TOWN OF TUFTONBORO

MEETING OF THE SELECTMEN

Tuesday September 7, 2004

 

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*Accepted*  9-14-04

 

Selectmen present:  Susan Weeks, Bill Stockman and Chip Albee.

 

The Selectmen held a special meeting on Tuesday September 7th to open the sealed bids for the Town House renovation and the sale of town property in Hidden Valley.

 

At approximately 4:00 PM Chairman Weeks opened the one bid received for the town house. Architect Wes Flierl was in attendance. Paul Kimball of Kimball’s Lumber Center submitted a bid of $6,132.00. This amount added to the pre-selected and assigned sub-contract cost of $3,850.00 would total $9,982.00. Chairman Weeks will discuss this with the bidder as it is more than was budgeted.

 

At approximately 4:15 the bids for the sale of the town-owned property in Hidden Valley were opened. Selectman Stockman made a motion to accept the high bids on the following properties:

69-2-25   Lot 59   Heritage Drive                Candace Sharp                     $17,000.00

70-2-43   Lot F25   20 Valley Rd.                William Deterling                   $ 7,111.10

70-2-53   Lot F19   20 Aspen Dr.                J. R. Ames                             $ 4,529.00

70-2-73   Lot 64     12 Aspen Dr.                J. R. Ames                             $ 4,529.00

Seconded by Selectman Albee with all in favor.

 

At approximately 4:30 Selectmen met with Deputy Fire Chief Richard Piper. Mr. Piper reported that the department has been offered a Blackbird generator for cost ($3,500.00), which would be paid for by the Tuftonboro Firefighters Association. This generator would be installed on the F550 truck, Rescue 1. The company has offered to do this because they have not yet installed the generator on this type of truck. There will be no charge for installation. The vehicle would be out of service for no more than 2 weeks. The generator will not affect the operation of the truck. A motion to approve the purchase of the Blackbird generator by the Tuftonboro Firefighters Association was made by Selectman Stockman. Seconded by Selectman Albee with all in favor.

 

Chairman Weeks reported that she spoke to a Verizon representative regarding the bill received for additional charges related to the utility relocation at 19 Mile Beach. The charges for the 46.75 extra hours were due to the right-of-way issues with Poirier and Laase. Verizon backed off all the increases in rates from the time the job was originally quoted and wrote off over $13,000.00. The Town is responsible for $7,480.00.

 

Other items mentioned were:

  • Trash barrels will be removed from the beaches on Columbus Day at the earliest.
  • Selectman Albee referred two boats on the town beach on Cow Island to the Code Officer.
  • Need handicap signs for the election.
  • Police Dept. incidents are up about 25% over last year.

 

Joe Kowalski asked if it was assumed that the road agent would be the one to work on the island rubbish pickup day as it has to be provided for in the Solid Waste budget. Selectmen advised that if he was able to find someone to do it cheaper it would be fine with them.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 5:05 PM.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Carolyn Sundquist

Administrative Assistant