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Warner
Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
September 7, 2004
Meeting opened at
6:00 p.m.
In attendance: Selectman Wayne
Eigabroadt- Chairman, Selectman Peter St. James.
Selectman John C. Brayshaw is on vacation.
Recorder of the minutes is Mary Whalen.
Ginger
Marsh came before the Selectmen
with concerns regarding the safety of her child walking to a bus stop that is
located at
Split Rock Road
. Mrs. Marsh’s son is in third
grade and would be walking 6/10ths of a mile on
North Road
alone. There have been other
concerns received in the Selectmen’s Office regarding the safety of children.
Chairman Eigabroadt and Police Chief William Chandler will be meeting
with School Board rep. Clark Lindley on
September 9, 2004
at
8:00 a.m.
to discuss the safety concerns regarding some of the new bus stops.
Mr. & Mrs. Love also commented about the safety of their child that
also walks
North Road
early in the morning to the
Split Rock Road
bus stop. The Highway Safety
Committee will also discuss busing concerns on
September 13, 2004
. The School Board will be
meeting on Thursday evening,
September 9, 2004
; the Selectmen encourage the public to attend.
Richard
Cook, Chairman of the
Conservation Commission met with the Selectmen and presented a 2005 budget with
no additional changes (same as 2004 budget).
Mr. Cook asked if the Selectmen would be supporting a Warrant Article in
the amount of $50,000.00 for the Conservation Fund this year, and to also notify
the Commission in a timely manner if they chose not to support the article.
Chris Perkins asked how much is in the Conservation Fund to date.
Mr. Cook believes that there is $149,000.00 presently in the account, of
that; $125,000.00 will be spent on a purchase & sales.
Selectman St. James made the motion to approve the
August 24, 2004
meeting minutes as amended.
Chairman Eigabroadt seconded the motion.
The motion passed.
The secretary informed the Selectmen
that the Maintenance Technician would be seeking quotes for an electrical panel
at the
Old
Graded
School
. The cost would be paid from the
2004 budget. Also, the Maintenance
Technician will also be seeking quotes for window replacement in the pre-school
located at the
Old
Grade School
. The Selectmen are still
waiting for a final quote for roof repair on the Town Hall over the stage area.
Selectman St. James will attend the New
London District Court on
September 15, 2004
for an “Enforcement Order” regarding the Naughton property.
Town Counsel will also be in attendance.
Paul
Fouliard, Transfer Station
Department Head met with the Selectmen to review his 2005 budget.
Mr. Fouliard recommended splitting the Concord Regional line into two,
one for the Guaranteed Annual Tonnage and one for the dumpsters.
The Finance Director explained that the line cannot be split, one is
revenue and one is expense. The
Selectmen requested to meet with David Hartman (representative to Concord
Regional) to discuss raising the Guaranteed Annual Tonnage.
Department request for the Concord Regional line is $85,000.00.
Mr. Fouliard would like to add additional open hours on Tuesday (
noon
–
7:00 p.m.
), pay increases for two Laborers that have completed their Level III training,
move one Attendant to full time without benefits, and add additional man hours.
Mr. Fouliard would also like to see the pay scales adjusted accordingly,
the Laborer pay scale pays more than the Attendant pay scale.
Electricity increased from $3,000.00 to $3,500.00.
Meals increased to $1,500.00 (for the volunteer).
Fire alarm was increased to $450.00, the monitoring needs to be
determined. Safety Equipment &
Programs was increased to $1,500.00 (classes offered by the Department of
Environmental Services & safety equipment).
Uniform line increased to $1,500.00 (new personnel). The Selectmen
requested the fuel line separated into two lines, vehicle fuel and heating fuel.
Vehicle fuel request is $2,000.00. Office
Supply line increased to $300.00. New
Equipment increased to $75,000.00 (Bobcat @ $25,000, and the remainder for a
horizontal baler). Mr. Fouliard
explained that one Bobcat is not enough; a larger and heavier machine is needed.
Cardboard is now being shipped out every three and half weeks.
The current machine does not pick up high enough.
Both items will be voted on at Town Meeting; out of the two items, the
Bobcat is the item that is most needed. It
was also recommended to research other vendors that supply a piece of machinery
that is like the Bobcat. Heating
fuel will be increased to $4,000.00. Payroll
and benefits will be determined at a later date.
The remainder of the line items remained the same as requested in the
2004 budget. The Selectmen offered
the opportunity to Mr. Fouliard to discuss the salary concerns in a non-public
session. Mr. Fouliard declined.
Mr. Fouliard explained that the current Attendant pay scale is from $8.84
- $12.82; a Laborer pay scale is from $9.03 - $13.23.
Mr. Fouliard explained that a level III Attendant is expected to have a
college education and finds this to be a problem.
Chairman Eigabroadt asked Selectman St. James since the Wage Scale has
been accepted as is, is there a way that it can be revisited.
Selectman St. James explained that the methodology used to create the
scale for the Transfer Station is the same as for all the other positions. Towns
that were similarly sized, along with the numbers provided by the New Hampshire
Municipal Association, then arriving at a median number, taking 10% of the
median, deducting from the bottom then adding to the top to expand the ranges
because in some of the cases the ranges were very narrow.
Mr. Fouliard commented that his men should let their license’s lapse,
that way they will make more money, but it is required to have the license’s
in order to run the Transfer Station. Selectman
St. James stated that the concerns will be taken under advisement; Wage Study
Committee members will be contacted.
Chairman Eigabroadt made a motion to go
into non-public session per RSA 91-A; III, section II, (a), for the purpose of
discussing performance evaluations. Selectman St. James seconded the motion. The
motion passed.
Chairman Eigabroadt made the motion to
close the non-public session and open the public session.
Selectman St. James seconded the motion.
The motion passed.
Selectman St. James made the motion to accept the Transfer Station Performance Evaluations with
corrections. Chairman Eigabroadt
seconded the motion. The motion
passed.
Mr.
Glen Davis met with the
Selectmen to further pursue the purchase of Town property that is directly
behind Mr. Davis’ property (old railroad bed).
The Selectmen will research Mr. Davis’ request before a decision is
made (deed restrictions etc.).
The Supervisor’s of the Checklist met
with the Selectmen to request that all mail that is received to be processed in
a timely manner, and to be notified immediately if any priority/express mail is
received. The Selectmen’s
secretary will make appropriate changes.
Selectman St. James made the motion that floodplain information will be indicated on all properties
cards where applicable. Chairman
Eigabroadt seconded the motion. The
motion passed.
The Selectmen noted that the Highway
crew at the
Old
Graded
School
would remove a damaged tree. The
Selectmen would like to know what becomes of the trees that are cut down.
The Selectmen reviewed a letter from
Parks & Recreation regarding the custodial cleaning at the ball fields.
Chairman Eigabroadt requested to meet with Parks & Recreation at
their next scheduled meeting.
The Selectmen signed a building permit
for:
Map 12
Lot
12-44-1
New Home
Map ON-03-024-18PLE
Addition
Selectman St. James made a motion to accept the Performance Evaluation as submitted for the
Planning/Zoning Board. Chairman
Eigabroadt seconded the motion. All
were in favor.
Selectman St. James made a motion to return the Highway Department Performance Evaluations as
incomplete and to be completed correctly.
Chairman Eigabroadt seconded the motion.
All were in favor.
Selectman St. James commended Sargent
Leppard during his security detail at the 89th Annual Hopkinton State
Fair. Hopkinton Police Chief David
Wheeler who handled the security team spoke very highly about Mr. Leppard’s
professionalism.
There is no meeting scheduled for
September 14, 2004
.
Motion to adjourn at
8:25 p.m.
Board of Selectmen
Wayne Eigabroadt –
Chairman
John C. Brayshaw
Peter St.
James
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