Select Board Meeting Minutes - October 2, 2006

Lincoln Board of Selectmen Meeting Minutes October 2, 2006 6:00pm Present: Chair Deanna Huot, Selectman Peter Moore, Selectman Patricia McTeague, Town Manager Ted Sutton, Recording Secretary Ruth Bossie, Recording Secretary Karyn Dickson, Audience member Wilfred Bishop. Approval of public meeting minutes of September 25, 2006: Selectman Moore made a motion, seconded by Selectman McTeague to approve the minutes as amended. Vote was unanimous. ROUTINE BUSINESS ? Review of RSA 91-A:5-IV- The Board received a letter from a citizen pertaining to RSA 91-A:5-IV. Chairman Huot, after research on the matter, recommended the Board support Mr. Sutton's interpretation of the RSA. The Selectmen reviewed Mr. Sutton's draft letter to the individual. Selectman Moore made a motion to approve Mr. Sutton's response letter. Selectman McTeague seconded. Vote was unanimous. ? Revaluation update - Mr. Sutton stated that the Courier misquoted him when a recent article stated that the taxes are based on the equalized value of the town, as this is not the case. Mr. Sutton corrected the information with the newspaper today and they will run a corrected article. (See attached correction.) The State Dept. of Revenue Administration (DRA) is conducting a survey of the townspeople coming in for the review on the values of their property with Commerford, Nieder, Perkins (CNP). Mr. Sutton feels CNP has a difficult task. Some discussion followed. OTHER BUSINESS - Mr. Sutton commented on the following: ? The Variable Low Frequency Drive (VLDF) was replaced at the water treatment plant. This had been there since 1993 and needed to be replaced. ? Main Street - Water shut off tomorrow from 4:00pm-12:00am. Mr. Sutton instructed Donahue Construction they needed to notify the businesses affected. Notices were delivered today. Chairman Huot asked about the plan for traffic control changes to Main St. Mr. Sutton explained it is in the State's hands. He will follow up with them as to the status of the traffic plan. Construction of the completion of the Loon Snowmaking Pipeline along Connector Rd. will be next year. ? Louann Lane - Will be starting work next week. ? Police Dept. - Still have problems with water coming into the basement of the building. Bill Willey will be fixing this in-house. ? Town Report - Would like to dedicate to the Fire Dept. this year. ? Route 3 issues - Selectman McTeague asked how we plan to handle the list of concerns originally presented to the Planning Board from the Route 3 group of business owners. Some discussion followed. Mr. Sutton will be sending out letters to the people & companies of concern noted in the letter from the Route 3 group of business owners and ask them to address the concerns of the Route 3 group of business owners who feel they are in violation of the Town ordinances. ? Signs - Selectman Moore commented we need to enforce the sign ordinance and send letters to the businesses to take signs down. Mr. Sutton explained we have tried a number of times to get people to comply, so we will ask again. He will put a response date to comply with the letter. Some discussion followed. ? Chairman Huot asked if the sewer pump was being worked on at Connector Rd. Mr. Sutton explained they have been working on the pump but was not sure if they were there today. He will check on this. ? Mr. Sutton passed out a request from the White Mountain Adaptive Snowsports School (WMASS). This will be an agenda item for the next meeting. ? Mr. Sutton sent out reminders to the department heads for copies of their budgets. These should be in by the end of the week. He briefly reviewed updates to the cost estimates he has compiled to date. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION ? Mr. Bishop - Discussed the following: o Asked for the status of Gloria Morin's request for the use of the Community Center for next year for their reunion. Chairman Huot explained the daycare is still utilizing the main room of the Center and has spoken to Ms. Morin about this. o Will be attending a meeting on Thursday for energy conservation & will report back. REVIEW OF PAYROLL AND ACCOUNTS PAYABLE CHECK REGISTERS FOR WEEK ENDING 10-1-06 ADJOURNMENT at 7:30pm. Selectman Moore made a motion, seconded by Selectman McTeague, to adjourn. Vote was unanimous. Date: ______________ Approved by: Chair Deanna L. Huot, Selectman Peter E. Moore, Selectman R. Patricia McTeague