Town of Lisbon
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
August 30, 2004
7:00 pm Meeting Opened
Selectmen Present: R. Pride, J. Hite, J. Northrop
Clerk: W. Johnson
Media: None
Bills and manifest approved for the week.
JH reported on a meeting he attended with WJ and Chief Houston to discuss the official formation of the new fire station building committee. A list of area people was drafted to see if they would be interested in serving on the committee or a sub-committee. Approximately 4-6 people are needed for the primary committee. David Provan has met with the committee members from the FD, JH and WJ and suggested the makeup of the committee. It was agreed to have WJ contact the media regarding a press release asking for committee volunteers to contact the Selectmen’s office and then the Board should contact the people on the prospective committee member list to see if they are willing to serve.
H. Paquin in to discuss the proposed contract with NCES for MSW tipping fees and transportation cost prior to meeting with Mike Viani from NCES at 7:30 pm. HP suggests a short term contract, no longer than three years, somewhere in the range of the proposed rates. Mike Viani of NCES joined the meeting at 7:30 to discuss a proposed five-year contract with the first three years being fixed and the remaining two as options. JH stated the Board would not consider a contract longer than three years. MV briefly explained the current status of the landfill in Bethlehem and also the project they are working on in Colebrook. MV stated if the Colebrook project goes forward these will be savings to their other customers in the area through reduced tipping fees, however the amount of the reduction is still an unknown. A discussion
about the new transportation fee concluded the current cost is $82.50 per trip and would increase 4.31% which is in accordance with the CPI. After much additional discussion about the rates and terms, the Board agreed to discuss the matter further and get back to Mike Viani in a few days. The present proposal is: MSW $58 for year one, $60 year two and $62 year three and C&D would be $60, $62 and $64 per ton per year. MV left the meeting at 8:30, HP left at 8:45.
KC in at 8:25 pm to discuss the possibility of hiring of a new Town employee. JH moved and JN 2nd to move to no-public session per RSA 91-A: 3II (b).
RESUMED PUBLIC SESSION
WJ reported on the water improvement project and the chemical feed building project. Details are being worked out to complete contract #1 so the amount of remaining funds
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for contract #2 can be determined. KC is proposing to pave just the base layer on Armstrong Av. and finish the topcoat in the spring. This plan makes sense for the road but causes problems in closing out contract #1 with Rural Development. WJ will try to work out the issues with RD. The chemical feed building project is now out for bid. A site visit is scheduled for 9/1 at 2:00 pm and the bids are due on 9/13 at 2:00 pm.
WJ reported he has scheduled a meeting with a representative of the AG’s office regarding accessibility issues for elections on September 27 at 1:00 pm to tour both the town hall and the school to see which building would be most adaptable to meeting the accessibility requirements. WJ suggests, after talking with the Town Clerk and Moderator, the State primary elections on 9/14 be held at the Town Hall and the location of the Federal Elections in November be determined after the tour on 9/27. It was agreed to go along with WJ’s suggestion.
JH moved and JN 2nd to move to non-public session per RSA 91:A 3II© to discuss a Buffington Fund application. So voted all.
RESUMED PUBLIC SESSION
Adjourned at 9:35 pm
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