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
Benjamin Fontaine, Arthur Houle, Sandra McKenney, Selectmen; David Jodoin,
Administrative Assistant; and Town citizens.
The appointment with Leo
Fraser, State representative, was canceled by Mr. Fraser.
The Selectmen met with Ed
Cyr, Town Clerk and Police Chief Jim McGonigle, to discuss Animal Control fees
and where the income should go. There is approximately $3,800 in revenue from
dog fees and fines and Mr. Cyr would like the money to stay in the General Fund
as an offset to the Deputy Clerk’s payroll line. Chief McGonigle would like the
income to go to the Animal control budget to offset the cost of the animal
control budget.
The Selectmen will discuss
and make a decision at their next public meeting, scheduled for
The Selectmen had a
discussion with the Police and Fire Chief about the double-decker bridge. They
looked at the drawings of Plan A and Plan B.
The Police Department
prefers Plan A, 2 bridges, for safety reasons, as does the Fire Chief. The view
line under Plan A is better as well as the passage underneath the bridge to
On motion of Arthur Houle,
seconded by Sandra McKenney, the Selectmen voted to accept Plan A. Motion
passed unanimously.
David will write a letter
to the Department of Transportation informing them
that the Town of
The Selectmen signed the
lease agreement for the new garbage truck which has been delivered.
On motion of Sandra
McKenney, seconded by Arthur Houle, the Selectmen will order 6 canes, which are
replicas of the Boston Post cane to give to the oldest citizen in the Town.
Armand Verville will make the canes for$100. Motion passed unanimously.
The Selectmen inquired
about the generator in the police parking lot and when
will it be moved? David Jodoin made
some calls and it is a minimum of 4 hours at a cost of between $500-$650.00 On motion of Arthur Houle, seconded by Sandra McKenney,
David will secure bids of $650 or less to move the generator to its proper
place. Motion passed unanimously.
The Selectmen discussed
the web page. The Selectmen would like the control of the web page to be in the
Administrative Assistant’s hands at the Town Hall.
David would like to know
if he could purchase the front page software.
The Selectmen discussed
the Personnel Handbook going through Chapter by Chapter and discussing areas
that need to be changed. Once the Selectmen have made their changes, the
booklets will go to the Department Heads for comments. The handbook will then
go back to the Selectmen, then to Attorney Bedard for review. Once finalized by
legal counsel, the Selectmen will adopt. Items discussed were former employees,
exempt and non-exempt employees, permanent part-time employees, probationary
period, employment reference check, vacations, accumulation of days off, comp
time and lunch breaks.
Mr. Hoeft from the
American Legion called to invite the selectmen to a commemoration at Memorial
field on September 11th. Chairman Fontaine will address the
audience.
On motion of Sandra
McKenney, seconded by Arthur Houle, the minutes of
Selectman Houle discussed
the possibility of a 4-way stop sign for
The Selectmen discussed
the Town Hall janitor’s position. Arthur Houle knows someone who would be
interested in the position, including mowing lawns at the
Sandra McKenney made a
motion, seconded by Arthur Houle, to accept the minutes of the August 19th
Selectmen’s meeting. Motion passed unanimously.
Two bids were presented
for the Highway spill prevention control plan. A bid from SEA was $4,900. A bid
from Burd Engineering was $3,950. On motion of Sandra McKenney, seconded by
Benjamin Fontaine, the bid for the Highway spill prevention control plan of $3,950
from Burd Engineering was accepted. Motion passed unanimously.
The Selectmen discussed
purchase orders with Fire Chief Dionne.
The Selectmen will donate
$25 to the Cancer society in memory of Donna Meadows’ brother, Walter Gelinas,
Jr. who passed away recently.
On motion of Sandra
McKenney, seconded by Arthur Houle, to go into non-public meeting at
On motion of Arthur Houle,
seconded by Sandra McKenney, meeting adjourned at 10:37 PM. Motion passed
unanimously.
APPROVED:
BENJAMIN E. FONTAINE, JR.
CHAIRMAN
ARTHUR G. HOULE, SELECTMAN
SANDRA A. MCKENNEY,
SELECTPERSON