Selectmen’s Meeting minutes
November 24, 2003
Present: Selectmen R. Pride, Selectmen Hite (arrived at 7:45 pm)
Clerk: W. Johnson, TA and clerk
Media: None
7:00 pm John Kaspszak was in to discuss the traffic speed on Mt Eustis Road. Cars are traveling at a high rate of speed and he and his wife have come very close to getting hit in the vicinity of their home and at the intersection of Streeter Pond Rd. and Mt Eustis Rd. Mr. Kaspszak asked if the police could travel the Mt. Eustis Rd when going or coming from Littleton rather than traveling Rt. 302 as the department makes several trips per week. This would help increase police visibility. Mr. Kaspszak also questioned some information he got off the Town’s web site regarding the planning board membership. The site lists both Selectmen Rob Brooks and Jerry Hite as members and only one can be a member. RP noted that Jerry Hite resigned as a member of the Planning Board the same night Rob Brooks was appointed a selectman
and named Rob as the Selectmen’s representative to the planning board. WJ explained he has not updated the web site to reflect the change in the planning board membership. The Select board meeting minutes reflect the official status of the planning board and not the web site. RP suggested the web site designer may be able to note a “last updated” date on the pages as a way to inform people of the most recent date the page was changed. WJ will contact Virtual Town Hall with his suggestion. Mr. Kaspszak left the meeting at 7:20 pm.
Wallie Berry was in to deliver the winter bus route that the Board had requested. Wallie expressed concern about the drainpipe that was installed last week by the public works department on Atwood Street next to the Millette home. Wallie stated he owned the property the pipe was on and was not notified about the installation prior to the job beginning and when he attempted to discuss the matter with K. Clement he did not get a satisfactory response. Wallie expressed concern if the pipe continues to drain as it is, the water will eventually run across the road to his property and create a hazardous ice condition. Wallie agreed to allow the pipe to remain on his property providing the trench is filled in on Tuesday to prevent anyone from getting hurt and a ditch is created along the south side of Moore Street to carry the
water along the road to a suitable location. It was agreed by the Board the work would be done as requested. Wallie also commented on his water line that needs to be lowered to prevent it from freezing. KC has been unable to locate the shutoff. Wallie stated he has access to equipment to locate the line on his own and KC won’t have to. WJ noted that KC had explained the water line situation to him and KC would need to trace the line back from inside Wallie’s shop to locate the shutoff. Wallie stated he had discussed removing trees on River Rd with Rachel Houston as they are adjacent to her property, and she agreed some trees should be removed to improve traffic visibility. Wallie has a tree expert who is willing to take the upper portion of the trees down on a Saturday at no charge to the Town except providing some traffic assistance from the PD.
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Four trees on the Houston side of the road would be removed and one on the riverside is scheduled to be removed. Wallie left the meeting at 8:45 pm
WJ reported on the progress of the water project and confirmed the revised budget for the project now includes the additional work on Water Street and Stallion Hill. Also an additional $16,000 is requested by Provan and Lorber for on-site inspection services to continue through the balance of the project. A change of scope request from Provan and Lorber was submitted and approved. WJ noted the project still has a $78,000 contingency and some of those funds may be available for the new corrosion system currently being designed.
Evaluations for Chief Tavernier and Harvey Paquin were approved with some minor corrections. RP has not completed his review of K. Clement’s evaluation.
WJ reported that no new information was available on the railroad station negotiations.
WJ reported he is scheduled to meet with department heads over the next two weeks to review proposed budgets and the Board should consider a date they would like to meet with them between 12/15 and 12/19.
It was noted the town offices and departments would be closed on Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Adjourned at 9:15 pm
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