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December 7th, 2006
Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
December 4, 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, Allen Strasser, Bonnie Moroney
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 PM.
Members of the public present: Roberta McGee, Tom Gately, Evan Karpf, John Trammell, Kelly Trammell, Joan Karpf, Dale Shakespeare, Harold Garneau, Doug Bews
The board announced the approval of bills and signing of checks.
Selectman Moroney moved to approve the minutes of the meeting on 11/27/06. Selectman Strasser seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously.
Selectman Strasser reported that Town Counsel has rendered an opinion on the charging of false alarm fees, and there is no provision in state law for charging such fees. Thus, there will be no such billing of false alarm fees in the Town of Carroll
The next two items on the agenda were tabled until we can get an opinion from Bernie Waugh on the wording and legality of these two items: warrant article for benefits on a second firefighter, and warrant article for restricting funds for water line expansion.
The selectmen voted to support the petition warrant article presented by the Conservation Committee last week. Then Joan Karpf gave them a list of which kinds of articles require or don’t require selectmen review. The selectmen will review this list. Selectman Strasser moved to have the selectmen do a final review of all warrant articles prior to the January Budget Committee Public Hearing. Chairman Wright seconded the motion, and it passed unanimously
The following documents were approved and signed by the selectmen:
Water Warrant - McPhee
Water Abatement - Jenness
Current Use Tax Warrant - McPhee
The following requests for a warrant article for financial support in 2007 were approved by the selectmen:
CASA - $500. This group is a non-profit that provides advocacy in the court system for abused and neglected children.
Caleb Group - $1,650. This group provides care and support for the elderly, infirm, and homebound citizens of Twin Mountain and surrounding towns.
Twin Mountain Bretton Woods Chamber of Commerce - $8,000. Funds will be used for the Information Booth and to promote the Town of Carroll.
Dale Shakespeare expressed the opinion that these requesters should be coming to the meeting to justify the amounts requested. Selectman Moroney explained that in the past the Budget Committee has asked them to come before the committee.
The secretary reported that she had discussed the transfer of funds from the Water Department Savings Account with our auditor, Karen Carew. At the present time the General Fund has paid for 2007 Water Department expense in the amount of $88,825.26. Selectman Strasser moved to transfer that amount from the savings account to the general fund account. Chairman Wright seconded the motion, and it was passed unanimously.
Evan Karpf reported he’d inspected the Bretton Woods Irving Station septic system and written a letter of deficiency to the state. He also reported he’d given a verbal warning to the Connells - that the property needed to be cleaned up. Selectman Moroney asked if someone were to observe unsafe or unclean conditions in a home, would they report them to the Health Officer, and was told that would be proper.
Chairman Wright read the Notice of Order from the Public Utilities Commission regarding the Rosebrook Water Company, and their petition to transfer stock from the MWH to BW Land Holdings, LLC. Selectman Strasser expressed an interest in finding out about the payments that were made to Rosebrook by the town, and those that should have been made by MWH, and has asked Bernie Waugh if we should be represented at the hearing on December 12. Selectman Strasser asked that a letter be written by the town authorizing him to appear at the hearing on the 12th. Tom Gately asked why Crawford’s Purchase and Bethlehem were not contributing to Rosebrook Water, and asked Selectman Strasser to bring this up to the PUC. Mr. Shakespeare questioned if there were another attorney who could possibly represent the Town of Carroll, and Selectman Strasser related some of the reasons the town had hired him. Atty. Waugh worked for the LGC and wrote many of their legal guidelines. He is an expert in town affairs.
Dr. Karpf explained that they had hired an RF engineer for the Verizon hearing, but as he could not attend a December 7 meeting, the hearing has been postponed to Tuesday, December 19.
In response to Mr. Shakespeasre’s questions about the view tax, Selectman Strasser stated that the contract with Commerford Nieder Perkins specifically addresses the issue of having comparable sales to justify property assessments.
Selectman Strasser asked that the secretary notify Billy Rines and Mark Fuller of the Rosebrook Water Company that the selectmen would be meeting as water commissioners on December 18 at 7:30 pm., and would the two men please attend.
At 8:00 PM, as there was no additional business, Chairman Wright declared the meeting ended.