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Minutes of 6/17/2019
June 25th, 2019
Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
June 17, 2019
“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 Kirsten T. Hodgdon, Secretary
Board Members present: Bonnie J. Moroney, David A. Scalley, Robert W. Gauthier, Jr.
Members of the Public present: Mike Gooden, Imre Szauter, Jeremy Oleson, Greg Hogan, Tadd Bailey, Annette Marquis, Kelly Trammell, Michael Hogan, Dianne Hogan, Chris Pappas, Judy Pappas, Jason Sullivan, Jon Swan, Rena Vecchio
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairwoman Moroney.
Pledge of Allegiance.
The Chair announced the approval and signing of the manifests.
Selectman Scalley made a Motion to: Approve the minutes of June 3, 2019. Selectman Gauthier seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.
The Board asked for an update on the new buildings and Imre Szauter stated things are moving along. The Building Committee Task Force met last Wednesday and the process for permitting has begun. The Task Force will meet again on Wednesday.
The Board asked the Land Use Secretary to reach out to NH Municipal regarding the construction of the new town buildings and if they needed to go to the Planning Board for Site Plan Review. Chairwoman Moroney read RSA 674:54 as provided by NH Municipal. It was confirmed that they may hold a public hearing but one is not necessary.
It was Selectmen Scalley’s opinion that no public hearing is necessary. Jeremy Oleson stated there is no real need to hold the hearing as there is no change in zoning or setbacks occurring. Selectman Scalley was in agreeance.
Selectman Gauthier made a Motion to: not conduct a public hearing relative to the proposed governmental use of the new town buildings. Chairwoman Moroney seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.
Jon Swan gave a presentation on “Saving Forest Lake”. Mr. Swan talked about Casella proposing a landfill into Dalton and the impact it would have on surrounding towns. Even though the landfill would not directly affect the Town of Carroll, he believes that the town would see an increase of about 100 trucks per day passing through. He also wanted to let the Town that they should have been sent a development of regional impact letter from North Country Council and it had not been done. He stated we are not a direct abutter so they don’t legally have to notify the Town. He asked that the Town contact them and the Dalton Planning Board to let them know that Carroll had not been contacted. The Select Board thanked him for his time.
Annette Marquis, an employee of Casella at their Bethlehem location, spoke but stated she was not there on behalf of Casella and was speaking on her own fruition. She stated that she believes Mr. Swan is stating inaccurate facts at multiple events that she has heard him speak at and she just wants to make sure people have the correct knowledge. She also wanted the Town to understand that soon the state of New Hampshire will likely be in a waste crisis.
She believes that saying 100 trucks would start passing through is a fallacy. She stated that she looked at a very busy day from a few weeks ago and a total of 40 different vehicles did 78 transactions and of those 40 vehicles only 28 were tractor trailers. She also believes that the way he is saying the water flows from the landfill is inaccurate and that no contamination has occurred from the Bethlehem landfill. She stated if he was going to talk about things that cause contamination, he should look into how some of the camps on Forest Lake dispose of sewage.
Mrs. Marquis stated that the landfill in Lebanon is closing for all construction debris and Berlin is no longer taking new customers. There could soon be just one or two landfills left in the entire state. Maine, Vermont and Massachusetts have closed their landfills to all other states but all that waste is still going to need to go somewhere. She feels this is going to cause a waste crisis.
Tadd Bailey asked what percentage of trash comes to the Bethlehem landfill from out-of-state and she stated for the month of May, 28%. Michael Hogan stated that he did not think that one day of numbers was enough evidence for her findings and that when a new landfill opens it will be heavily advertised so it could likely bring more clients. Mrs. Marquis said she understood where Mr. Hogan was coming from but she feels that the number she provided is accurate based on her research of the landfill in Bethlehem and her experience in seeing much large landfills. Mr. Hogan did however agree that there is a waste crisis happening.
Kelly Trammell came to the Board to ask permission to contact Title Pro to do a title search to determine who owns 2 parcels of land. The State of NH is listed as the owner for Tax Map 407 Lots 49 & 50 and the State is saying they no longer own these parcels. This came to light when the State was contacted about Tax Map 407 Parcel 48. The Board unanimously agreed that Title company should be contacted to determine the corrects owners, especially for tax purposes.
The following items were approved and signed:
Amended Water Policy
Water Warrant – Smith; Carlson; Hinds; Malu, LLC.
Application for Reimbursement (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) for Federal & State Forested Land – DRA
Follow Up:
Land Use/Departmental Communications – Selectman Scalley stated he met with Rena Vecchio after the last meeting to discuss communications going forward. It was agreed upon that they will meet each week. Chairwoman Moroney also updated Mrs. Vecchio at the Planning Board meeting, as she is the Selectmen’s Representative, about making sure the Board is aware of any projects that will pertain to the Town water as they are also the Water Commission.
Mrs. Vecchio stated that’s why she was in attendance. She let the Board know that Echo Lake will be coming to the Planning Board in July with a proposed subdivision and for site plan review. The Board asked her to get the estimated water usage per day for both of these from the engineer. This information will then be shared with Greg Hogan to send to the Dufresne Group for them to verify if the Town will be able to handle the proposed capacity.
This sparked discussion from Michael Hogan that the Town should really look into a Capital Improvement Plan because he believes an additional water tower is going to be needed in the future.
Other:
Tadd Bailey just wanted to let the Board know that he has reached out to the State in regards to the safety issue at the intersection of Route 3 and Route 302 when the power is out. He stated he is shocked that an accident hasn’t occurred yet and it trying to make sure one does not happen in the future. The State says they won’t send anyone to direct traffic until the power has been out for 4 hours minimum and suggested the Town supply a generator to run the lights when the power is out. He said he will keep the Board updated as to what else the State suggests to keep the intersection safe during power outages.
Chairwoman Moroney said the next Selectmen’s Meeting will be Monday, July 1, 2019, at 7:00 p.m. at the Town Hall.
As there was no further business, the Board was polled and went into non-public session, per RSA 91-A-3 for Legal at 8:05 p.m. Chairwoman Moroney, yes; Selectman Scalley, yes; Selectman Gauthier, yes.
At the close of non-public session at 9:50 p.m., Selectman Gauthier moved to return to public session and seal the minutes from non-public session. Selectman Scalley seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.
There being no further discussion, Selectmen Gauthier made a Motion to adjourn the meeting. Chairwoman Moroney seconded and the Motion passed unanimously. Chairwoman Moroney declared the meeting ended at 9:51 p.m.