TOWN OF
TEMPLE, NEW HAMPSHIRE
DRAFT MINUTES OF PUBLIC MEETING
BOARD OF SELECTMEN
Meeting held on the 9th day of July
2002
Board members present: R. Frazier, B. Kantner, S. Fiske
Call to Order by R. Frazier at 7:05 p. m.
Approval of Prior Minutes: Motion made by Kantner to
approve 6/25/2002, as amended, second by Fiske.
Voted
unanimous to XX Approve
Disapprove –
Regular Business
1.
Subject: 7:05 p.m.
Reviewed and signed vouchers.
Reviewed and signed building permit
applications for the following: Roger
Levesque, M 05 L 039-3 – Single Family Residence; Walt Mazza, M 08 L 040 –
Replace Mobile Home with newer Mobile Homes; Doug Heck, M 06 L 003 – Placement
of a temporary Mobile Home.
Reviewed inventory of saved records
from Betsy Perry, each Board member received a copy of this list, no action
taken.
Moved by Fiske to rescind the “Gun
Ordinance”, second by Kantner and voted Fiske and Kantner for, Frazier opposed.
Reviewed and signed abatement for John
& Constance Kieley, M 02 L 079 for correction of assessment error on new
construction.
Reviewed a letter drafted by Frazier
to Robert Walker in response to Mr. Walker’s letter. Fiske and Kantner suggested some changes in wording. N Frazier
will revise the response and leave at the office for signatures.
Reviewed a letter from Peter Beblowski of the State of NH-DES regarding re-testing the wells at the old dumpsite. Also reviewed a quote from Chem-Serve for the re-testing requested by the State of NH-DES.
Draft Minutes of the Public Meeting
On the 9th Day of July 2002
2. Subject: 7:50 p.m. Jeff and Emily LaCroix came in to
discuss delinquent property taxes on a mobile home formally on M 05 L 039. Frazier explained that moving a mobile home
with taxes due is an offense under RSA 80:2-(a). The LaCroixs stated that they were evicted off of the property in
1998 and that taxes on the mobile home had been paid through 1998. The LaCroixs claimed that they no longer
owned the mobile home, which the Board had discovered had been moved to Walter
Mazza’s property. The Tax Collector has
a deed showing that the LaCroixs do own the mobile home, and no other deeds
have come to the Town showing a change of ownership. The Tax Collector reviewed the payment history from 1996 through
the present. The Board suggested that
the LaCroixs contact Walter Mazza regarding the trailer. Frazier will contact the Town Attorney
regarding the situation regarding the LaCroix claim of eviction.
3. Subject: 8:18 p.m.
Corliss Call was scheduled to speak to the Board of Selectmen regarding
the delinquent property taxes on a mobile home formally located on M 05 L
084. Ms. Call did not appear, Frazier
will send a letter regarding RSA 80:2-(a) and request that Ms. Call contact the
Board of Selectmen.
4. Subject: 8:20 p.m. Carol Holden, Hillsborough County
Commissioner, came in to introduce herself.
Ms. Holden explained that there are 10 counties in the State of NH. The County is governed by a 3 member Board
of Commissioners who are charged with the care and custody of county
properties, the county budget, funds 25% of DCYF. The County Sheriffs office does transports and serves civil
writs. The County also has the Dept. of
Corrections and the County Nursing Home.
Hillsborough County has 3 Districts.
Ms. Holden is Commissioner of District 3 which has 25 towns, including
Temple.
5. Subject: 8:30 p.m. Tim Fiske, Road Agent came in to
speak to the Board about several matters.
T. Fiske explained first that work is being done on East Road and Colburn
Road. T. Fiske informed the Board that
C. Bradler has been placing large rocks into the Town’s Right-of-Way on East
Road. A letter from the Board of
Selectmen will be sent to Mr. Bradler regarding his infringing on the
Right-of-Way. T. Fiske then informed
the Board that the Village Green Committee is working on replacing the rotten
railing around the Town Common.
Discussion regarding a request to hire someone to paint the railings
resulted in a suggestion that a warrant article be placed on the 2003 Warrant
to cover replacement of the railings.
Fiske then spoke about the requirement that the Highway Garage be EPA
compliant by 3/10/2003. Suggested the
need to hire an Engineering firm to study the costs
Draft Minutes of the Public Meeting
5. Subject: (cont.) and requirements of compliance, but T.
Fiske will try to do as
much of the work as possible.
A short discussion of General Accounting
Standards Board (GASB) #34 which will require all
infrastructure be listed as
assets on the Town records.
T. Fiske then informed the Board that he had
spoken to David Rousseau at the State of NH-DES to verify that
the old
landfill on Fish and Brown Roads is registered. The Board was also informed
that a question had arisen regarding the discontinuance of the
“stump dump”
and a review of records indicated that the “stump dump” had
been closed in
1990. The
retaining wall at the tennis court has not been started yet, but will
be done by
Jon Pearson.
6. Subject: 9:10 p.m.
Other business discussed: Moved
by Frazier to purchase 2 air conditioners for the offices at a maximum price of
$200.00 each, seconded by Fiske and voted in the unanimous affirmative.
Discussion
of telephone calling cards – the Administrative Assistant will call Verizon to
cancel the old cards and ask that new cards be issued.
The Board reviewed the year to date budget report. Fiske requested
information on a few items.
There was a short discussion on the abatement denials, no
response had
Sent, a letter will be written regarding the denials.
A review and discussion of letters by Frazier to Bruce
Kullgren, Chairman of
the Planning Board and to the Kieley’s. Frazier discussed the reasons for the
letters, Kantner and Fiske did not think the letters were
needed. Frazier
signed both letters as
Chairman.
7. Subject: 9:45
p.m. Move by Frazier to go to
non-public session under RSA
91-A:3 II (e), second by Kantner and voted in the unanimous
affirmative.
10:38 p.m. Move by
Frazier to seal the minutes of the non-public session as
all litigation is still ongoing, second by Kantner and voted in
the unanimous
affirmative.
8. Subject: 10:39
p.m. Move by Frazier to approve the
quote from Chem-Serve
to re-test the wells at the dump site, second by Kantner and
voted in the
unanimous affirmative.
9. Subject: 10:40
p.m. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted by Debra
Harling, Administrative Assistant.