Date: October 27, 2003
Time: 7:00 pm
Place: Town Office
Present: Selectmen Stuart Draper, Chair. and Robert MacFarland
And Recording Secretary Peggy Arn
1) Building Inspector Bill Condra and Ken Wilson of Mason attended the
meeting. Bill informed the Board that Ken Wilson, with the Board’s
approval, has agreed to fill in for him while he is on his leave of absence
for 6 weeks. Mr. Wilson will accompany Mr. Condra for a week before
he starts his leave. Mr. Wilson will be paid the same rate as Bill.
Mr. Wilson will make his own work schedule.
2) Mr. Condra informed the Board that he had received complaints about
Pratt Brothers excavation on a lot on Ring Road. It appears that
they are taking a large amount of gravel off the lot and they are in violation
of Zoning ordinances. Planning Board Chairman, Mark Whitehill has
talked to the Pratt Brothers and has given them until November 1st to stop
the operation and correct the land. Mr. Condra asked the Board if
they wanted him to contact the Town Attorney to get his opinion of a Cease
and Desist order to be delivered to them this week or wait until the November
1st deadline. The Board agreed that Attorney Little should be consulted
and that the Cease and Desist could be delivered after November 1st.
3) Charles McGettigan attended the meeting. He told the Board
that he had been contacted by students of Boston University to ask permission
to spend a night at Vale End Cemetery. After a discussion, it was
agreed that permission would be granted only if they paid for a Police
patrol for the entire night and they were supervised by an instructor at
the University.
4) Mr. McGettigan then informed the Board of a meeting he had attended
as a Water Commissioner set up by the NHDES on the subject of the Souhegan
River instream flow protection pilot program. They were asking towns for
nominations to the Water Management Planning Area Advisor Committee but
as part of the program, discuss ensued as to what people considered as
problems in area towns. He stated that two areas in Wilton were discussed.
One being that trees along route 31 not be trimmed and the other that the
parking lot paving at the police station might be to close to the river.
Both issues were discussed and both not believed to be problems.
5) The bills and payroll for the week ending were reviewed and signed.
6) Correspondence and informational material was reviewed.
7) A complaint was received from a resident in reference to Vision.
A letter will be sent to them explaining the re-evaluation process.
8) The Board received and reviewed the insurance rates for next year
from NHMA. The health and dental premiums are increasing by 10.9%.
The Life, STD and LTD premiums actually went down a small percentage.
9) The Board answered questions asked by Ms. LeBlanc and the reporters
concerning Mr. Turgeon’s appeal.
10) The meeting was adjourned on a motion at 8:15 pm.
Respectfully submitted;
Peggy Arn, Recording Secretary