Town of Lisbon
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
Meeting Date: February 26, 2007
Selectmen Present: John Northrop (JN), Jonathan Reid (JR)
Clerk: Regan Pride (RP)
Media: none present
Chairman Northrop opened the meeting at 7:05pm.
Approved AP manifest and payroll.
SELECTMEN’S MATTERS:
Review of options for investing Buffington Trust Funds: Correspondence was received from J. O’Dowd at TDBankNorth proposing a 60/40 split of growth to income funds. JN moved to check with NH Local Government Center (LGC) for advice prior to modifying or changing the investments. JR 2nd. All voted in favor.
RP related to the Board a suggestion from PWD director Kevin Clement regarding establishing agreements, or memoranda of understanding (MOU’s) between neighboring towns for assistance with winter road maintenance. BOS instructed RP to research for a suitable model to use as a starting point.
JN stated for the record his satisfaction with the Lisbon PWD on their efforts after the Feb 14 snowstorm.
BOS reviewed copies correspondence between Sean Donahue and building inspector Stan Borkowski regarding the apartment building at 23 Park Ridge Rd.
Discussed preparations for town meeting. JN recommended scheduling a work session for Tuesday March 6 to prepare supporting information for budget and warrant articles. JR made motion to this affect. All voted in favor.
BOS Received letter of complaint from Debora Erb regarding behavior of Ross Ambulance EMT personnel during a call for service on February 17th.
ADMINISTRATORS REPORTS:
Relevant to the Mary Schlesinger Memorial Forest, RP presented deeds to the following lots for review:
Parcel no. |
Book/Page |
Current Owner |
Description |
(R37-6) |
1350/592 |
Town of Lisbon |
quitclaim right-of-way from D. Sullivan to town over lot now owned by T. Casey |
R37-6 |
2165/154 |
Timothy Casey |
Warranty deed from J. Dumont to T. Casey |
R38-003 |
421/230 |
Town of Lisbon |
land sale from Wells to Mary Schlesinger (parcel now know as Mary Schlesinger Mem. Forest) |
R38-003 |
617/429 |
Town of Lisbon |
Quitclaim grant from M. Perrin, et al, to Town of Lisbon |
R39-001 |
1928/911 |
Steven Smith |
Quitclaim deed of land from M. Smith to S. Smith |
R39-001 |
749/183 |
Steve Smith |
Land, granted from Lisbon Company to Mrs. M. Smith |
At issue is the status of the gate at the start of the deeded right of way. JN recommended discussing the situation with LGC and sending to town’s attorney for advice if necessary.
RP notified the Board of a complaint received from Amos Locke (River Rd.) about odor and noise from snow mobile activity on the B&M rail trail. It was noted that the OHRV’s were all operating within the right-of-way of the trail, and the Mr. Locke was referred to the NH DOT – Trails Bureau.
RP notified the Board of a complaint received from Mr. Kevin Sigman (Water St.) about vehicles parking along the guardrail near town hall on Water St. It typically occurs during events at town hall and during activity of the Lisbon fire department. These vehicles prevent him from being able to get his truck in or out of his driveway. Mr. Sigman has requested the town prohibit parking along the narrow stretch of Water Street in this area (about 200’). Selectmen Northrop acknowledged that this is a problem, but noted that there is a serious lack of parking around town hall. He is not in favor of prohibiting parking without having a remedy to the parking shortage. He further noted that the planned modification to the parking alongside town hall should increase the spaces from 7 to 15. JN made motion that parking be
banned along the guardrail at that time. JR 2nd the motion. All voted in favor.
Medical insurance deductible reimbursement policy review – tabled for review at next BOS meeting.
OTHER MATTERS:
JR moved and JN 2nd to enter non-public session per RSA 91-A: 3, II (c) for the purpose of reviewing application(s) to the Buffington Trust. All voted in favor.
Resumed public session at 8:15pm.
JN moved and JR 2nd to seal the minutes of the non-public session regarding Buffington Trust applications. All voted in favor.
JR moved to adjourn. JN 2nd. All voted in favor. Meeting adjourned at 8:17pm
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