Selectmen's Minutes
March 22, 2010
Present: Jim Trudell, Elaine Sherry, Steve Moscicki, Donna Clark
6:00 pm Chairman Trudell called the meeting to order.
The meeting was opened at 6:00 pm at the Lisbon Town Hall for a joint meeting with the Lisbon and Landaff Boards to discuss the 2010 Lisbon Life Squad agreement. The meeting was recessed at 6:15 pm and reconvened at the Lyman Town Hall at 6:35 pm for regular business.
Manifests & Invoices:
The manifest for Mar 22nd was authorized and new invoices for future payment were reviewed and initialed.
Committee Reports & Needs:
Clark updated the Board on highway department issues on Tom Smith's behalf. The 10-wheeler will be ready this week; a furnace repair was needed at the garage; and the highway crew is working on roadside cleanup, seasonal maintenance of equipment, and filling potholes with cold patch or gravel. The Board signed a quote for MB Tractor for $4,065 for 2 weeks of roadside mower rental in August.
Permits and Applications:
The following was approved:
- Building Permit for Linda Stephens for container/shed for Map 233 Lot 002
Meeting Minutes:
Minutes for Mar 15th were reviewed. Trudell motioned to approve both sets of minutes as written, 2nd by Moscicki, so voted all.
Correspondence:
- Legislative Bulletin #13, the March 2010 Town & City Magazine, and invitations to the 2010 NH Selectmen's Institute were distributed to the Board.
- Local Government Center's 2009 Annual Report and the Woodstock Planning Board's notice of an Apr 12th telecommunications hearing were received.
Old Business:
- David Rodrigue, NH DOT District 1 Supervisor, confirmed that the Town can work directly with PSNH to have a street light installed at the junction of Route 302 & Lyman Road.
- Trudell updated the Board on his weekend meeting with Tom Joyce of Northern Community Investment Corp (NCIC). Mr. Joyce visited some potential sites for broadband Wireless LINC towers and will be in the area again next week to check out more locations.
- The 1st Quarter 2010 Joint Loss Management Committee meeting is scheduled for Mar 25th at noon with LGC's Tim Parsons speaking to the group on the responsibilities of the Safety Committee.
- Trudell and Sherry reported on the Mar 17th Annual School Meeting. The budget passed as presented and Beth Hubbard was voted in as Lyman's newest School Board Member - congratulations! There was also some discussion of the need for an emergency generator at the school in the future and whether the funds should come from the school or town budget.
New Business:
- The Selectmen reviewed and signed the MS-2 Report of Appropriations Actually Voted.
- NH Homeland Security & Emergency Management was advised that the Town of Lyman suffered no major damage as a result of the Mar 14th - 15th storm that devastated the southern part of the state.
- A 2009 property tax abatement application dropped off at the Selectmen's Office on Mar 17, 2010 was denied by the Board as it was received after the March 1st filing deadline.
- Clark will post notices for a Cemetery Committee meeting being held at the Town Hall on Mar 24th at 6:00 pm.
- A meeting with members of the Lisbon Area Historical Society to discuss the loaning of the painted curtain will be planned for early April.
Moscicki motioned to adjourn the meeting at 7:25 pm, 2nd by Sherry, so voted all.
The next regular meeting is scheduled for Monday, Mar 29th, at 6:00 pm.
