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Minutes of 02/06/2006

February 14th, 2006


Carroll Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
February 06, 2006



Board members present: Jay Ouellette, Allen Strasser, William Wright

The meeting was called to order at 6:58 p.m.

Members of the public present: Roberta McGee, Bill Dowling, John Burt, Doug Bews, Carmine Fabrizio, Ann Fabrizio, Billy Rines, Jeff Duncan, Tom Gately, Dale Shakespeare

The board began with the approval of bills and signing of checks.

Selectman Strasser made a motion to approve the minutes from 01/30/2006. The motion was seconded by Selectman Wright and passed unanimously.

Bill Dowling reported that there is a bill in the NH House to surcharge towns $1.00/ton for trash. Fifty cents of that would go to the DES, and grants will be available to get the other fifty cents back. Also NCES has raised their tipping fees $2.37/ton. Mr. Dowling also reported that he has applied for a grant available for the purchase of storage trailers. This grant in the amount of $3,700.00 is through New Hampshire the Beautiful, and the cost to purchase trailers is $1,500.00 each. We have 9 months to make purchases.

There were no bids to purchase the Atwood Intruder office trailer that is no longer used at the recycling center, but Mr. Dowling has someone who is willing to take it. A bill of sale in the amount of $1.00 will be filled out for this sale.

Billy Rines reported that he has put up No Thru Traffic and Slow, Children Playing signs on both ends of Parker Road. As far as creating a dead end on the Parker Road Extension, it would probably mean getting additional land to create a turnaround for plowing and emergency vehicles. For the present we’ll have to see how the new signs work, and possibly put speed bumps in for the summer. The turnaround possibilities will be explored. Roberta McGee also asked that we check on the schedule for a police vehicle to follow the 2 school buses that travel Parker Road, as they don’t seem to follow the buses as they have in the past.

Partial water abatements for John Deery in the amounts of $173.62 and $226.74 were presented for approval. Chairman Ouellette moved to sign the abatements, Selectman Strasser, seconded, and the motion passes unanimously. The abatements were signed.

An application from the Twin Mountain Christian Academy for use of the town gym was read. Chairman Ouellette moved to sign the permit application, Selectman Strasser, seconded, and the motion passes unanimously. The permit was signed.

Bid Proposals for monitoring groundwater at the closed landfill in 2006 were opened next. Horizons Engineering submitted a bid for $2,000.00 plus a 2% communication fee. Provan & Lorber’s bid was for $2,350.00 plus a 2% communication fee. The selectmen will read details and award the contract after that.

A letter was read from John Wyman regarding the water situation at his home on Harmony Hill Road. He has water pressure problems and wants to replace the line at the same time that the town replaces its line on the street. Billy Rines said they could not get to that project and will not be able to do anything now until spring. He will call Mr. Wyman.

Doug Bews read several portions of an old newspaper article regarding Jay Ouellette’s statements before a planning board hearing. The article stated that he told the board he was not running a construction business from his Rte. 115 business location. He had purchased a dump truck and loader along with a trailer to move the equipment, but they were for his own use. They were not ordinarily for hire, he is not in the general contracting business, Jerry Warren used them for one time only, and he planned to sell the 3 pieces of equipment. Mr. Bews then stated that he was here to publicly call Mr. Ouellette a liar. He produced a Chamber of Commerce publication from June 2005 that listed services offered by Bumper to Bumper and Jay Ouellette. The brochure mentions various auto related services, and finished with snow and earth moving and excavation services. Mr. Ouellette said he had not lied, he is not in the contracting business. Mr. Bews again refuted this claim.

Dale Shakespeare came before the board to ask what the selectmen can do to improve the business atmosphere in town. He feels there’s nothing positive going on, and the town is in a dying mode. He feels Bretton Woods has been given rights that have caused the business strip in Twin Mountain to die. Chairman Ouellette stated that Bretton Woods created a Master Plan years ago that predicted the kind of development that has taken place. He feels tourism has dropped recently, and Twin Mountain is not a destination except for Bretton Woods and Mt. Washington. And of course the recent weather has not helped.

Billy Rines came before the board for approval to buy a computer for the water and highway departments. The approximate $1600.00 cost is in his budget, and a computer will greatly aid in things like mapping town water lines, flow rate checks, and GPS readings for shutoffs. Everything is done by hand now, and this will make for better records. Bill Wright’s question about available time for computer work led to a discussion of when Michael Fahey might return to work. The office needs to determine the current status of his claim.

At 7:40 PM, as there was no additional business, Selectman Wright made a motion to go into executive session regarding legal matters, which was seconded by Chairman Ouellette. The motion passed unanimously.

At the close of executive session, Selectman Wright made a motion to return to public session and seal the minutes from executive session; Chairman Ouellette seconded and the motion passed unanimously. At 7:55 PM a motion was made to adjourn for the evening, which was seconded, and passed unanimously.