TOWN OF TUFTONBORO
MEETING OF THE SELECTMEN
Monday April 12, 2004
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*Accepted* 4-19-04
Selectmen present: Susan Weeks, Bill Stockman and Chip Albee.
Selectmen reviewed mail, which included:
Building Permit for Jon Hanson, Chad & Laura Morin, Fred & Mary Beth
Hertel, Ernest Perkins; Electrical Permit for Lindsey & Pamela Hall, Judith
& Bhupendra Khetani, Lenore Neuberger; Property Transfer from Richard C.
Posik, Jr. to Donna L. Richardson & Noble Preston; Notice of Administrative
Completeness for Jay Seaton, Swansburg Family Trust; Memo re: lifeguards; Memo
re: UNH presentation; Coalition Communities;
HealthTrust Slice of Life; Business Review; NH Animal Fighting Task Force
information; GWRSD presentation re: No Child Left Behind; The NH Civil Engineer;
Carroll County Annual Report 2003; Notice of Supplemental Budget Hearing for
Carroll County; Notice of Final Meeting/Hearing for Beckett; Legislative
Bulletin #15; NH Healthy Kids Progress Report.
Items for Signature: Timber Tax Warrant for
Chocorua Forestlands, Bense (2), Cubeddu; Excavation Warrant for Sargent,
Hammer, Holmberg, Fair; Letters to Nyberg, Purvis & Assoc., Earls, Nieder,
Perkins, LLC and Vision Appraisal Technology; Receipt Acknowledgement for NH
Electric Coop; Intent to Cut for Hodgdon.
Minutes:
The Selectmen’s meeting minutes for 4-5-04 were accepted.
At approximately 6:30
Selectmen met with Gary Roberge of Avitar Associates. Mr. Roberge brought the
revaluation contract for signature. He submitted his 2003 audit for review by
the Selectmen pending receipt of a letter of financial stability. Before
signing the Selectmen discussed the issue of 2 approved subdivisions (Hackl and Whitten Brook) in current use and presently
billed under one parcel number. The Selectmen and Mr. Roberge agreed that these
properties would not add to the overage and would be counted as 2 parcels. The
Selectmen and Mr. Roberge signed the contract. Mr. Roberge will send a copy to
the DRA and then a meeting will be set up between Mr. Roberge, Dave Hynes from
DRA, the Selectmen and the Administrative Assistant to go over the process. Mr.
Roberge said he would send a list of extra features that should be considered.
He advised it is generally better to pick up everything and determine value
later. No features are allowed to be eliminated globally. The Selectmen thanked
Mr. Roberge for his time.
At approximately 6:45
Selectmen met with Pat Mancuso who was representing the PTCO at Tuftonboro
School. He presented a proposal for
a 20x40 hopscotch and jump rope pad for approval by
the Selectmen, as the town owns the land. It would be situated by the entrance
on the right hand side of the shrubs and level with the parking lot. Chairman
Weeks asked for additional information regarding the slope and a revised
drawing and would also like to make a site visit. Mr. Mancuso agreed to get the
additional information requested and would have the site staked.
At approximately 6:55
Selectmen met with Fred Sargent. Mr. Sargent reported that the front loader was
delivered last week. New employee, Paul Palmer, started work last Wednesday.
Joe Kowalski advised he is still working on the stumps and brush and should
have a report ready in a couple of weeks. Selectman Stockman advised he had
walked the closed landfill site and found very little erosion. Tom Sweeney will
be contacted to see if there is a final inspection date.
Chairman Weeks said she has rethought the issue of the
agreement with Gerald Holmberg. She feels that Mr. Holmberg should have his
lawyer draw up the agreement not town counsel. Chairman Weeks will contact Mr.
Holmberg.
At approximately 7:05
Selectmen met with Fire Chief Adam Thompson and TFA president Lloyd Wood. Mr.
Wood submitted a report on the Firefighters Association and again thanked the
town for its support. The Association’s main issue this year will be house
numbers. It was unclear if there is an ordinance for mandatory compliance.
Chief Thompson reported 55 fire, 23 medical and 8 service
calls for a total of 86 so far this year. The Chief reported on the fire on Whortleberry
Island on Wednesday. One house was
lost and 4 acres were burned. A total of 11 lots were affected with 40-45
firefighters on the scene. An airboat was borrowed from West Ossipee
to get men and equipment to the island. The grant the department has submitted
would be for an eighteen-foot airboat, which is slightly larger than the
borrowed boat. The new fire truck has been ordered and is due 270 days
from April 9th. The department has been contacted by Parks and Rec
to help with the ice rink. The Mirror
Lake station also had the satellite
training installed and will evaluate the product. The information requested by
Selectman Albee is taking much longer than anticipated to put together but
should be available soon.
Selectman Stockman asked if there was any merit in
re-instituting the alternating Selectmen’s meetings. The Selectmen used to meet
mornings and nights every other meeting. After some discussion it was decided
that the morning meeting is not a good idea since attendance has been much
greater at the night meetings.
Resident Bruce Piggot had some questions for the Selectmen
on the budget.
Selectman Albee said he spoke to Scott Carr at the Sheriffs
Department about doing contract work for the town in the event a fourth officer
is not hired by the summer season. He said this might be an option for coverage
of vacations, sick time, etc. Chief Shagoury will look into it.
Suggestions for revising the Nineteen
Mile Bay
parking permits and procedures were submitted. Selectmen will discuss next
week.
Fran Laase said that there is a lot of debris in the water
at Nineteen Mile
Bay and wanted to know what can be
done about it. It is apparently a bob house that broke apart. Chief Shagoury
will be asked to contact Fish and Game.
Selectmen signed the following:
- Timber
Tax Warrant
- Excavation
Tax Warrant
- Intent
to Cut for Hodgdon
- Letters
to Vision, Nyberg, Puvis and Earls, Neider
- NHEC
Receipt Acknowledgement
Selectmen briefly discussed excavation pits and the need for
closure plans.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15
PM.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carolyn Sundquist
Administrative Assistant