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Warner Board of Selectmen Meeting Minutes September 16, 2008 Meeting opened at In Attendance:
Selectman David E. Hartman Selectman
David Karrick Jr. Laura
Buono – Town Administrator Absent:
Selectman Richard A. Cook Others present: Ed Mical Martha Mical John Healy Meeting opened at Selectman Karrick Chaired the meeting 1. Ed Mical – Emergency Management – Grant Agreement The Town applied for a Pre-Disaster Hazard
Mitigation Competitive Grant for four dry hydrants.
Conditional approval was granted; Mr. Mical now has the grant
agreement which supplies the funding in the amount $15,251.04 for the
installation of four dry hydrants; the Town is responsible for
$5,127.09. The Ms. Buono explained the Town’s portion
can also be achieved through in-kind (labor, equipment).
A public hearing is required to accept and expend the funds.
Selectman Hartman moved
that the Town of Warner proceed in its application for a Pre-Disaster
Hazard Mitigation Competitive Grant in the amount of $15,251.04 for the
installation of four dry fire hydrants. Selectman
Karrick seconded the motion. All
were in favor, the motion passed. The Selectmen proceeded to sign three
copies of the grant agreement. John Healy commended Mr. Mical for the
work he does with Emergency Management.
2. Martha Mical – PA-34 Forms & Request for Revaluation
Proposals Martha Mical asked the Selectmen if they
wish to make or not make PA-34 Forms public information.
By law it is not a public form; the form is exempt from the
Right-to-Know law. Ms. Buono
asked what would be the purpose not to make the forms public.
Martha Mical said some old forms have social security numbers on
them. Currently the
Department of Revenue publishes these forms on their web-site, they were
not aware of the law. John Healy commented that DRA sends the
PA- 34 form information to Real Data who in turn sells the information
to the public. Selectman Hartman moved
that the Town of Martha Mical presented a draft version for
a RFP regarding the upcoming revaluation.
Ms. Mical asked the Selectmen to review the draft and forward any
changes to her. 3. Website At one of the Selectmen’s meeting Ken
Klinedinst asked why there was only one year of meeting minutes on the
website. Since that meeting
Ms. Buono spoke with the Webmaster who then placed meeting minutes as
far back as 2006. Mr.
Klinedinst contacted Ms. Buono and asked why the minutes go back only to
2006. Ms. Buono is now
asking the Selectmen how far back they wish the Webmaster to go on the
meeting minutes. Ms. Buono
explained that space is not an issue; she would like to see more
policies on the site as well as requests from residents.
After discussion the Selectmen determined that 5 years of meeting
minutes would be adequate. 4. Sign Permit – Two permits were submitted, one for the Selectman Hartman moved
to grant a Sign Permit to the Selectman Karrick moved
to grant a Sign Permit for the 5. Transfer Station Foreman Selectman Hartman moved
to hire Varick Proper as the Transfer Station Foreman at $16.60 per hour
beginning employment on 6. Manifest Selectman Hartman moved
to authorize the Selectmen to sign manifests and order the Treasurer to
sign payroll check numbers 1171-1203 in the amount of $21,139.66
(includes 9 direct deposit stubs) and accounts payable check numbers
42141-42198 in the amount of $497,131.84.
Payables include a payment to the School in the amount of
$265,756.11. Selectman
Karrick seconded the motion; all were in favor, the motion passed. 7. Other Selectmen’s Business Both Selectman Hartman and Selectman
Karrick attended a meeting with the State’s Long Range Capital
Planning Utilization Committee in Ms. Buono explained that the Selectmen
received the Court’s decision on the Right-to-Know Law Case (Healy vs.
The Town of Warner); the Town of Selectman Hartman said the Transfer
Station Facility Committee is scheduled to meet Wednesday, September 17th. There is a site investigation scheduled by
the Department of Environmental Services scheduled for Thursday,
September 18th. Ms.
Buono explained a resident filed a complaint with DES saying the Town
illegally dumped on two sites in the past years.
Carl Woodbury from DES, Town personnel and equipment dug at
indicated areas by DES, no evidence was found based on the accusation.
The individual that filed the original complaint is not satisfied
and continues to go back to DES. Carl
Woodbury from DES recommended closing the case but the resident went to
Mr. Woodbury’s Supervisor who will be present during the September 18
investigation, no equipment is being requested.
Ms. Buono said again the Town has spent money on equipment and
manpower for an accusation that appears to be unfounded.
Ms. Buono will attend the investigation to find out what the
basis is. Selectman Hartman explained the Wagner
Subdivision was approved with conditions.
8. Meeting Minutes Selectman Karrick moved
to approve meeting minutes dated Selectman Karrick moved
to approve meeting minutes dated 9. Non Public Session RSA91-A:3 II (a) compensation Selectman Karrick moved at At an employee’s request, the Board
compared wages within one of the Town departments and discussed whether
or not any further changes are warranted at this time. Selectman Karrick moved to come out of non
public session. Selectman
Hartman seconded the motion. Roll
call vote: Selectman Karrick; Aye, Selectman Hartman; Aye. 10. Adjournment Selectman Karrick moved to adjourn the
Selectmen’s meeting at Board of Selectmen Selectman Richard A. Cook – Chairman Mary Whalen Recording Secretary
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