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Minutes of 12/05/2005
December 14th, 2005
Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
December 05, 2005
Board members present: Jay Ouellette, Allen Strasser, William Wright
The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m.
Members of the public present: Carmine Fabrizio, Ann Fabrizio, Eleanor Brauns, Roberta McGee, Bill Dowling, Jim Covey, Lisa Covey, Jeff Duncan, Dan Garneau, Sr., Tom Gately, Bill Rines, Evan Karpf
The board began with the approval of bills and signing of checks.
The minutes from 11/28 were amended to reflect the cost of overhead doors to be $2,500 each with a total cost installed of $5,000. Chairman Ouellette made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. The motion was seconded by Selectman Strasser and passed unanimously.
A supplemental warrant in the amount of $234.44 for water billing from the town clerk was read. Selectman Strasser made a motion to accept, it was seconded by Chairman Ouellette, and passed unanimously. The warrant was signed.
The Abatement List for taxes totaling $3,498.36 was read. Chairman Ouellette made a motion to accept, it was seconded by Selectman Strasser, and passed unanimously. The abatement was signed.
The Abatement List for Water in the amount of $279.63 was read. Chairman Ouellette made a motion to accept, it was seconded by Selectman Strasser, and passed unanimously. The abatement was signed.
Bill Rines was asked about progress on the overhead doors. He is expecting 3 quotes this week, and will work on the steps to the town hall this week.
Bill Dowling requested permission to hire a part time worker to fill in for Mike Meglin when he’s not here. There will be no extra payroll, as Mike does not get paid when he doesn’t work. A help wanted sign will be posted at the transfer station, town hall, fire station, and possibly on the town website.
Evan Karpf has donated a 2 ton electric jack to the town and asked if we could send him a letter acknowledging the donation. He also asked if, because water is shut off to the airport terminal building in the winter, it would lower his water bill. He was told that would make no difference in his billing.
A discussion on the status of using the water meters took place. The software must be installed and training done before they can be used. Bill Rines will contact Certified Computer Solutions.
Jeff Duncan raised questions on the ordinances defining use of building permits for alterations. Our permit applications state a permit is required only if the alteration is over 25% of value, and Jeff thought that a vote in 2003 made a permit mandatory for all alterations. Chairman Ouellette thought that permits were required for alteration of buildings on a foundation and at least 10’x10’. Bernie Waugh will be contacted to see if this is in place.
Bill Rines asked if the water hook-up fees will go into a special revenue account for water. In 2006 all funds will be segregated into a water enterprise fund. Bill Dowling raised questions about the savings account set up for the water department. The town records will be checked for a vote in the past authorizing this bank account. He seems to thing there was no such vote.
Jim Covey reported that the State Attorney General’s office is looking into the insurance liability issues associated with the town holding a permanent easement for a bike path. He is confident that we will be covered in the same way the snowmobile trails are. He also reported that 1 of the 6 abutters of the trail has given them a positive response; no word from the others.
At 7:23 p.m., as there was no additional business, Chairman Ouellette made a motion to go into executive session regarding town aid, which was seconded by Selectman Strasser. The motion passed unanimously.
At the close of executive session, Chairman Ouellette made a motion to return to public session and seal the minutes from executive session; which was seconded and the motion passed unanimously. A motion was made to adjourn for the evening, which was seconded, and passed unanimously.