Date: June 28, 2010
Time: 6:30 pm
Place: Town Office
Present: Selectmen William Condra, Richard Rockwood and Steven McDonough and Recording Secretary Peggy Arn

MOTION: Chairman Condra made a motion that the regular meeting was called to order and then closed the meeting and adjourned a non public session per RSA 91

Chairman Condra called the regular meeting to order.

Selectman McDonough asked Jeff Kandt if he would explain what NRPC does for the Planning Board and what is covered under the yearly circuit rider that is paid by the Town.  Jeff explained that NRPC is necessary to the working of the Planning Board.  Steve Wagner is the Regional Planner for NRPC and his job for the Town is directing applicants to the Planning Board in how to prepare for a plan review, how to present it to the Planning Board and to prepare for an engineering review.  The time that he spends with individual is billed to the applicants.  Discussion ensued as to what time is under the Circuit Rider expense and then what time the applicants are charged for.  Selectman Rockwood reviewed some of NRPC’s invoices and stated that he feels some of the explanation of time charged was vague and that he would like more detail of the charges.  Jeff stated that he would ask Steve about the invoice detail and what is going to be expected of NRPC as far as the work from the Planning Board and applicants.

Jeff then asked if the Board had any input on the McKay issue.  The plan was sent to the Town’s Engineer and they came back with several questions.  Jeff is concerned if the Planning Board should be aware any issues from past experiences.  Selectman Rockwood stated that that question should be addressed to Attorney Little.

Road Agent Steve Elliott attended the meeting to discuss the request to the Board from Helen Egan for replacement of a culvert under her driveway.  Chairman Condra asked Steve for his input as to who owns the culvert.  Per RSA 236:13 concerning private driveways, the town is not responsible for and does not own the culvert under driveways.  Selectman Rockwood stated that a letter needs to be sent to her stating that it is not the Town’s responsibility but that the town could do the work and also give her a quote on what the work would cost.  Steve noted that he also feels that the culvert should be upgraded to 15” ADS plastic pipe.  The Board members agreed to the Road Agents recommendation.

Peggy informed the Board that she had received Rebecca Balke’s proposal to do the work required by DES for submission of an application for a permanent operating permit for the Recycling Center.  Discussion ensued as to the time requirements for this application and the history of the present temporary permit.

Motion:  Selectman Rockwood made a motion that the cost of the permit work be put in the Recycling Center budget for next year.  Selectman Condra seconded the motion.   The vote was two yeas and one abstention.  The motion carried.

Selectman McDonough stated that he is concerned with the time the Town has to apply for the permanent application and he didn’t want to put the operation of the Recycling Center in jeopardy with DES.  Peggy will find out was the DES time requirement is and report back to the Board.

Maurice attended the meeting to inform the Board of the results of the DES inspection last Friday.  He informed the Board that the inspection had gone very well and that the State Fire Marshall had been there with the Inspector from DES.  Maurice stated that the State Fire Marshall suggested that the storage tank for waste oil be replaced with a smaller tank.   It is a requirement that the tank is a certain size and it was also recommended that the waste oil be used to heat some of the Recycling Center with a furnace that is already there.

Maurice was also informed that he could burn any day that the wind is not blowing.   This would be so much more efficient than waiting until it rains.  Selectman Rockwood stated that he still feels that the burning of brush should be stopped and that someone be hired to pick up and dispose of the brush.  Discussion ensued on this topic with no decision made at this time.

Maurice asked the he could purchase the compost sifter from Heidi Robichaud that is presently on loan to the Recycling Center.   Selectman Rockwood told Maurice to get a price for the sifter and then they would decide.

Maurice then informed the Board that another recommendation from the inspection Friday was to have the material that remained after he cleaned the incineration, tested to see what was in the material.  Selectman Rockwood stated that he thought that the material had been disposed of and he was not sure why it needed to be tested.  Maurice stated that the State Fire Marshall stated that he thought it would be advantageous to have it tested to be sure of  what was on the walls of incinerator.  After a discussion,  the Board agreed that the testing could be done.

Motion:  Selectman Rockwood made a motion that the property tax on Lot J-048 owned by the Main Street Association is abated for the first half of 2010. Chairman Condra seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.

The Board reviewed and signed the bills and the payroll for the week ending June 26, 2010.  The informational material was reviewed.

 Respectfully submitted;

Peggy Arn, Recording Secretary