Town of Groton

Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes

May 12, 2009

7:00pm

In Attendance:  Michael Brogna, Miles Sinclair, Kyle Andrews, Pamela Hamel (AA)

Audience Members Present

Mike Brogna called the meeting to order at 7:03pm. Mike made a motion to go into a non public session, Kyle 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

Mike made a motion to go back into public session at 7:20pm, Miles 2^nd, all in favor, so voted. Miles made a motion to seal the minutes of the non public session, Mike 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

Mike read the appointments and announcements to the audience.

Jim Richardson and Donna Quinn addressed the Board. Both are a part of the Caring Community Network of the Twin Rivers. Mr. Richardson is the Regional Emergency Preparedness Coordinator for this region.  He gave a brief outline of his primary area of responsibility which is the public health aspect of emergency management for our area. He works with local Fire, Police, Health Officers and Emergency Management Directors. Ms. Quinn is the Regional Community Emergency Response Team and Medical Reserve Corps Coordinator. The Response Team and Medical Reserve Corps are made up of local volunteers who are trained to work along side local first responders in the event of an emergency.

Mike read the minutes of the May 5 Selectmen’s meeting to the audience. The following amendments were made:

Ø Page 2 paragraph 2 change committed to committee

Ø Page 3 change the first sentence in the last paragraph to read ‘Shirley Leone would like a report of the Health Officer’s findings from 2 weeks ago addressing the horse manure complaint on Brock Lane’.

Mike made a motion to accept the minutes as amended, Kyle 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

The following updates were given:

Ø Litter Free New Hampshire cleanup day was cancelled. There were no bags available.

Ø The Dorchester Board of Selectmen had signed the Mutual Road Aid Agreement in January but had neglected to return it to the Groton Board.

Ø The Health Officer’s letter to the owners of Map 7 Lot 40 gives them until July 1^st to remove the old trailer.

Ø The Timber Tax Bills for Dillon were corrected and signed during the week.

Ø Some signatures have been gathered for the Time Warner Cable petition. Miles has prepared a draft letter to TWC. The Board is waiting a little longer before sending the letter so that residents who are interested in having cable if it is made available to them can still sign the petition.

Mike made a motion to sign the letter to Mr. Adams concerning their findings about his 2008 tax bill and payment, Miles 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

The Board was unable to review Mr. Kennedy’s application for the elderly exemption during the week. Mike made a motion to table it until next week, Miles 2^nd so long as Mr. Kennedy is called and given an explanation, all in favor, so voted.

Chuck Stata briefly described the seminars available during the 5^th Annual Emergency Preparedness Conference. The conference is free. He encouraged one or all members of the Board to attend if at all possible. Currently, Mike and Miles are attending a 2 day seminar put on by LGC.

Mike made a motion to sign, on behalf of the town, the duplicate certificate of title for the Ford F350, Kyle 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

Miles made a motion to sign the building permit for French, Map 5 Lot 138, Kyle 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

Miles made a motion to sign the building permit for Coursey, Map 9 Lot 7, Kyle 2^nd, so voted, Mike abstaining as he does a lot of work for Mr. Coursey.

Mike made a motion to sign the building permit for Chase, Map 4 Lot 9, Kyle 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

The Board reviewed the building permit for Stevens for a screen porch to be used off the entrance of a 29’ camper. There was some discussion about how long the camper was going to be there. Mike would like the Board to clarify their policy on campers to determine when and if a building permit is required as well as when and if they should be taxed. Miles made a motion to sign the building permit for Stevens, Map 5 Lot 54, Mike 2^nd, all in favor, so voted. Pam will call the owner this week to ask about the use of the trailer.

Mike made a motion to table the 2009 MS-5 contract so they can review it, Miles 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

Mike made a motion to sign the Intent to Cut for Green Acre Woodlands, Map 9 Lot 2, Miles 2^nd, all in favor, so voted. Miles would like to spend some time researching the status of Groton Hollow Road.

Mike made a motion to sign the Intent to Cut for Merrill, Map 3 Lot 9, Kyle 2^nd, all in favor, so voted. Mike made a motion to inform the Road Agent of this Intent and to ask him to document the condition of Province Road and contact the logger, Miles 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

Miles made a motion to sign the Timber Tax Warrant for Merrill, Map 3 Lot 9, Mike 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

Mike made a motion to sign the thank you letter to Ernie Blood for the work he had done preserving old town records, Kyle 2^nd, all in favor, so voted.

The Board asked Pam to set up a meeting with Ken Knowlton, NH Municipal Resources ‘Junkyard Dog’ to find out what kind of services he has to offer.

Mike made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 9:45pm, all in favor, so voted.

Respectfully submitted,

Pamela Hamel  

Administrative Assistant