Selectmen's Minutes
August 24, 2009
Present: Jim Trudell (arrived at 7:15pm), Elaine Sherry, Steve Moscicki, Donna Clark, Celine Presby
6:00 pm Acting Chairman Moscicki called the meeting to order.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifests for Aug 17th and 24th were authorized and new invoices for future payment were reviewed and initialed.
Treasurer's Report:
- The Treasurer's Report was read showing a balance of $137,675.52 in the WGSB checking account, $29,176.45 in the NHPDIP fund and $6,290.55 in the Laconia Bank savings account. Moscicki motioned to approve the treasurer's report as written, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
- The Board also signed papers for the additional $100,000 tax anticipation note with WGSB at 1.75% interest that was approved at the last meeting.
Committee Reports & Needs:
- Clark updated the Board on highway department issues on Tom Smith's behalf. Crushing and hauling of gravel from Aldrich's pit to Brook Rd, Under the Mountain Rd and Moulton Hill Rd will begin tomorrow. The following purchase orders were approved: Bryon & Roberta Aldrich for $3,500.00 for up to 1,000 additional yds of gravel; Chief Logging & Construction for $3,550.00 for crushing & loading up to 1,000 additional yds of gravel; Achilles Trucking for $3,750.00 for hauling gravel; Steven Santy for $3,500.00 for hauling gravel; Tyler Zambon for $2,700.00 for roadside mowing; and P&S Equipment for $800.00 for a replacement chain saw. Selectman Sherry will contact a property owner who calls the highway garage frequently to report minor road issues and has called Smith at home about non-emergencies as the Selectmen and most residents are very pleased with the maintenance of the town roads.
- Town Clerk/Tax Collector Carol Messner will be on vacation the week of Aug 30th. Deputy Cindy Schieman will cover her regularly scheduled hours.
- Animal Control Officer Mike Slavtcheff returned the Civil Forfeiture Warrant showing one dog owner receiving a summons.
- At the Cemetery Committee's request, the Selectmen signed deeds for two lots in Center Cemetery.
Permits and Applications:
The following were approved:
- Building Permit for Luigi Desimone for garage for Map 51 Lot 84
- Pistol Permit for Allen J Corey II
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for Aug 10th were reviewed. Trudell motioned to approve the minutes as written, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
Correspondence:
- The Final 2009 Session Legislative Bulletin was distributed to the Board.
- The Norumbega Trail Riders annual ride through Lyman will take place Sept 13th. All profits from the ride are donated to local charities, all machines are registered and street legal, and all private land is used by permission.
- Littleton Regional Hospital sent a letter in response to recent bad press in the Courier and Caledonian Record.
- Announcements for UNH T2 Roads Scholar fall courses, the LGC Budget & Finance Workshop on Sept 24th at Loon Mountain and the LGC Municipal Law Lecture Series on Sept 16th, 23rd and 30th in Sugar Hill were reviewed.
- AHEAD's 2008 Annual Report and information on the H1N1 Flu Vaccine from NH Health Alert Network were received.
- The NH Dept of Environmental Services advised that a property owner has not complied with conditions they set for an emergency culvert replacement.
- Lyman will be receiving $501.83 in matching funds from the State of NH towards Sept 2008 disaster expenses.
Old Business:
- Clark will attend The Hard Road to Travel class Aug 27th in Keene and begins the LGC Academy Governmental Accounting course Sept 3rd in Concord.
- The Board of Selectmen/Health Officer will prepare a letter to the owner of an outdoor wood boiler in response to complaints of smoke from neighbors and based on advice from various state agencies.
New Business:
- Public review sessions to give property owners an opportunity to review their updated map information with a Cartographic Associates, Inc representative are scheduled for Friday Sept 11th from 8am-7pm and Saturday Sept 12th from 8am-1pm at the Lyman Town Hall. Notices will be published in local papers, posted in the usual places and put on the Town's website.
- An update of the Bureau of Emergency Communications' 911 maps has been completed by the Town. The information will be reviewed by the State and corrected maps will be generated. About a dozen property owners using outdated addresses will be advised they must use their assigned 911 house numbers.
- The Board signed an extension request for the 2009 MS-1 Summary of Inventory of Valuation as recommended by the State as they will not be providing assessments for utilities until after the Sept 1st filing deadline. The Selectmen also reviewed proposed and actual revenues and prepared the MS-4 Revised Estimated Revenues form which is also due Sept 1st. These reports are used to determine the property tax rate.
- The Selectmen will meet next week, Aug 31st at 5:00pm. There will be no meeting Sept 7th as that is the Labor Day holiday. The Board will meet Sept 14th and 28th, and resume weekly meetings in Oct.
Non-Public:
Moscicki made a motion to enter non-public session per RSA 91-A:3, II(c) to discuss a matter of reputation, 2nd by Trudell, all in favor by roll call vote. Resumed public session. Moscicki made a motion to seal the minutes of the non-public session, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
Sherry motioned to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 pm, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, Aug 31st, at 5:00 pm.
