Selectmen's Minutes
December 8, 2008
Present: Jim Trudell, Elaine Sherry, Steve Moscicki, Donna Clark, Celine Presby
6:00pm Chairman Trudell called the meeting to order.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifest for Dec 8th 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 $159,033.15 in the WGSB checking account, $8,911.65 in the NHDIP fund and $6,280.13 in the Laconia Bank savings account.
- Both Tax Anticipation Notes were paid in full last week. The Treasurer will move $80,000.00 from the checking account to the NHDIP fund which has a higher interest rate.
- Presby asked Clark to follow up on an outstanding check.
- Presby and Clark will draft a Treasurer's Investment Policy similar to the one prepared by the Trustees of the Trust Funds last year.
Committee Reports & Needs:
The Board approved a purchase order for NE Truck Tire for $1368.56 for tires for the Sterling truck.
Permits and Applications:
The following was approved:
- Supplemental Intent to Cut for Chocorua Forest Lands for Map 49 Lot 9
The Town received a copy of a NH Dept of Environmental Services Shoreland Permit Application for Michael & Lisa Donovan for Map 172 Lot 74 from Presby Construction Inc. No action is required by the Board.
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for Dec 1st were reviewed. Moscicki motioned to approve the minutes as written, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
Old Business:
- Regarding current zoning violations, excess vehicles are being removed from a Lyman Rd property as promised and the mortgage company now owning a Wilderness Acres property acknowledged responsibility for cleaning up the violations they inherited.
- Sherry advised that the NIMSCAST survey meeting has been rescheduled for Dec 17th at 2:00pm at her house. Paul Hatch from the State and former Lyman EMD Sandi Moscicki will attend. The State has insisted that the Town of Lyman does not have an approved Emergency Operations Plan on file which makes the Town ineligible for some grants. Ms. Moscicki located documentation from the State of NH acknowledging receipt of the Town of Lyman's Emergency Operating Plan in 2004.
- Town Counsel's response to the Planning Board's request for confirmation of the discontinuance of the so-called Bowles Rd was read.
New Business:
- The Board discussed an incident that took place on the upper portion of Hunt's Mountain Rd over the weekend. Apparently someone's navigation system suggested that as the best route to Monroe! Road Agent Smith will put up a "Pass at Your Own Risk" sign for the Class VI portion of that road.
- A letter requesting information on outdoor lighting for the main Town Hall parking lot will be sent to PSNH.
- The 2008 budget-to-date was reviewed and found to be in line for this time of year. After a lengthy discussion, the Board created a purchase order for Grainger for $3,070 for 80 folding chairs and 2 chair racks for the Town Hall. Several of the old folding wooden benches are falling apart and they are heavy to set up and take down for voting and meetings. The benches that are still in good shape will be moved to the Grange Hall in hopes that the upstairs of that building may once again be used for Town functions some day.
- NH DOT will not start major repairs on the Salmon Hole Bridge until spring. Poles have been erected for some sort of lighting, and the State will be asked to leave at least one of them in place after the project is completed to help illuminate and bring attention to the Lyman Road/Route 302 intersection.
- In addition to an investment policy, Clark and the Board will create and/or update other financial policies such as purchasing, fraud, credit cards, cash receipts, etc.
- The Board reviewed and signed the annual Safety Policy Statement.
- Per Assessor Phil Bodwell's recommendation, the Selectmen granted a 2008 property tax abatement to Peter and Anne Debye for Map 69 Lot 32 due to a valuation that was increased in error.
Trudell motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:40 pm, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, Dec 15th, at 6:00 pm.
