insurance takes effect.
Solid Waste Transportation Contract – Normandeau Trucking, Inc.
Solid Waste Disposal – Androscoggin Valley Regional Refuse Disposal District (AVRRDD)
Inasmuch as we have been unable to find a warrant article that gives authority for a non-
town-owned facility, the Board agreed to stay doing what we are until Town Meeting in
March.

Other:

Selectman Scalley said he appreciates what Lori brought and wanted to be sure she knows they listened. He said he disagrees about the benefits packages but does agree that we need to look at wages and the individual examples she pointed out.

Imre Szauter said he saw in the paper, as did others perhaps, that Lancaster has changed their street lights to LED. This totaled about 260 lights for a savings of about 63,000 kilowatt hours per year. He said he also read that Manchester, Allenstown, Franklin and Derry have done likewise for a big cost savings. Selectman Mycko said he has heard there have been a lot of complaints on the LED lights and that medical studies do show there are some negative effects. However, they agreed studies also show there are greatly increased longevity and less power consumption which are also highly important. Mr. Szauter said he thought it would be good to have more data to consider whether or not it would be worth following up.

Bonnie Moroney said, referring to the Building Inspector issue that maybe having someone fresh can improve the situation which we appear to have.

Chief Oleson said he wanted to call attention to the Board that any temporary structures/tents erected on Town property must be inspected by the Fire Chief – himself, and there is no charge for this. According to State Fire Marshall’s office, it is basically for anything 120 square feet or more but he feels 400 square feet is sufficient. It was first stated that anything which would hold 50 people or more but as discussion progressed it was asked how to guarantee the number of people before it’s too late and by consensus it was agreed they should go by the size of the tent, not the number of people. The Secretary assured Chief Oleson that the couple planning the wedding later this month have already been made aware of this requirement and will be contacting him.

Chairman Bussiere said they would be getting ready to do budgets and asked that all department heads and committee chairmen be asked to have their budgets in for the meeting on September 12, as they will review them in late September.

Chairman Bussiere said the next meetings will be Monday, August 15; Monday, August 29; and Monday, September 12 2016, at 7 p.m. The Secretary explained the reason for the meeting next week is because she will be out of the office the last two weeks of August and with the Labor Day Holiday coming we have to have two meetings back-to-back. By having them tonight and next week, it will circumvent Kelly having to do a second meeting while she is covering.

As there was no further business, the Board was polled to go into non-public session, per RSA 91-A-3 for personnel at 7:50 p.m. Chairman Bussiere, yes, Selectman Scalley, yes, Selectman Mycko, yes.

At the close of non-public session at 8:53 p.m., Chairman Bussiere moved to return to public session and seal the minutes from non-public session. Selectman Mycko seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

Selectman Scalley made a Motion to adjourn the meeting and Selectman Mycko seconded. The Motion passed unanimously. Chairman Bussiere declared the meeting ended at 8:55 p.m.

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