Town of Lisbon
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
July 11, 2005
7:00 PM Meeting Opened
Selectmen Present: J. Hite and J. Northrop
Clerk: W. Johnson TA
Media: None
Ray Pineo addressed the Board regarding the condition of Dickinson Street from the rail trail to So. Main Street. Ray has complained before that the recent construction of the AHEAD housing units has left the road in poor condition and needs immediate attention especially where the sewer manhole cover was removed. Another issue on the road is parking along the edge of the road as it creates a hazard especially so close to the intersection. The Board agreed to review the condition of the road along with Kevin Clement of the DPW and address the matter with the contractor who did the work and the PD will be asked to handle the parking matter. A report back to Mr. Pineo will be made in the near future. Mr. Pineo left the meeting.
K. Clement addressed the Board with a report on several projects being worked on by the highway department this month. Also discussed were the issues/questions raised by Wallie Berry a few weeks ago regarding the drainage of water onto his property on Moore Street, the repair of River Road at the entrance to Amos Locke’s gravel pit and the purchase of Town owned property on Moore Street adjacent to his. KC believes the Town’s drainage system is working fine and filling the Berry property when the garage and/or house was built has caused the problem, therefore the drain on his property should be maintained by him. KC will look at the property with the Board to see if they concur. JH reported the request to pave the entrance to River Road is to widen the entrance for the gravel trucks and KC sees no problem
doing that work if that’s what he wants to do. KC reported several catch basins are being repaired this week and next in the village area, and work on the Barrett Street wall at the Hudson property will start soon. KC also noted ¾ of the department’s time last week was devoted to water and sewer work and perhaps more money could be allowed to these budgets for this work next year. This work also takes away from other DPW summer projects being completed. A second break in the abandoned water line on Highland Av surfaced this week in front of Tom White’s house. This line should be dug up and capped before winter to prevent freezing. As of now the line is off and no water is moving through it. KC suggested an agreement with the school board should be sought to allow the DPW to use the school plow truck in the event of an emergency breakdown of the DPW vehicles during a storm. Board to discuss.
Selectman Pride arrived at 7:40 pm.
Bids were opened for the sale of the DPW 1-ton dump truck. Two bids were received as follows: Von’s Auto in the amount of $6600 and American Building and Wrecking for $7000. JH moved and JN 2nd to reject both bids and instructed KC to re-advertise the
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truck allowing more time and expanding the ads to “truck for sale” magazines. So voted all. KC left the meeting at 8:10 pm.
JH moved and JN 2nd to approve the new cable TV franchise agreement with Frontier Cable Vision/dba/Adelphia Cable TV. So voted all.
JH moved and JN 2nd to accept the resignation of Walter Johnson as Town Administrator dated June 29, 2005 effective July 29, 2005. Board thanked Walter for his service to the community over the years. It was understood WJ would be available through the month of August via e-mail and phone to assist in the transition to a new administrator and to complete on-going special projects.
WJ reported on the following:
Water project is proceeding on schedule, the tie in to the main water line is complete at the new building and equipment for the system should begin arriving soon. WJ also reported the lead notification to all water system users was mailed out on June 28 in accordance with the DES instructions. Hopefully with the new system this will be the last time the notices will be required.
The gravel pit tour with DES and DRA representatives and members of the Planning Board was completed on June 30. Randy Locke will make a full report to the Planning Board on July 20 and recommend action the Board should consider taking on gravel pits in Lisbon.
The BTLA will be using a DRA appraiser to assist in the decision on the Zoe Reger LLC property tax abatement case.
Railroad station project is moving along well and on schedule. A proposal to add the construction of the new chimney as part of phase I is being considered. This would allow a better match with the new roof.
No report available on the new backup policy and procedures for all the Town computer data. This report should be available for review next week.
WJ reported in light of his resignation he has asked Donna Clark to work additional hours, a total of 40 per week, in order to learn more about the TA office functions. JH moved and JN 2nd to approve the increase of Donna Clark’s hours to 40/week until further notice. So voted all.
JH moved and JN 2nd to move to non-public session with W. Johnson per RSA 91-A:3II © to discuss five Buffington Fund applications. So voted all.
RESUMED PUBLIC SESSION
JH moved and JN 2nd to seal the minutes of the non-public session. So voted all.
Adjourned at 9:25 pm
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