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Minutes of 11/06/2006

November 8th, 2006

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
November 6, 2006
"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.

Board members present: Bill Wright, Bonnie Moroney

The meeting was called to order at 7:02 PM.

Members of the public present: Roberta McGee, Tadd Bailey, Tom Gately, Doug Bews, Evan Karpf, John Goodney, Ann Fabrizio, Carmine Fabrizio, Eleanor Brauns, John Trammell, Kelly Trammell, Bill Smalley, Rick Brown, Jeff Duncan, Billy Rines

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

Selectman Moroney moved to approve the minutes of the meeting on 10/30/06. Chairman Wright seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously.

The first order of business was for the selectmen to sign the certificate of appointment of John Trammell as Chief of Police.

Selectman Moroney said she had spoken with Kim Hallquist of the Local Government Center at one of her meetings recently, and they normally do not recommend that a town give up land or roads, but in this instance the town has a couple things to consider. If we sold a portion of the old road, it would mean the town would not have to maintain this road, and Mr. Foster’s properties would be more valuable to him and to the town’s tax rolls if he had one large parcel to sell. Billy Rines said we’d need a 25 ft. easement or right of way to get to our water line, and Mr. Foster has indicated he would include that in the deed. Mr. Rines said we need to determine if the road was deeded to the town by the state when the new bridge went in, and it was suggested we call the DOT for copies of any documents they may have. Mr. Rines has a copy of the deed for Fieldstone Lane that came from the state. A motion was made by Selectman Moroney to table the discussion again pending further information. It was seconded by Chairman Wright and passed unanimously.

Evan Karpf said we’ve received an email from the attorney representing Verizon requesting we indicate a location on town hall property for possible use for the cell tower. Chairman Wright mentioned 2 possibilities and he and Dr. Karpf will take a look at both of them. The town has said they’d like an independent opinion from a Radio Frequency Engineer on suitability of site location, and as such will probably have to pay for the service, though that is being researched. Dr. Karpf recommended the name of any engineer hired to not be disclosed to Verizon. The fact that we’re looking for alternative sites does not mean that the original site has been eliminated.

The following documents were approved and signed by the selectmen.

Water Warrant … $599.13 Various
Yield Tax Certificate … $193.80 SDS Logging
Water Abatement - $73.28 Ascenion

The subject of billing for Fire Department costs for excessive false alarm calls was brought to the LGC for an opinion, and they could not find RSA’s that either enabled or prohibited the practice. The attorney said many towns do bill for false alarms, but recommended we speak to Town Counsel before we start this practice. A motion was passed to have the secretary contact Bernie Waugh.

The secretary went through various options offered by LGC Healthtrust for Anthem Blue Cross insurance. We currently have the most comprehensive coverage available and there are three options available with higher copays and deductibles, all with lower premiums. These need to be studied by the selectmen, and the secretary will contact Harvard Pilgrim to see if they offer coverage in this area.

John Goodney will contact the state Emergency Management representative to schedule a meeting with selectmen and department heads on either November 13 or 27 at 6 pm.

We received a quote from Elizabeth Sobliros owner of Tempermental’s Cleaning service for cleaning the town hall and police/fire station. Chairman Wright moved to accept the bid of $205 per week, Selectman Moroney seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously.

In answer to when the second half of our donation to the North Country Home & Health would be made, the secretary said it would be early December.

Bill Smalley asked the status of the Haverstick situation. It was reported that a Notice of Violation was served by the police on Friday, ordering Mr. Haverstick to vacate the premises within 48 hours. Stan Borkowski tried to reach Susan Lavin, the property owner earlier in the day, but no one was home on either of his visits. Rick Brown reported Mr. Haverstick was still in the trailer the evening before and made it known that he wasn’t leaving. The secretary reported that Ms. Lavin had called the town hall last week and was told that the trailer being used as a residence was a violation of the zoning ordinance. Ms. Lavin volunteered that the trailer had been there for 7-8 months, and she didn’t think it was a problem. After discussion of possible next steps, it was voted to have the secretary call Town Counsel to see what should be done next. Officer Brown said there were also health issues on the property that can’t be seen from the road. There is junk everywhere, school buses, campers, some of it rotting into the ground up there; most of it has been there for years.

At 7:40 PM, as there was no additional business, Chairman Wright declared the meeting ended,
and moved to go into executive session regarding personnel matters. This was seconded by Selectman Moroney. The board was polled, and went into executive session.

At the close of executive session, Chairman Wright made a motion to return to public session and seal the minutes from executive session; Selectman Moroney seconded and the motion passed unanimously.

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