TOWN OF TUFTONBORO
Selectmen present: Susan Weeks, Bill Stockman and Chip Albee.
Selectmen reviewed mail, which included: Building Permit for Peter Zalanskas; Plumbing Permits for Jeremy Schutz, Grant & Cynthia Withers; Property Transfers from Estate of Gudrun Hanington to Lake Corner LLC, Hertel Family Trust to Amanda & Scott Fernandez; Approval for Construction for Karla/Michael Danais, Edward Shapiro; NH DES Notice of Administrative Completeness for J. W. Marriott Jr. & David & Carrie Marriott, J. W. Marriott Jr.; NH DES Notice of Invalid Permit by Notification for Philip Borrelli; Subdivision Plan for Donald Cope; Parks & Rec 1/27/05 Agenda and minutes for 1/13/05; NRRA notice of fee increase Empire Recycling; Primex request for participation in phone survey; Budget Committee Notice of 2/8/05 Public Hearing; ZBA Notice of Decision – Hersey appeal granted; Notice of LRHHPF 2/24/05 meeting; Letter from Gary Chehames re: Wage & Salary Charts; Legislative Bulletin #4; Coalition Communities; Adelphia notice of rate increase; US Bankruptcy Court Notice of Continuation for Adelphia; MRI notice of roundtable discussion re: new service; Assessor’s Exchange; Road Business; Moultonborough ZBA notice of public hearing; Certificates of training for Shagoury, Sheehy.
Minutes: The Selectmen’s meeting minutes of 1-18-05 were approved as corrected.
Items for Signature: Primex Schedule of Exposures; Timber Tax Warrant for Sauve; Acceptance and Payment Request Form; Intent to Cut for Adjutant/Hersey; Intent to Cut Martin.
At approximately 6:30 Selectmen met with David Hynes of the NHDRA for a pre-assessment review meeting. Mr. Hynes explained the process for the Town’s assessment review scheduled for this year. In addition to the revaluation, which is already in progress with no problems to date, Mr. Hynes will be checking various areas to verify compliance with state statutes. It includes a sample of elderly and blind exemptions, veteran’s credits and current use for proper documentation. All persons receiving these credits or exemptions will have to requalify. In addition the tax maps will be checked to make sure they are updated yearly. Mr. Hynes will send a packet of samples with guidelines. Mr. Hynes suggested that the exemptions for elderly and blind should be adjusted according to the increase in assessments. The qualifications should also be adjusted. A warrant article would be needed this year due to the revaluation.
At approximately 7:05 Selectmen met with Ann Hackl regarding the Cheney Farm Easement. Ms. Hackl presented the easement with the changes highlighted as proposed by counsel and Mr. Cheney. A discussion ensued after which it was decided to look over the changes and meet again on Thursday January 27th at 8 am to discuss further.
Ray Barron introduced himself to the Selectmen. Mr. Barron is the logger for the Martin Intent to Cut. Selectmen approved the Intent and gave Mr. Barron his copy.
At approximately 7:40 Selectmen met with Skip Hurt regarding the petitioned warrant article he had submitted. After checking the signatures it was found that two were not registered voters. This made the petition invalid. Mr. Hurt submitted an additional signature this afternoon and it is unclear if this would make it a valid petition. Chairman Weeks had drafted a replacement warrant article instead. A lengthy discussion ensued. The Selectmen decided to review the issue and will meet again next Monday with Mr. Hurt.
At approximately 8:30 Selectmen met with Fire Chief Adam Thompson. The Chief reported that the trees that had been removed from around the Mirror Lake station will now cost the town $1600.00. It was originally thought the job would be done for free but it turned out to be more difficult than anticipated. The fireboat needs to have the deep gouges in the bottom repaired at a cost of $1900.00. The damage was discovered when the boat was in for maintenance. The Selectmen signed the appointments for fire warden, deputy wardens and permit issuing agents.
Chairman Weeks advised that the Personnel Committee is looking for members. Several names had been suggested. The committee still has to come up with a wage scale.
The Selectmen approved and signed the following:
The Selectmen asked for additional clarification before signing the Primex Schedule of Exposures.
Chairman Weeks reported that the Boy Scouts did some cleaning up at the Town House and plan to remove the old voting booths.
The following budgets were reviewed and will be presented to the Budget Committee:
The following items were approved for warrant articles and will be presented to the Budget Committee:
The meeting was adjourned at 10:30 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Carolyn Sundquist
Administrative Assistant