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Present: Larry Buck, Burt Allen, Amos Roleau III, Barb Torian
Others: Regional Planning - Brandy Saxton and Tim Bouton
Planning Commission - Al Karnatz Chair, Don Johnston, Art Sherman, Jim Walsh, Tom Boise
School Board – Lowell Nottingham, Silvia Gonzalez, Phil Buchwald
Auditor – Suzy Roorda
John Madden
AGENDA: Results
Read and approve minutes make corrections if needed.
No one on any of the boards has time to complete the application. Discuss information submitted by John Madden; he is concerned about village designation and Regional Planning doing the work. Village designation will give us an advantage when applying for grants and tax advantage to businesses in the village. Discuss area to be designated. Portion of Route 17 on North side will include the Town Garage. South Street, North Street and Town Hill Road will mostly follow the historic district. Lines were drafted on the map that Brandy Saxton has, she will draw a new map from the drafted lines. There will be a public hearing, letter of intent etc. This will take a while. All agree to hire Brandy Saxton to complete the Village Designation.
Al Karnatz – Discuss road access process – Issues regarding the Norris subdivision
7:00 Meet with School Board - Discuss draft of agreement between town and school. Issues are Town owns Town Hall. School owns the land underneath. Town would like more land behind King House to meet setback in order to move forward with any type of development of said property. Discuss septic and water issues that may be involved. Discuss moving the ball field. Discuss returning the land to the school if no action takes place. Both boards will put an article on warnings for town meeting to be able to negotiate with the other board. Discuss sharing costs.
Donna Provin - Appointed to fill auditor position, which Brenda Kertis resigned from.
Discuss Insurance payment for truck that was flooded. Insurance will total the truck and pay town $10,875.00 less $ 500.00 deductible, or can deduct another $2500.00 and keep the truck for $7875.00. Amos Roleau Motion to keep the truck and take the $7,875.00. Second by Larry Buck. All agree. Truck will then be put up for sale by bid process.
Discuss wages for positions. Increase budget as follows
Assistants - .50 to 1.00 per hour increase up to 11.00 / hr usually increased in the summer.
Auditors -11.50 / hour Clerk $19,000.00 / year, Constable $10.50 / hour, Custodian $10.50 / hour. Health Officer the same 250.00 per year. Listers $11.50 / hour. Treasurer $21,000.00 / year. Zoning $12.50 / hour.
Auditors are responsible for selectman’s wages.
Include articles for: Recreational position, Reserve Fund $65,000., Fire Station Roof up to $23,000.00, Negotiations with School, Grader lease to purchase, Change Town Meeting back to Monday night. Outside agencies and petitioned items.
Permission given for treasurer to write a check to cover postage for mailings, out of the planning grant money.
Adjourn 9:40
Respectfully submitted:
Barbara Torian