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Town of New Haven Selectmen’s Meeting

7:00 pm Town Clerks Office

Tuesday November 14, 2006

Present: Paul Audy, Keith Hall, Barb Torian

Absent: Burt Allen

Others:  Jim Gallott, Wayne Marcelle, Harold Tricou

AGENDA: Results

Read and approve minutes make corrections if needed. 

NEW BUSINESS

Visitors Business:

• Wayne Marcelle – Dog issues – Has had trouble with some dogs on Field Days Road.  The owners are not taking responsibility for their animals.  They have two dogs an Akita and a Black Lab.  The dogs killed 20 or more chickens, then traveled down the road and attacked some dogs before going in to Weybridge to kill a cat. These are the same dogs that had chased the Mitchell’s sheep a few months ago.  The lab has been impounded before.  The Akita seems to be the more aggressive dog.   The dogs are not licensed.  The owners have been told to keep the dogs locked up and at home.  They have not been able to keep the dogs’ home.  Wayne Marcelle would like to pick the dogs up and hold a public hearing.  The dogs need to be confined.  The Forbes’s are willing to settle for $100.00 for the chickens. 

Paul Audy motion to sign warrants for the dogs; seconded by Keith Hall.  All agree.  Burt Allen was consulted over the phone and he will also sign the warrants for the dogs. 

Wayne Marcelle – Proposed that the dog ordinance be changed to include that the Animal Control Officer is authorized by the selectboard to use deadly force in a situation where a person is in danger of being attacked.  Animals not properly licensed will be cited by the Animal Control Officer and the fine will start at $75.00.  Increasing an additional $75.00 every month the animal remains unlicensed.  If the animal remains unlicensed it may be destroyed.

Selectboard O.K. to make changes to the ordinance.  Write it up and they will look at it.

Wayne Marcelle – Would like to get paid for an additional 5 hours per month.  He painted the gym over the summer and does not feel he has enough time to do what needs to be done.

Barb Torian – Several people don’t think the job is getting done.  How often are you going to clean the tables and the bathrooms? 

Discussion about how much work there is to do. 

Discussion about the hot water heater.  Has been ordered and they will get to it in December.

Barb Torian – Presented an estimate to purchase another computer.  The Listers computer is quite old and the office will do a rotation of computers to upgrade theirs.  Paul Audy motion to purchase another computer.  Second by Keith Hall.  All agree.

Keith Hall motion to sign payroll and other pay orders.  Second by Paul Audy.  All agree.

Discussion of fuel oil – Paul Audy  spoke with B&W Fuels and told them not to continue to fill the tanks.  He also spoke with Champlain Plumbing and Heating and they had been told by Phil Busier not to fill the tanks and the tanks had never run out before.  The town will put the fuel oil out to bid again.  Bids will be due by December 15.  Bids will be for an amount over the NY mercantile rate. 

Next meeting will be December 5^th, 2006

• Appointments 

Conservation Commission

Energy Coordinator

Addison County Transit Resource

Transportation Advisory Committee (TAC)

ROADS

• Heisler insurance – Paul Audy will make sure someone determines when he will be able to come back to work and if the town needs to hire another part time person until he returns.
• Town / Palmer Agreement – no action

MISC. Correspondence

• VLCT – Selectboard Forum – Saturday December 9 – Vermont College – Keith Hall will go.
• State of Vermont – Dept. of Liquor Control - Notice of Hearing – Considering the suspension or revocation of the second class license granted to Coco Mart Inc.
• State of Vermont Public Service Board – Application for Certificate of Public Good – Interconnected Net Metered Power Systems – Caccavo
• Vermont Rural Fire Protection Grant approved
• VLCT – Health Trust – Annual Meeting November 17, 2006 9 – 3 Stowe
• Complaint Town Hall not being cleaned.
• Jerry Smiley – Memorandum – Design Development documents etc.
• Vermont Marble Power – Preparing to re-license.
• Vt. Railway and Ouimette – Correspondence relating to taxes.

Sign pay orders - signed

Old Business

Adjourn: 8:35

Respectfully submitted:

Barbara Torian