Town of Lisbon
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
Meeting Date: February 9, 2009
Selectmen Present: John Northrop (JN) Ruth Robar (RAR), Duncan McKee (DM)
Town Administrator: Regan Pride (RP)
Administrative Assistant: Barbara Menchin (left early)
Meeting started at 4:00 PM
Bills, manifests and minutes were read and approved.
PUBLIC INPUT:
Betsy Little came in to notify the board that her sewer line has been plugged, and required plumbing service to clear it. It will need to be dug up and have some of th piping replaced. She asked whether that is the responsibility of the town or the property owner. JN stated that the town can’t work on private property. The town wastewater ordinance states that the property owner is responsible for the service line from the house up to where two or more lines join, e.g., at the main. BL noted that she replaced the line in 1980. RP stated that the indication from the public works department at this time is that the blockage or problem is within the service line. Action: RP shall contact Schofield septic for information on the precise location of the problem.
SELECTMEN’S MATTERS:
Discussion on the 2009 warrant:
RAR asked about the zoning change article by petition. RP presented a revised copy of the article & stated that id must be in the warrant in addition to being on the ballot according to LGC legal assistance. This is dictated in RSA 675:4. This will be inserted as article #3. All subsequent articles shall be re-numbered.
RP asked the board for their preference on placement of the petitioned article to change the name of Kelsea Avenue. RAR moved to place it toward the end of the warrant, before the “any other business” article. DM 2nd, so voted all.
The board reviewed recommendations on the warrant received from the DRA auditor. According to the DRA review, only special warrant articles should have a notation of whether or not they are recommended by the board of selectmen. So this should be removed from articles 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, and 17. (these were later re-numbered to 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, and 18).
George Stevens of the Lisbon Fire Department was in and asked why some capital reserves were being added to this year, but not the fire truck CRF. He noted that will cost on the order of $150,000 to $200,000. He suggested that perhaps some of the money received from Lyman under the fire protection agreement could be placed into this fund. JN stated that he preferred not to fund any of them this year due to the economy and low interest rates. RP suggested re-writing the warrant article for the CRF’s to include some amount for the fire truck CRF, while keeping the total the same. DM moved to revise the article by removing the $7,500 for police cruiser fund, reducing the dump truck fund amount to $12,500 and adding the $10,000 to the fire truck fund. RAR 2nd the motion. All voted in favor.
D. Graham, Hail Fitzgerald, Matt Champagne, Brandon Choate, and Andrew Higgins joined the meeting at 6:20pm. The group presented a proposal for allowing students to ride snowmobiles to Lisbon School via Grafton Street and School Street. The route would require 2 road crossings, and riding on about 250ft of roadway. The group has been given written permission to ride on private property on Grafton St. They also received favorable feedback on the proposal from the Lisbon highway department and the school principle. The police chief is scheduled to review the route on Tuesday. RAR asked how many students would be riding machines to school. Hail said there are 5 or 7 at this time. JN moved that board wait on decision until receiving input from Chief Tavernier. RAR 2nd. All members voted in favor of the
motion. The group left the meeting at 6:40pm.
BOS reviewed a notice of intent to cut from R Boulanger on behalf of Sharon & Daniel Edgar for their property on Sweeney RD. RP informed the board of concerns by highway superintendent Kevin Clement. The property is accessible only by the class VI section of Sweeney Rd. Also, major restoration work was just performed on the class V section of Sweeney Rd after the rainstorm damage this summer. RP recommended that the BOS require a bond against damage to the roads. RAR moved authorize RP to negotiate an acceptable bond amount. DM 2nd. All voted in favor.
RP informed the BOS of a sewer line blockage on Woolson Rd. that resulted in sewage back-up into a residence. A claim has been filed with the property liability insurance.
As request for financial support for the Ammonoosuc River Corridor Committee. DM moved to support the committee in the amount of $50. RAR 2nd. All members voted in favor.
RAR moved to accept $1,000 awarded to the Lisbon Police Department from Wal-Mart Foundation under RSA 32:95-b. DM 2nd. All members voted in favor.
The board received a memo from T. Welch of Welch’s Water & Wastewater informing them that the Town will receive a reimbursement of $2,485 from PSNH for installation of a high-efficiency pump motor at the Bath Rd. wastewater pump station.
RAR moved to enter non-public session per RSA 9i-A:3 II for the purpose of considering requests for assistance from the Buffington Fund.
RESUMED PUBLIC SESSION AT 7:15pm.
RAR moved to schedule a meeting on Thursday February 12 at 1:00pm to review and finalize the warrant. DM 2nd. All members voted in favor.
RAR moved to adjourn this meeting. DM 2nd. All members voted in favor.
Meeting adjourned at 7:20pm
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