Selectmen's Minutes
March 12, 2007
Present: Steve Moscicki, Jim Trudell, Elaine Sherry, Donna Clark, Celine Presby
6:00 pm Chairman Moscicki called the meeting to order.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifest was authorized and new invoices for future payment were reviewed and initialed.
Treasurer's Report:
The Treasurer's Report was read showing a balance of $49,464.48 in the checking account, $97,683.90 in the NHDIP fund, $24,013.81 in the Laconia Bank savings account, and $430.16 in the Dodge Pond Dam Preservation account.
Committee Reports and Needs:
- Art Wessels gave his monthly update on the highway department. Road ban signs were posted on all Town roads as of Mar 5th. Road Weight Limit Notices have been hung at the Town Hall as required and Road Ban Permits may be obtained from the Road Agent.
- Potential sources for gravel for 2007 road work were discussed.
- Town Clerk Carol Messner received a pole license petition from Verizon and PSNH for one new utility pole on Under the Mountain Road. Before that petition is signed, the Board asked Clark to send both companies another copy of the Town's Utility Pole Policy which requires that they consult with the Road Agent regarding suitable pole placement. In addition, no new poles will be allowed until the situation on Skinny Ridge Road where they attempted to install 10 replacement poles without a license or any notice to the Town is resolved.
Permits and Applications:
The following were approved:
- Building Permit for a new home for Fred & Deborah Saucier on Map 69-11
- Supplemental Intent to Cut for Leonard Labbay on Map 51-58
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for Mar 5th were reviewed. Trudell motioned to approve the minutes as written, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
Correspondence:
- Legislative Bulletin #11 was distributed to the Board.
- A notification letter from NHDES regarding the Brooks property on Skinny Ridge Road was read.
- Clark advised the Board she had received an e-mail from one of the Caswelll Road abutters regarding discontinuing the road. With advice from Town counsel, his questions were answered.
- A letter from Stan Borkowski to Scott Baker regarding the Ogontz Hall project was reviewed, along with a letter from Mr. Baker to the Town outlining the scope of construction for Phases I, II and III
- Sherry received a stack of "Preparing for an Emergency: The Smart Thing To Do" flyers from North Country Health Consortium that will be made available at Town Meeting and perhaps inserted in the remaining Annual Reports.
Old Business:
- The Board reviewed all information on the budget and warrant articles to be presented at Town Meeting Mar 13th, including a proposal from the Lisbon Life Squad (as requested by a voter at the budget hearing) for $6,110 for 2007 coverage. Lyman currently contracts with Ross Ambulance only.
- Sherry met with Mary Ruppert and Paul Hatch to work on the Emergency Preparedness Plan last week. The State cannot locate Lyman's original plan on file, even though everyone involved is sure that the plan was signed and sent in 2003. Without a current plan, which needs to be reviewed and re-signed annually, Lyman will not receive State funding for emergency planning. It will take a minimum of five months to complete an updated plan, with help and guidance from the State. A dam safety plan is also required. Their next meeting is scheduled for April 5th.
New Business:
- The Board discussed the Lyman news included in the last few Courier Round-Ups. The attempt to summarize two week's worth of minutes into a few sentences has recently resulted in incorrect or misleading information that people reading the paper believe to be accurate. Since the official minutes are now available weekly on the website, Moscicki made a motion to request that the Courier no longer include Lyman in the "Municipal Round-Up", 2nd by Sherry, all voted in favor.
- Joe Aldrich will soon begin the process required to expand his gravel pit operation in 2007.
Trudell motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:55 pm, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 19th, at 6:00 pm.
Town Meeting Day is tomorrow, March 13th. The polls are open from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm and the Annual Town Meeting starts at 7:00 pm.
