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Minutes of 01/08/2007

January 12th, 2007

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
January 8, 2007
"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 7:04 PM.

Members of the public present: Roberta McGee, Eleanor Brauns, Evan Karpf, Joan Karpf, Harold Garneau, Bill Smalley, Doug Bews, Scott Sonia, John Goodney, Billy Rines, Mike Gooden, John Trammell, Dale Shakespeare, Claire Gritzer, Tom Gately.

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

Selectman Strasser moved to approve the minutes of 12/18/2006. Selectman Moroney seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously.

Selectman Strasser moved to approve the minutes of 01/02/2007. Selectman Moroney seconded, and the motion was passed unanimously.

The weekly report from Stan Borkowski has been posted on the bulletin board.

An email from Mike Brunetti of Celebration Associates to Selectman Strasser was read by the secretary. This message was one of appreciation for the help given by Stan Borkowski and Jeff Duncan during the permitting and building process of the Hobbit building and the BW Motor Lodge. Copies will be put in the two men’s files.

Chairman Wright announced that he would not be running for re-election in March. He said after 30 years, he would give someone else a chance. People voiced appreciation for his years of service.

It was reported that Scott Sonia will be attending a 4 day course in Manchester that will certify him to be a Backflow Prevention Device Inspector. The class will be held February 5-8, 2007, at a cost of $630.00

John Trammell submitted two new forms to be used by the Police Department. One is for tracking overtime hours, and the other is a Detail Payment Authorization Form outlining charges and time worked for outside details should they occur. Selectman Strasser moved to approve the forms, Chairman Wright seconded the motion, and it was passed unanimously.

The following documents were approved and signed.

Water Warrant …amp;quot; Drummond $328.00
Water Abatement …amp;quot; D’Urso $164.98
Yield Tax Warrant …amp;quot; Graf $151.28
Cartographics letter approving new street names …amp;quot; Mt. Adams Rd., Mt. Madison Lane, change layout of Hartford Lane, all in Bretton Woods
Updated Chapter 1 of the Town of Carroll Procedures Manual

A petition warrant article for $80,000 to pay for design engineering for a Police/Fire Station on town property, and a Bretton Woods Fire substation on property provided by Celebration/CNL Corporation was approved for selectmen recommendation. The Building Committee determined the Mooseland property was not large enough, and no decision has been made on which of two Bretton Woods properties proposed would be used. The next committee meeting will be January 24th at the fire station.

A warrant article to raise $23,000 for payroll taxes and benefits associated with hiring a second fireman was discussed along with the petition article previously recommended by the selectmen. Selectman Strasser said hiring another man meant spending approximately $56,000 per year, and he felt it was a year or two early. We have hired 3 new people in 3 years, and the property valuations are not going up fast enough to support adding another employee, even though the base salary of up to $33,000 would be coming from the Ambulance Special Revenue Fund. Selectman Strasser moved to not recommend the petition article funding the base salary for a new firefighter. Chairman Wright seconded the motion. The motion was passed on a 2-1 vote, Selectman Moroney voting nay. Selectman Strasser then moved to not recommend the article to raise funds for taxes and benefits for the above firefighter. Chairman Wright seconded the motion. The motion was passed on a 2-1 vote, Selectman Moroney voting nay.

All warrant articles previously reviewed were reviewed again for recommendation by the selectmen, and a copy of the revised articles is attached. Changes made are noted below.

The article changing the name and purpose of the Ambulance Special Revenue is not subject to recommendation by the selectmen, and their previous recommendation was thus removed. Also the statement that this article requires a two thirds majority was erroneous, and it has been removed.

The article to raise $40,000 for road maintenance was removed due to the Budget Committee’s having added the $40,000 to their operating budget line item.

The article placing recurring additions to Capital Reserve Funds was amended to add the normal $15,000 addition to the Municipal Truck CRF. This brings the total being transferred into CRF’s to $86,000.

A motion was passed to amend the article for a Town Administrator to add that the $60,000 would include payroll taxes as well as fringe benefits such as medical and dental insurance and retirement. Chairman Wright moved to recommend the article, Selectman Moroney seconded the motion, and it was passed 2-1, Selectman Strasser voting nay. He said he’d decided it was too soon to hire an administrator; that he was basing it on the recommendation of MRI in 2005 that there was not enough work for a full time administrator, and that we needed to complete our organization of procedures first.

The article to adopt the state building codes and future updates was removed from the warrant. Selectman Strasser said that in talking with Mr. Borkowski it was noted that adopting these codes would not necessarily improve our ISO rating for insurance, and that enforcement would be very difficult. There are also controversial areas in front of the legislature, and we’ll wait to see how things settle. Also Bernie Waugh has recommended we not adopt these codes. We don’t want to approve what we don’t know yet. A motion was also passed to remove from an earlier selectmen vote the provision to adopt any future updates to the state building code.

While the recommendation remained for the petition article for a new dump truck, questions were asked and answered about the need for a new truck. Billy Rines said the old trucks were a 2001 F350 1 Ton, and a 2003 GMC 8500. The new 1Ton will be slightly larger to accommodate a sanding bed and give them another smaller truck for the 3 men to use. He said they plow in excess of 22 miles of road, 46 miles round trip, and it takes approximately 4 hours.

Another article whose recommendation remained but drew serious discussion was the request for $2,000 for the White Mountain Regional Airport. Joan Karpf said we already pay into the airport via state and federal taxes, and wanted to know why we should be giving more money from the town. Selectman Strasser said we cannot be represented on the airport commission board because we don’t contribute. He also stated the airport was a benefit to the Mt. Washington resort owners and guests. He said the only reason the G8 conference was not held at the hotel was because the airport facilities were not adequate. Dr. Karpf reported that Whitefield residents were complaining that the airport did not really benefit the community; that there was some benefit for the Mountain View Grand, but not the local businesses. He also said that if they succeed in lengthening their runway to allow for larger airplanes, it will get a lot noisier.

A warrant article was presented and approved to expand the purpose of the Special Revenue Fund created in 2006 and known as the Planning Revenue Fund (copy attached).

An article to increase the amount of money for water line expansion in Twin Mountain and Bretton Woods (raising the hydrant fees to reflect the current number of hydrants) was discussed. In 2007, at $500 per hydrant, this would have increased the appropriation from $43,500 to $65,000. In light of the decision at the last meeting to not go for expansion on Lennon Road, the selectmen voted to not place the increased funding on the warrant.

A petition warrant article asking the Town to support actions to address the issue of climate changes that affect the Town and its residents was accepted and read by the selectmen. No recommendation is needed from them.

Claire Gritzer said she’d heard people on Lennon Road had been promised water for a long time, and Mr. Rines said initially the water expansion was to have three phases. The first phase was done in town, the second phase was Blueberry Hill, which was started but not completed due to lack of funds, and the third phase was to be Lennon Road and Route 115. Selectman Strasser said they just didn’t have enough information to approve asking for a bond issue this year. He suggested that once we have new water rates, we form a committee to research participation from Lennon Road residents, and perhaps have a meeting with Lennon Road residents and the selectmen.

Dr. Karpf said he’d heard that Doug Bews had filed suit against the town, and he was wondering if the attorney fees would be paid by the town. He was told that the insurance company would be providing the attorney.

Ms. Karpf asked if the selectmen had received a copy of the monitoring report on conservation land owned in town. They had received a copy.

At 8:20 PM, as there was no additional business, Chairman Wright declared the meeting ended, and moved to go into executive session regarding Town Aid. 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.

Selectman Moroney presented a letter from Hoyle Tanner & Associates outlining the engineering study phase of replacing the Old Town Road Bridge over the Ammonoosuc. Selectman Strasser moved to authorize Selectman Moroney’s signing the agreement with Hoyle Tanner. Chairman Wright seconded the motion, and it was passed unanimously.

At 8:35 PM, as there was no additional business, Chairman Wright declared the meeting ended.

WARRANT ARTICLES

Are you in favor of increasing the Board of Selectmen to 5 members?
Per RSA 41:8-b Petition Article

To see if the Town will vote to change the name of the fund created in 2003, warrant article 20, from Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus and Equipment Special Revenue Fund to Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus, Equipment, and Personnel Special Revenue Fund. Also to expand the purpose of the fund to be expended for Fire Department and Ambulance apparatus, equipment, and personnel. Petition Article

To see if the Town will vote to return one hundred percent of the ambulance billing monies to the Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus, Equipment, and Personnel Special Revenue Fund and, with the additional revenue, vote to expend the sum of up to Thirty Three Thousand Dollars ($33,000) as a base salary to add an additional full time Firefighter/EMT. This article will be funded hereafter by the regular operating budget with an annual amount of up to Thirty Three Thousand Dollars ($33,000) from the Fire Department Ambulance Apparatus, Equipment and Personnel Special Revenue Fund used to offset the cost of the employee. All unexpended base salary monies from the Special Revenue fund are to revert back to the Special Revenue fund at the end of the year. This warrant article is contingent upon passage of the associated warrant article. Petition Article

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifteen Thousand Dollars ($15,000) to replace the existing 1997 fire department pick-up. The full amount is to be taken from the Fire Department and Ambulance Apparatus and Equipment Special Revenue Fund. No money to be raised from new taxation. Petition Article - Recommended by the Selectmen.

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum Ten Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($10,500) for the purchase of two digital in-car surveillance systems. One to be placed in each of the two (2) police cruisers. In-car surveillance systems have become widely used and assist with containing town liability and with court prosecution of violators. The Police Department will be seeking a grant reimbursement through New Hampshire Highway Safety Agency of up to Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000). Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Twenty Four Thousand Dollars ($24,000) to purchase a new police cruiser. The full amount is to be taken from the Police Cruiser Capital Reserve Fund. No money to be raised from new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) to be placed in the Landfill Closure Capital Reserve Fund established for that purpose. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000) to The Town Safety Complex and Town Offices Capital Reserve Fund established in 2006 for the construction of a new Safety Complex, Offices, Library, and Historical Society. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Sixty Five Thousand Dollars ($65,000) for design engineering for the replacement of the Old Town Road Bridge over the Ammonoosuc River (NHDOT Bridge No. 143/051), a Town-owned and maintained bridge with critical deficiencies and limited loading capacity. The Town will be reimbursed 80% (up to $52,000) of the actual engineering costs by the NH Department of Transportation (NHDOT) through the NHDOT Municipal Managed Bridge Aid Program. The remaining 20% of the costs (up to $13,000) shall be funded by the Town through the Bridge Capital Reserve Fund. This is a non-lapsing appropriation per RSA 32:7, VI. (Majority Vote Required). Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eighty Thousand Dollars ($80,000). Said monies to used to pay for a detailed design engineering plan for a new Police/Fire Public Safety Complex to be built on the Town Property next to the Carroll Town Hall, and a Bretton Woods Fire Substation to be built on properties provided by CNL Corporation. Petition Article …amp;quot; Recommended by the Selectmen


To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the following sums to be placed in the Capital Reserve Funds as listed:

Municipal Truck CRF $15,000
Police Cruiser CRF $12,000
Fire Truck and Equipment CRF $10,000
Highway equipment CRF $10,000
Emergency Van CRF $5,000
Land and Buildings CRF $30,000
Computer Technology CRF $2,000
Library Improvement CRF $2,000

Total to be appropriated to the CRF is Eighty Six Thousand Dollars ($86,000). Recommended by the Selectmen



To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Sixty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) for a full time administrator to supervise the operation of the Town on a daily basis. Said job description to be published by the final budget hearing. The $60,000 includes payroll taxes and all fringe benefits including medical, dental and retirement. Recommended by the Selectmen 2-1

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000) to hire a part time planner to assist the planning board in the rewriting of the zoning ordinance as it applies to development in Twin Mountain and the changes in the state construction codes for the entire town. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) for the 2007 tipping of bulky waste and construction debris and the removal of tires, freon, propane tanks, electronics, florescent light bulbs, antifreeze. The appropriation will be from March 2007 through March 2008. This appropriation will be raised from the Recycling Special Revenue Fund established at the 2001 Town Meeting for this purpose. No money will be raised from new taxation. Recommended by the Selectmen.

To see if the town will vote to place all monies raised by the Transfer Station into the Recycling Special Revenue Fund set up at the 2001 Town Meeting for that purpose. Recommended by the Selectmen.

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the amount of Fifty Three Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($53,500) to purchase a dump truck with a plow, strobe lights, spare tire, and a new two-way radio. The funding will be taken from the following accounts: Petition Article …amp;quot; Recommended by the Selectmen

$33,000 from the Municipal Truck Capital Reserve Fund
10,000 from the Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund
$10,500 from the 2007 Transfer Station Budget


To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Three Thousand Three Hundred Dollars ($3,300) to purchase a replacement snowplow. The funding will be taken from the Highway Equipment Capital Reserve Fund. Petition Article …amp;quot; Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town of Carroll will transfer to John and Donna Foster the land that was Old Route 3 and is now called Riverside Drive to be added to taxable property. The land will start from the bottom of the entrance, by the gas pumps, and include that portion of Riverside Drive toward the house and the buffer on Route 3 side where the sign now stands.

Also, that portion of land between the store and the house that was the entrance to the old bridge that was abandoned by the town prior to 1972. This portion has not been used or maintained for over 20 years. In accordance with RSA 231:43 discontinuance of a municipal road is returned to the abutters.

This will return the land to the tax roles and eliminate the need for town maintenance. All fees with a minimum of $1,000.00 to be paid by John and Donna Foster, and full access rights to the town water line and junction (as requested) will be placed in the deed. Recommended by the Selectmen.



To see if the Town will raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) to be used by the Selectmen for congratulations, sick, bereavement, and other condolences to Town employees or Town Volunteers. The maximum for any one person is One Hundred Dollars ($100) per year. Said line item to be labeled “Good and Welfare”. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to expand the purpose the Special Revenue Fund created in 2006 and known as the Planning Revenue Fund, per RSA 31:95-c. This fund was established to collect and segregate all building permit fees and inspection fees from the general fund. Said fees will be used exclusively to fund the Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, Zoning Enforcement Officer duties and contribute the remainder, if any, at the end of the year toward the expansion of the water lines along public roads in the town for fire protection. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to authorize the Board of Selectmen to enter into one or more agreements to lease town-owned property for longer than one year to one or more providers of wireless communication services for the purpose of installing and operating wireless communications facilities thereon. The commencement date(s) and terms of such lease agreements to be negotiated and agreed upon by the Board of Selectmen in the exercise of their reasonable discretion. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to authorize the conservation commission to retain the unexpended portion of its 2007 appropriations as authorized by RSA 36-A:5, said funds to be placed in a conservation fund account held by the municipal treasurer. RSA 41:29. Petition Article - Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred Six Dollars and Twenty Five Cents ($906.25) to contribute to the regional Household Hazardous Waste Collection Program. The Program will provide residents access to a Household Hazardous Waste collection of household generated hazardous waste such as oil based paints, paint thinner, solvents, pesticides, gasoline and household cleaners. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Nine Hundred Four Dollars ($904) as the Town's contribution to the Northern Human Services - White Mountain Mental Health and Common Ground, a non-profit mental health and development service center. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Seven Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750) for the support of preventative and primary health care services of Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, Inc. in the fiscal year 2007 for the residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Thousand Dollars ($8,000) and turn over such monies to the Twin Mountain Bretton Woods Chamber of Commerce. Monies are used for the staffing of the Information Booth and the continued beautification of our Town. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) to the Coalition Communities in Portsmouth, New Hampshire consisting of 34 towns to represent the Town of Carroll in a solution to our educational funding crisis by opposing the establishment of donor towns and keeping the statewide property tax so that it can be used locally to fund our own education assessment from the White Mountain Regional School District. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) to contribute for the operations budget of the White Mountain Regional Airport.
The airport has obtained over $2,000,000 in federal money to extend and resurface the runway, and the Town of Carroll benefits from this airport due to Mt Washington Hotel guests and executives using the Airport. Recommended by the Selectmen

To raise and appropriate the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000) to donate to the Tyler Blain House, Lancaster, NH, one of the only homeless shelters in northern NH. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town of Carroll will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand One Hundred Dollars ($1,100) payable to Littleton Regional Hospital, to help offset the cost of charity care and community benefit programs that Littleton Hospital provides, such as the paramedic intercept program, “Care-A-Van” patient transport services, and community health education programs. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($1,650) for the Caleb Group Interfaith Volunteer Caregiver Program that serves the needs of elderly people in the community. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety Seven Dollars ($1,797) payable to North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency, Inc for the support of the home health care, supportive care, medical hospice and community health programs and services of North Country Home Health & Hospice Agency, Inc. and Hospice of the Littleton Area in the fiscal year 2007 for the residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Five Hundred Dollars ($500) payable to CASA of NH to provide advocacy in the court system for abused and neglected children in Coos County. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars ($800) for the Tri County Community Action Program for such service to the Town as fuel assistance, food pantry and commodity food, and information assistance for the elderly, disabled and low-income residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1,000) and turn over such monies to the Weeks Medical Center - Home Health & Hospice Services. The monies are used to provide home health care services to the residents of Carroll. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate Two Hundred Fifty Dollars ($250) for the American Red Cross. Recommended by the Selectmen

To see if the Town will go on record in support of effective actions by the President and the Congress to address the issue of climate change which is increasingly harmful to the environment and economy of New Hampshire and to the future well being of the people of Carroll.

These actions include:

1. Establishment of a national program requiring reductions of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions while protecting the U.S. economy.

2. Creation of a major national research initiative to foster rapid development of sustainable energy technologies thereby stimulating new jobs and investment.

In addition, the Town of Carroll encourages New Hampshire citizens to work for emission reductions within their communities, and we ask our Selectmen to consider the appointment of a voluntary energy committee to recommend local steps to save energy and reduce emissions.

The record of the vote on this article shall be transmitted to the New Hampshire Congressional Delegation, to the President of the United States, and to declared candidates for those offices. Petition Article

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