Date:  November 2, 2008
Time:  7:00 PM
Place  Town Office
Present: Selectmen Richard Rockwood, Daniel Donovan, III and William Condra and Recording Secretary Peggy Arn

1) Conservation Commissioners Spencer Brookes and Lynne Draper attended the meeting to inform the Board that the National Resources Inventory Maps that they have been working on with the Society for the Protection of Forests are almost completed.  They stated that these maps could be used by boards of the town with the purchase of a projector and screen.  The maps will also be on disks and the maps will be available at the town office for people to use.  David McGraw of the SPF will be here at the town office to present the maps and explain what they reflect on December 15, 2008 at 7:00 PM.  They extended an invitation to the Board to attend the function.  The Board will reserve time from their scheduled meeting to attend the presentation.

2) Spencer reported that the Frog Pond dam project is almost complete.  They will seed the area in the spring.

3) Steve Elliott then attended the meeting to discuss budgets and plowing.  He told the board that because the town can no longer use lot 48 to put snow from main street, he would like to purchase a box plow.  He could push the snow from the center of main street to the ends where it could be pushed to the back of the parking lots.  The other way of disposing the snow would be to load it on trucks and hauling it somewhere.  This would be more expensive than plowing.  The board discussed the issue and decided that there was not any money in the budget for another plow at this time.

4) Carylyn McEntee then presented her proposed budget for 2009 and the Board reviewed it.  Ms. McEntee stated that she needs to purchase a laptop computer to use on the ambulance and also 2 sets of interosseous needles for the ambulances.  She also stated that a light bar on the older ambulance needs to be replaced.  The board approved the purchase of the light bar this year.

5) Chairman Rockwood then informed Carylyn that they do not feel that she should be on call all night after working her regular hours.  He stated that from now on, she should only work her regular hours and not be on call. She was informed that she could work as many hours on call but would not be paid.   Mr. Donovan stated that it is his understanding that there are other ambulance employees that would like to work more hours and would be able to work the hours that she had been.  Carylyn stated that she offers the paramedics all the hours but that many of them have other jobs and cannot work all the on-call time necessary.

6) The payroll and bills for the week ending November 29, 2008 were reviewed and approved.  Correspondence and informational material was reviewed.
The meeting was adjourned on a motion at 9:35 PM, with all in favor.

Respectfully submitted;

Peggy Arn, Recording Secretary