Warner Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
December 28, 2004
Meeting
opened at
6:00
p.m.
In
attendance: Selectman Wayne Eigabroadt – Chairman, Selectman Peter St. James.
Recorder
of the minutes is Mary Whalen.
Beverly
Langlais met
with the Selectmen to further discuss the Town of
Warner
continuing paying for the use of the Henniker Transfer Station for four
residents that live on
Schoolhouse
Lane
and
Cross
Road
that is off of
Henniker
Road
.
The Town of
Warner
talked further with the Town of
Henniker
,
the Board has decided to continue paying the Town of
Henniker
for the four resident’s use of the Henniker Transfer Station until the
property changes ownership, or until
Henniker
Road
is opened year round which ever comes first.
Also the current residents will be responsible for any future increases
to the cost of using the Henniker Transfer Station.
A letter will be sent to the property owners and the Town of
Henniker
explaining the Selectmen’s decision. Ms.
Langlais explained that the original agreement was made based on
Henniker
Road
being closed during the winter.
Selectman
St. James noted that a newspaper article commented that the Town of Gilford’s
health insurance increased by 30%, the Town of Warner’s health insurance
increased by 16.9%.
Ken
Benward,
Building Inspector met with the Selectmen to discuss an inspection that took
place for an “Occupancy Permit” for Map 20 Lot
005-1-8
.
The “Occupancy Permit” was
denied due to a non-conforming set of permanent stairs.
The height of the step should be no more than 7”, and no less than
11” on the tread. The stairs in
question are 9 3/4” in height and 9 1/2” treads.
The Building Inspector is working on other issues with the homeowner.
A copy of the building code regarding permanent stairs will be forwarded
to the Selectmen. A foundation
inspection was completed for Map 4 Lot 5; the Building Inspector recommended to
the homeowner that he felt the foundation was not poured correctly and that the
homeowner should contact his contractor. The
Building Inspector will send a letter to the homeowner explaining his findings.
Selectman
St. James made the motion to approve
meeting minutes dated
December
15, 2004
as written.
Chairman Eigabroadt seconded the motion.
The motion passed.
The
Selectmen performed a final review of bids submitted from Portland Glass
($8,924.00) and Granite State Glass ($10,980.00) both from
Concord
NH
.
The bids are for window replacement in the
Old
Grade
School
.
The price difference is due to the quality and type of window.
Chairman Eigabroadt made the motion
to accept the submitted bid amounting to $10,980.00 by
Granite
State
Glass for window replacement at the
Old
Grade
School
.
Selectman St. James seconded the motion.
The motion passed. Monies
will be encumbered from 2004 toward the replacement of the windows.
David
Connors,
Town auditor met with the Selectmen to give a breakdown of services that will be
provided for the upcoming audit. Mr.
Connors will complete the audit with a letter of recommendations, along with all
the State reports completed and submitted. This
year a MS34 is required at the government level that entails financial reports
and footnotes along with a public session with the Selectmen.
The Town also needs to be in compliance with Gatsby 34 effective
December
31, 2004
.
A sampling of checks and balances are also conducted.
The Selectmen requested that the recommendations be candid and accurate
in order to improve and move forward with the current system.
Chairman
Eigabroadt made the motion to go into non-public session per RSA 91-A, 3 II (d)
sale or lease of town property. Selectman
St. James seconded the motion. The
motion passed. Chairman Eigabroadt
made the motion to close the non-public session and re-open the public session.
Selectman St. James seconded the motion.
The motion passed.
The
Selectmen performed a final review of bids submitted for the 2004 Town Report
from R. C Brayshaw and Wallace Press. Further
information was by Wallace Press determined that the bid with postage and set-up
fees would amount to approximately $3,800.00 if not more including press runs
and mileage. Chairman Eigabroadt
made the motion to award the bid for the
printing of the 2004 Town Report to R. C. Brayshaw and Company, Inc. amounting
to $4,269.50. Selectman
St.
James commented that both companies are in good standing, due to the close
proximity of R. C. Brayshaw & Company Selectmen St. James seconded the
motion. The motion passed.
Chandler
Reservation submitted recommendations to the Selectmen for the clean up of two
sites, one off of
Bean
Road
and the other off of
North
Road
.
The recommendations will be forwarded to the Highway Department for
execution no later than the end of summer 2005.
Selectman St. James made the motion
to direct the Director of Public Works to incorporate the
Chandler
Reservations request into their work schedule.
Chairman Eigabroadt seconded the motion.
The motion passed.
Selectman
St. James made the motion to sign the
payment agreement for 2005 amounting to $14,520.42 for Kearsarge Elderly
Housing. Chairman Eigabroadt
seconded the motion. The motion
passed.
The
Selectmen signed an agreement from Local
Government
Center
Property Liability Trust extending the current plan from 2005 to 2008 with
discounts and rate increase caps. Selectman
St. James made the motion to accept the
resolution for the Town of
Warner
from the
Local
Government
Center
Property Liability Trust to enter into the Trust multiyear rate guarantee
program.
Chairman Eigabroadt seconded the motion.
The motion passed.
The
Selectmen’s Office received confirmation from New
Hampshire the Beautiful that a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 toward the purchase of a horizontal baler has been
approved. The organization did ask
if the Town of
Warner
would consider selling one of the two vertical balers.
The
Selectmen signed a Veteran’s exemption.
A
representative from the Argus Champion asked for clarification for some of the
topics during the meeting.
Motion
to adjourn 8:00 p.m.
Board
of Selectmen
Wayne
Eigabroadt –
Chairman
Peter
St.
James
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