TOWN OF
SELECTMEN'S OFFICE
SELECTMEN'S PUBLIC MEETING
Benjamin E. Fontaine, Jr.,
Chairman of the Board of Selectmen, opened the meeting at 7:00 PM. Present were
Chairman Fontaine, Arthur Houle, Sandra McKenney, Selectmen and David Jodoin,
Administrative Assistant.
Also present were Police
Chief Jim McGonigle, Sgt. Shaun Mulholland, Jim Rodger, Robin McAfee, Peter
Viar, and Karen Gendreau.
Karen Gendreau spoke on
running a program at
Karen presented a revised
budget for the Parks and Recreation of $27,520. After discussion, a motion was
made by Arthur Houle, seconded by Sandra McKenney, to open the Parks and
Recreation budget. Motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by Arthur
Houle, seconded by Sandra McKenney to accept the new bottom line of $27,520.
Motion passed unanimously.
Karen discussed repairs that will be done which includes the fence, the back
deck, painting and any other safety issues. These repairs will be done before
the pizza party on November 12th. Bids should also go out for the
roof repairs.
Shaun Mulholland spoke on
the ball park project on
Chairman Fontaine and
Karen Gendreau had a discussion on last week's agenda regarding an issue. A
discussion ensued stating that the Board will review how the warrant article
was worded. There should be 5 members on the Parks and Recreation Commission.
The two people who were interested last week are no longer interested.
The Selectmen met with
Penny Touchette of the Assessing Department. The Selectmen read a letter from
Wil Corcoran of Corcoran Associates, the present assessing firm. They would
like to see some items happen at Town Hall such as normal updates, pictures
taken, dimensions recorded, pick-ups, abatements, and market value adjustments.
Penny already enters data and sketches. Penny would like to add hours to her
position. She now works 25 hours a week. She would like to work full-time, 40
hours a week. After some training, she can go out and do some assessing work.
She also needs to up-date the Senior exemptions for
certification by 2006. After some discussion, the cost for Penny working
full-time will be $25,043.20 a year with a 2.5% raise effective in January.
A motion was made by
Arthur Houle, seconded by Sandra McKenney, to give Penny Touchette a full-time
position in the Assessing Department with a 2.5% increase in January for a
total of $25,667.00. Motion passed unanimously.
A motion was made by
Sandra McKenney, seconded by Arthur Houle to accept the Finance Department
bottom line of $62,642.00. Motion passed unanimously.
The increase is in payroll
processing and assessing clerk salary for a total of $12,210.00.
The Selectmen met with Jim
Boisvert of the Highway Department, to discuss his budget. Items that went down
were electricity, $400; signs, $200; shed repairs, $300; municipal hydrants, up
$156.00 for a new hydrant on Lincoln Street;
The full-time salaries are
up with a 2.5% increase to $168,178.00.
The bottom line will need
to be adjusted as we have no figures yet for the Penacook disposal. We will
leave blank until next month.
Jim Boisvert is
recommending that
Jim Boisvert also
expressed concerns that there was trash being placed on the street on non trash
days and animals were getting in the garbage and making a mess.
Jim also stated that there
was an unregistered vehicle on Town property. Jim was directed by the Board to
notify the Police.
A motion was made by
Sandra McKenney, seconded by Arthur Houle, to accept the minutes of the
Selectmen's public meeting on
Chairman Fontaine would
like the Safety Committee to report any safety issues they observe in their
respective departments to be reported immediately so that the item can be
repaired.
A motion was made by
Arthur Houle, seconded by Sandra McKenney, to adjourn the meeting at
BENJAMIN E. FONTAINE, JR.
CHAIRMAN
ARTHUR G. HOULE, SELECTMAN
SANDRA A. MCKENNEY,
SELECTPERSON