Chairman Brayshaw opened the meeting at 5:30 p.m.

In attendance is Selectman John C. Brayshaw, Selectman Peter St. James and Selectman Wayne Eigabroadt

Recorder of the minutes is Mary Whalen.

Gary Young and Gerald Courser met with the Board to discuss compensation for walking Salisbury, Henniker and Bradford bounds. It will take five days for this to be accomplished. Mr. Young and Mr. Courser maintain the bounds on a regular basis. Selectman St. James made a motion to reimburse the perambulation of the bounds at an amount not to exceed $500.00 per person for the time involved for both Mr. Young and Mr. Courser. Selectman Eigabroadt seconded the motion. All were in favor. The Board thanked Mr. Young and Mr. Courser for the perambulation service they provide for the town bounds.

The Board met with the Department Heads beginning with the Director of Public Works, Allan Brown. The Board approved the purchase of 600 tons of salt. Mr. Brown discussed Map 12 Lot 017-2-2 located on Melvin Road, the resident wrote to the Selectmen asking advisement toward a drainage problem. Mr. Brown explained the history regarding the drainage, culvert and berm work that has been completed on Melvin Road. Mr. Brown referred the Board to RSA 236;13 which explains driveways and other accesses to the public way. The Board, along with the Director of Public Works will visit the site the morning of June 5, 2004 along with Mr. Loops ditching concern. Mr. Brown explained the history of the water run off on Quimby Road. The Town of Warner is contracted by Salisbury to maintain Quimby Road. Selectman Eigabroadt is now the Liaison to the Highway Department. Mr. Brown and Selectman Eigabroadt will review this year’s projects. Selectman St. James will arrange a discussion with the Highway Department, Transfer Station and the Board to explore available options for the expansion of the Transfer Station. Mr. Brown discussed the permitting process that is involved with expansion.

Police Chief William Chandler informed the Board that there is now a temporary satellite dish mounted on the roof of the station. The dish is a portion of Homeland I, which will supply the satellite for one year providing a 24-hour Law Enforcement Training Network. At the completion of one year, if the police choose not to continue the service, the satellite will be removed at no cost to the Town. The annual fee for the training network is $2,600.00. A negotiation has been sent to the Attorney Generals office to try doing away with the annual fee as an extension of Homeland or greatly reducing the annual fee. Chairman Brayshaw spoke of a program sponsored by Bombardier that offers free four wheelers to municipalities resulting in the capabilities to patrol Class VI roads. The photocopier at the police station will need to be replaced, there is currently a demo being used scheduled for pick-up on June 2, 2004. Selectman St. James made a motion requesting that the Police Chief review his budget for funding the amount of $900.00 to begin the leasing of a 7002 Conical digital copier. Balance will be funded in 2005 budget. Selectman St. James withdrew his motion. Chairman Brayshaw made the motion for the Police Department to proceed and bind a contract with Conway Office Products to purchase the copier leaving the town to afford the financing. Selectman St. James recommends that the Police Chief review his budget in support of the funding. Selectman Eigabroadt seconded the motion. Motion passes.

Rebecca Courser met with the Board to extend an invitation to be part of the presentation of the Boston Post Cane to Russell (Pud) Ellsworth, 94 years old as of February 2004. The presentation will take place on June 18, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. at the Bookends. Mrs. Courser, along with Stephen Brown and Anthony Mento have been appointed to the Martin Building Re-Development Committee. Mrs. Courser asked about the progress on the "option agreement", the Board and Town Counsel are reviewing the agreement. Copies will be generated and a meeting arranged for the Committee to also review the agreement.

Paul Fouliard and Pete Newman from the Transfer Station met with the Selectmen. Mr. Fouliard is currently working on obtaining more land for the Transfer Station. Mr. Fouliard has letters from the Department of Environmental Services explaining that permits are not required, Department of Transportation requested a sketch of the proposed plan, a gate may or may not be required. The Board asked Mr. Fouliard to obtain current approval from DES and D.O.T. The letters that Mr. Fouliard has are a year old. Selectman St. James passed on a concern from the Director of Public Works. The current steel box may need a roof over it to prevent leakage into the ground, Mr. Fouliard agreed that it would be ideal to cover the steel box and the demo box, right now it is not mandated by law. With obtaining more land the parking can be expanded and the demo box more organized. The land is Town owned with a strip of State land to be crossed. Mr. Fouliard would like to discuss a horizontal baler at another time.

Maintenance Technician and Director of Emergency Management Ed Mical met with the Board. The Maintenance Request Forms are working well. Barwind has repaired a window at the CAP building. The windows have been boarded at the Martin Building. Selectman Eigabroadt will meet with Mr. Mical for a tour of the buildings. Mr. Mical met with Red Cross, an emergency draft plan has gone back for revisions, final draft will be presented to the Board for proclamation. Mr. Mical is waiting to here about funding for training exercises.

The Assessing Clerk has reviewed the list of students within the Town of Warner to verify residency. The Town of Warner was charged for eight students last year that do not reside in Warner, a reimbursement request has been submitted.

Tax Collector Marianne Howlett informed the Board that the tax bills have been mailed.

Finance Director Wendy Pinkham submitted a record of legal expenses for their review. Mr. Pinkham recommended selling the copier at State auction (Police Department).

John Healy is involved with Crimeline, meetings are the last Wednesday of every month located at the Concord Police Department. Mr. Healy presented one of the signs that will be distributed throughout Warner, also a supply of informational brochures, window stickers, bumper stickers and business cards. The supply will be distributed throughout the Town offices for public accessibility.

Debra Sullivan met with the Selectmen in regards a to fuel assistance refusal. The Selectmen will contact the Welfare Director about the refusal. Ms. Sullivan may need to file a request for a fair hearing.

George Naughton met with the Selectmen to discuss the trucking vehicles on his property. Neighboring residents also attended Mr. & Mrs. Mueller along with Mr. & Mrs. Allen. The Board discussed the ongoing issues that have been submitted as complaints from the residents in attendance. Issues include the fueling of trucks, and the number of trucks that are parked on Poverty Plains Road and the servicing of such vehicles. The Board once again explained that this type of activity is not allowed in an R2 zone. The nature of the activity constitutes running a business. The situation has reached a "cease & desist" order. Mr. Naughton asked if the Town would be interested in renting or selling a piece of property on North Road. The Board will consider Mr. Naughton’s suggestion, but intends to follow through with the "cease & desist" order for the property located on Route 127. The attending neighbors spoke to the Board about the ongoing activities and their frustration. Mr. Naughton still claims that he is not running a business from his home. The main office is in Danbury, N H.

Carla Roberts met with the Board to discuss her driveway. Mrs. Roberts is looking to add hard pack to her driveway; the contractor strongly recommended that the road frontage be repaired before adding the hard pack. Chairman Brayshaw explained that the driveway was discussed with the Director of Public Works this evening and the Board agreed to visit the site on the morning of June 5, 2004.

Town Clerk, Judith Rogers met with the Board and presented a brief explanation pertaining to a State program that would allow internet registrations. The service is limited to credit card holders. Towns are not clear if the $2.50 fee for each registration would be forwarded to the town. At this time not all towns are offering the program. The Town of Warner can offer renewal registrations through Interware Development Company. People who choose to renew their registrations on line would pay for any/all fees that are required. The Town Clerk would prefer to receive all checks by mail. A person would register on line and when the Town Clerk receives the check the registration would then be processed by down loading the information. Chairman Brayshaw asked if this program would be set up through the Town of Warner website and who maintains the software from the website. Interware would maintain the software until the information is downloaded by the Town Clerk. The Board would like more information about the service before implantation is considered. The Town Clerk stated that there is still about 300 outstanding dogs.

Chairman Brayshaw made the motion to approve meeting minutes dated May 11, 2004. Selectman St. James seconded the motion. All were in favor.

Chairman Brayshaw made the motion to approve non-public minutes dated May 11, 2004. Selectman St. James seconded the motion. All were in favor.

Chairman Brayshaw made the motion to approve meeting minutes dated May 25, 2004. Selectman Eigabroadt seconded the motion. All were in favor.

The Selectmen received a Purchase & Sales Agreement from Town Counsel for the gravel pit. The Board will review the document. Closing will be within thirty days.

Selectman St. James made the motion to appoint Ken Benward as Building Inspector for the Town of Warner. Chairman Brayshaw seconded the motion. Motion passed.

The Selectmen discussed the Taxable Inventory Forms. Discussion encompassed the continuation of the forms. Barbara Annis commented that the forms if used correctly have a lot of information that can be used to make money for the Town. One way is keeping homes accurately assessed by using the information listing all improvements to interiors on the Inventory forms. Chairman Brayshaw commented that there are 82 out of 280 towns that use the inventory forms because they do not have a building permit application process. Chairman Brayshaw made a motion to dissolve the Taxable Inventory Form. Selectman Eigabroadt seconded the motion with the intent to revisit the subject at a later date. Selectman St. James opposed. Selectman St. James also intends to revisit this topic at a later date.

The Selectmen discussed the option agreement for the Martin Building. Selectman St. James made the motion to pass the option agreement on to the Martin Building Re-Development Committee for their feedback. Selectman Eigabroadt seconded the motion. The motion passed.

The Selectmen reviewed a Hardship Abatement Application. Chairman Brayshaw made the motion to abate the fee for the first tax billing amounting to $90.00. Selectman Eigabroadt seconded the motion. Selectman St. James opposed.

The Board proceeded to sign various correspondence, a memo to employees reminding that prior approval is needed for overtime, and one building permit.

Motion to adjourn at 9:30 p.m.

Board of Selectmen

John C. Brayshaw – Chairman

Peter St. James

Wayne Eigabroadt