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Minutes of 11/01/2010

November 7th, 2010

Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
November 1, 2010

"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 Maryclare Quigley, Secretary

Board members present: Bonnie Moroney, Mark Catalano

The public meeting was called to order at 7:02 PM by Selectman Moroney

Members of the public present: Miriam O’Neil, Roberta McGee, Bill Dowling, Linda Dowling, Ike Ikasalo, Frank Maturo, Joan Karpf, Evan Karpf, Edith Tucker, Ann Fabrizio, Carmine Fabrizio, Mike Gooden, Scott Sonia, John Trammell, Kelly Trammell, Bill Smalley, Tom Gately, Donna Foster, Devyn Hogan, Lori Hogan

Pledge of Allegiance

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

Selectman Moroney made a Motion to: Accept the minutes for October 25, 2010 as written. Selectman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

Acting Chairman Moroney read the following statement: “This meeting is being taped by a private citizen and is not done under the auspices of the town and is not an official record of the town.”
Bill Dowling presented three articles for the warrant. The first for “Tipping”:
“To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate $14,000.00 (Fourteen Thousand Dollars) for the 2011 tipping of bulky waster and construction debris, the removal of tires, Freon, propane tanks, electronics, florescent light bulbs, aluminum cans, and antifreeze, container lease, equipment repair and equipment purchase and further to authorize the withdrawal as needed from the Recycling Equipment Special Revenue Fund established at the 2001 Town Meeting for this purpose. No money will be raised from new taxation.”
Mr. Dowling asked that the phrase “aluminum cans” be removed as they will not be included. He went on to say that he was including repair and purchase of equipment, including supplies for the same. Selectman Moroney questioned if supplies should come under this and Mr. Dowling said the Fund covers these. He went on to say he has removed the line items for equipment repair and equipment purchase from his budget. His line for tires is also at zero as the amount he has had in there is actually for the container that holds the tires and should be in the container lease line. He stated these are all funded through fees at the Transfer Station.
The second article is for monitoring the old landfill. “To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $8,736.00 (Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty Six Dollars) for ground-water monitoring of the old landfill. $2,798.25 (Two Thousand Seven Hundred Ninety Eight Dollars and Twenty Five Cents) to pay for the engineer to take samples, produce reports and send the results to the Town and State. $5,937.75 (Five Thousand Nine Hundred Thirty Seven Dollars and Seventy Five Cents) to pay the laboratory fees to process the samples. The total amount to come from the existing Landfill Closure Trust Fund established for this purpose. This warrant article will not require new taxation.”
Mr. Dowling said we are required by the State to monitor this for a minimum of thirty years, and this year we are exempt from the test for dioxin as that has been below levels for a while.
The third article is for maintenance of the old landfill. “To see if the Town will vote to raise and appropriate the sum of $1,000.00 (One Thousand Dollars) for maintenance of the old landfill. This includes needs for actual physical maintenance, engineering and overseer expenses. The appropriation will come from the Landfill Closure Capital Reserve Fund established for this purpose. No money will be raised from new taxation.”
Mr. Dowling said this is to keep the brush down and keep it so that if the land is needed for storage or such, it will be available. Around $900 was spent in 2010.
Selectman Moroney asked about an article for household hazardous waste. Mr. Dowling explained he was going to ask if they wanted to do it again this year – he was over budget last year around $400. He split the setup cost with Lancaster and their residents went to their own Station and Carroll residents came to ours. There were eighteen participants in Carroll which was up from previous years. Mr. Dowling said we were in with other towns in previous years and North Country Council had received grants from the State, which helped to keep our costs down. However, there are no more grants, so we have to fund the whole amount. He said he would do a warrant article for $1,500.00 and set it up if that’s what is wanted. As everyone agreed it is the right thing to do, an article will be written for $1,500. He stated that he, Anita Davis and Greg Hogan had been to a seminar in Lancaster for their licenses and it was confirmed that the State has no money for grants. He said he offered the gym here for seminars and classes, as may be needed. It was discussed if it would be worth going in with another town for the waste collection day. Mr. Dowling said he would talk with Jimmy in Whitefield. Mr. Dowling finished by saying that he has been continuing his research into consolidation and that he found the hourly rate is much higher than he had thought. He will be going to a meeting in Stewartstown and will report afterward. It was asked if he had enough storage space if prices went down again and he was confident that he did. It was asked if the County is involved in this and he said it is not.
Selectman Moroney made a Motion to: Accept the three Warrant Articles, with the correction in the one for tipping. Selectman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.
Lori Hogan, Chairman of the Budget Committee, presented the results of the survey done by the Committee in the summer. She said the Committee was very happy with the response which was about 24% from residents and 6% from non-residents. The compilation is organized as Graphs of Results; Summary of Results; Detailed Comments; Questions w/Answers – All; Questions w/Answers – Residents. Mrs. Hogan gave a brief synopsis and presented the Board with several bound copies as well as an unbound one for making more copies. These are available for anyone to review at Town Hall during Office hours. Mrs. Hogan thanked all who helped on the survey which she said included some who were not on the Budget Committee. It was asked if it could be put on the town website and this will be checked on.
The following items were approved and signed:

Town Hall Use Permit Application – Police Dept., McCann
Oath of Office – Erik Bergum
Water Warrant – Wright, Simmons
Water Abatement – Hogan (Police Dept.), Wheeler

In Other Business, the Workers Compensation renewal application for next year was presented. After discussion and considering signing, it was decided to look at prices from other companies. Selectman Catalano made a Motion to: Table the signing, Selectman Moroney seconded, and the Motion passed unanimously.

The medical/dental policy was next and questioned if it had gone out for bid. Selectman Moroney explained it had been researched in great detail a year ago, but not this year. Selectman Catalano made a Motion to: Table this until we can get other numbers, Selectman Moroney seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

Linda Dowling asked for a key to the Town Hall for the filming crew. They need to get into the building forty five minutes before a meeting to set up. The Selectmen said she could have one.

Mike Gooden said the Cemetery Committee had found a stone for the Crawford Cemetery and asked for permission for the Town crew and equipment to move it for them. After a little confusion it was realized it is one to be inscribed with the name of the cemetery and located at the entrance. It is at the Rines pit. Selectman Moroney made a Motion to: Allow the Highway crew and equipment to move the stone. Selectman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

As there was no further business, Selectman Moroney declared the meeting ended at 8:08 p.m. and moved to go into Non-Public Session for Personnel Matters and Town Aid. The Board was polled and went into Non-Public Session.

At the close of Non-Public Session, Selectman Moroney moved to return to Public Session and seal the minutes from Non-Public Session. Selectman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed unanimously.

There being no further discussion, Selectman Moroney made a Motion to: adjourn the meeting. Selectman Catalano seconded and the Motion passed unanimously. Selectman Moroney declared the meeting ended at 10:45 p.m. The next meeting will be Monday, November 8, 2010.

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