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Minutes of 12/12/2005
December 20th, 2005
CARROLL BOARD OF SELECTMEN
MEETING MINUTES
DECEMBER 12, 2005
Chairman Ouellette called the meeting to order at 7:03. The board began with the approval of bills and signing of checks. Selectman Strasser made a motion to approve the minutes from 12/5/2005 as amended, which was seconded by Chairman Wright. The motion passed unanimously.
Presentation by Paul Bussiere: Mr. Bussiere came before the board to state that Mr. Jim Early had expressed an interest to become a permanent member of the zoning board of appeals, effective 1/12/2005; and the board has agreed as it is looking for additional members. Mr. Early is a resident of Bretton Woods and is formerly from Bedford, MA
Bid from Commerford Nieder Perkins for Assessing Services: Seletman Strasser informed the board and the public on the Board of Selectmen’s process on deciding on a contractor for assessing services. MRI requested all the data determined by Avitar, which could not be provided given the current circumstances. Therefore, the board selected Commerfod Nieder Perkins; with an addendum to the contract that was read into the record by Selectman Strasser. This addendum applied additional conditions onto the original contract. Key conditions include: that the records are the property of the town, that the contractor must defend sales rations/values, imposed deadlines on the resolution of disputes to assessments, that the contractor will only use View Factor necessary and reasonable, and that fairness will be used when assessing like units, overall costs will remain reasonably close to contract. The total cost of the contract will be $94K for four years.
Mr. Evan Karpf asked whether the software will belong to the town at the end of the year; according to Selectman Strasser the town can purchase it for $3500. Mr. Karpf stressed that the town should see that the software is updated before it is purchased.
Chairman Ouellette made a motion to sign the contract, which was seconded by Selectman Wright, the motion passed unanimously. The board signed the contract, with Secretary Lindsay Straw signing as a Witness.
Abatements: The Board was presented with two requests for abatements from the Town Tax Collector, for Howard Hoffman and Roger Gorbich. After discussion on the abatements, Chairman Ouellette made a motion to sign the abatements which was seconded by Selectmen Strasser, which passed unanimously. The board signed the abatements.
Contract from LCG Health Trust for Employee Benefits: The selectmen reviewed a contract submitted from the Local Government Center Healthtrust for renewal of town employee benefits. Chairman Ouellette made a motion sign the contract, which was seconded by Selectman Strasser. The motion passed unanimously.
Warrant Articles:
The board discussed a warrant article formulated by the Planning Board to create a OHRV ordinance, which would impose restrictions on OHRVs in Residential areas, in districts Res 1 and Res 2 to be exact.
Intent to Cut:
The board was presented with an Intent to Cut form from Bruce Turcotte. After reviewing the form, Chairman Ouellette made a motion to sign the form, which was seconded by Selectman Strasser. The motion passed unanimously and the form was signed.
Presentation by Evan Karpf
Re-Classification:
Evan Karpf, from the Planning Board, made a request for the Board to authorize a request to the NHDES for reclassification of the wellhead protection zone from GA to GA1. This would restrict storage of salt, snow, hazardous waste, chemicals, and auto salvage. This proposed zone would be along certain areas of Route 3. In response to Selectman Strasser’s question as to what are the Board is seeking protection for this area as a wellhead protection when in fact it is not, Mr. Karpf said it is to prevent contamination of wellheads along the aquifer.
Mr. Doug Bews made a presentation against the proposed reclassification. He stressed the need to first determine the location of the aquifer, to formulate an agreement with neighboring communities, and to create restrictions that are no determined by a geopolitical map. He then expressed concern over the control that the town would lose over reclassifying these areas. Chairman Ouellete stressed the need to determine the flow of the aquifer before discussing reclassification. He also expressed the concern that this restriction would have over developing areas. The Fire Chief also expressed the need for the board to understand the location of the aquifer before reclassification, as there currently is development there.
Mr. Karpf said that he would address those concerns before the public hearing on 1/17/2005.
Airport Ordinance:
Mr. Karpf informed the board of an airport ordinance approved by the Planning board that would impose specific height restrictions on buildings surrounding the airport. Many towns impose zones around private and public airports. This can serve as protection for both the airport and residents.
Old Business
Jeff Duncan informed the Board that Comcast will be giving the town of Littleton $3500 as a part of the contract negotiation; and asked whether, since Littleton helped negotiate the Town’s contract, whether the town would receive any of those funds. In addition, he mentioned that the Company has given free or reduced cable to Fire and Police Stations, as well as municipal facilities. The board directed the Secretary to look into this matter.
As there was no additional business, Chairman Ouellette made a motion to go into executive session, 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. The selectmen signed a warrant for water tax abatements. A motion was made to adjourn for the evening, which was seconded, and passed unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Lindsay Straw
Secretary to the Selectmen