TOWN OF TUFTONBORO

MEETING OF THE SELECTMEN

Monday May 8, 2006

 

*Accepted* 5-15-06

 

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

 

Selectmen reviewed mail, which included: Building Permits for Donald Wright, John & Linda Zimmer, Margaret Hall, Carol Zimmerman, Kevin Smart, Steve Ross; Electrical Permit for Frederick Hayes, Ben Doliber, John Malinick, William Frago; Plumbing Permit for Frago; Approval for Construction for David Donnelly, Marilyn Barba; Property Transfers from Edwina Palm to Trust, Roger & Edwina Palm to Trust, Judith Crouse to Trust, Robert & Ethyle Sperry to Trust, David Wright Trust to John Wilkins Trust; Subdivision for Todd & Celeste Pollini; Copy of response to David Dietz re: Cheney easement; Police Department Press Release; Standard Dredge & Fill for Donald Cooley; Training Certificates for Andrew Shagoury, Thomas Lafavre, Jamie-Lynn Sheehy; Memo re: Abatement total; Memo re: 3rd grade visit; NRRA membership; Primex PrimeTimes Newsletter; Chamber News; LGC Coordinator Connection; NH Civil Engineer; Healthy Kids Progress Report; Employment Security Quarterly; Business Review; Memo re: Avitar Current Use Maps.

 

Minutes: The Selectmen’s meeting minutes of 5/1/06 were approved as corrected. The non-public minutes of 5/1/06 were approved as written.

 

Items for Signature:  Intent to Cut for Bense; Intent to Cut for Ram Properties Limited Partnership; Intent to Excavate for Mary Jane Sargent; Intent to Excavate for Fred Sargent; Abatements for Gillette, Kennedy, Lemay, Snow; Application for Current Use for Kelly; Pike Industries Contract; Abatement for John Hersey; Abatement for Dorothea Forbes.

 

Chairman Albee called the meeting to order at 9:00 am.  The first order of business was review of the minutes. Chairman Albee made several corrections. Selectman Weeks made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected. Seconded by Chairman Albee with all in favor. Selectman Weeks made a motion to accept the non-public minutes as written. Seconded by Chairman Albee with all in favor.

 

Selectman Weeks reported on several items:

·        The speed limit issue brought up by Mr. Roessiger last week had been discussed with Chief Shagoury. As all of Tuftonboro town roads are 35 MPH or lower and Route 171 from Tuftonboro Corner to Water Village is 35 MPH the general consensus is that there is no need to change the speed limit. It was also noted that Ledge Hill Road is a heavily populated road.

·        The tentative walk around at the Transfer Station did not take place. Chairman Albee said he would contact Jay Poulin to schedule.

·        As a follow-up to last week’s non-public session the Selectmen made an offer for a full time Town Administrator and Code Officer position but it was turned down. Former Code Officer Ted Wright was contacted and he agreed to fill in until the Code Officer position is filled. He has scheduled office hours on Thursday from 8 am to 4 pm. Lane Evans will still be doing inspections. Mr. Wright said he was also willing to stay on through the training of the new code officer as none of the candidates have the planning and zoning experience.

 

Selectman approved and signed the following:

  • Building Permit for Donald Wright
  • Intent to Cut for Bense
  • Intent to Excavate for Fred Sargent
  • Intent to Excavate for Mary Jane Sargent
  • Abatement of penalties for Gillette, Kennedy, Lemay, Snow
  • Application for Current Use for Kelly
  • Pike Industries Contract
  • Abatement for Forbes
  • Abatement for Hersey

 

The Selectmen also re-reviewed the abatement request for Quinby, which had been denied last week, and since the reduction was not related to the frontage the abatement was granted.

 

The Selectmen approved and signed the Intent to Cut for RAM Properties Limited Partnership, without a bond, but disagreed with Timber Tax Appraiser Dennis Thorell in that the Selectmen could require a bond to be posted.

 

Chairman Albee announced that as of this date the town had reduced values due to abatements by $3,086,500.00.

 

At approximately 9:15 Selectmen met with Loren Martin and Gary Roberge from Avitar to discuss the upcoming BTLA Show Cause Hearing scheduled for May 11th. The hearing was scheduled because of a property owner petition asking to have the reval redone. Ms. Martin said she had problems with the report done by the state in which sales after 4/1/05 were used and that there was more opinion than fact. She said it would be unlikely that the board would order another reval. Mr. Roberge stated that the board can do whatever they feel would resolve the issue. The hearing is somewhat informal and everyone would be given an opportunity to speak. The board’s intention is to understand what is good and what is bad about the process. It is the subjective portions that are being questioned and not the methodology. Mr. Roberge stated that they had to value every property in town whether or not there were sales to compare and the process to do that has to be and was applied consistently and equitably. Ms. Martin said she would review the updated current use maps but it could not be done for the first bill and that the Selectmen were not remiss in replying or cooperating with Avitar in providing the necessary information. Mr. Roberge apologized if the Selectmen had gotten that impression, as it was not their intention.

 

The Selectmen discussed the new requirement for haulers to have a contract with the town before bringing trash to the Transfer Station with Supervisor Fred Sargent. Mr. Sargent had some issues with the wording and felt that any contractor doing business in town should be subject to the same rules. The Selectmen agreed and asked Mr. Sargent to supply a list of names so that notice could be sent. They also asked to post notification at the Transfer Station of the new requirement. Selectman Weeks said that it is a very basic and simple agreement and it was not meant to be obstructive and that it is the Transfer Station’s responsibility to allow or not allow the dumping of trash. It was reported that there was no building activity at the site last week. The Selectmen said they would draft a notice to be put at the Transfer Station.

 

The public meeting was adjourned at 9:55.

 

At approximately 10:30 Selectman Weeks made a motion to go into non-public session pursuant to RSA 91-A: 3 II (b) to discuss personnel issues and RSA 91-A: 3 II (d) land acquisition. Chairman Albee seconded the motion. Roll call: Chairman Albee – yes, Selectman Weeks – yes, Selectman Stockman – yes.

 

 

Respectfully Submitted,

Carolyn Sundquist

Administrative Assistant