TOWN OF WALPOLE

MEETING OF THE SELECT BOARD

MARCH 26, 2009

 

Select Board Present:   Whitney Aldrich -Chair; Jamie Teague

                                    (Absent: Sheldon Sawyer)

 

Mr. Aldrich called the Public Hearing to order at 7:00 PM with three people present in the audience.

 

PUBLIC HEARING – SWRPC:  Brian McMaster, Southwest Region Planning Commission, and Matthew Holian, Monadnock Economic Development Corporation, were present to discuss the Community Development Block Grant for Andrus Associates, LLC. who are located in the J.H. Dunning Building in North Walpole.  They wanted to thank the Town of Walpole for their approval and support of this loan.  Mr. McMaster noted that this Public Hearing is a formality to give the public an opportunity to make comments.  Mr. Holian advised that a lot of improvements have been made to the building and Andrus Associates, LLC is ready to move in on April 1st, 2009.  They are now 95% complete with the project and tried to go as “green” as possible.  This business will create nine new jobs; at last count they had eight people on the payroll.  It is anticipated that they will expand and grow.  Andrus Associates is leasing 4,600 square feet of space in this building.  MEDC owns this building; the J.H. Dunning Corporation and the New England Precast Company are the other two tenants.  There is still about 7,500 square feet of vacant space.  Mr. McMaster noted that this has been a successful project.  They anticipate that this CDBG Grant will be closed out in June.  There was no public comment.

Mr. Aldrich closed this Public Hearing at 7:18 PM.

 

REGULAR MEETING:

Mr. Aldrich called the regular meeting to order at 7:30 PM with one person present in the audience.

 

PUBLIC BUSINESS:

CENSUS 2010 – Jim Petry:  Mr. Petry reported that the first recruiting process in preparation of the Census 2010 went very well.  The next recruiting period will be in August and September.  He covers Hillsborough, Cheshire and Sullivan counties and was recently promoted to Crew Chief.  During this second phase, from now until August, they will be gathering data and developing new maps.  Mr. Petry will keep the Select Board informed as they move along on this project.

 

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:  Mrs. Teague moved to approve the Accounts Payable check register and manifest in the amount of $83,171.94.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

PAYROLL:  Mrs. Teague moved to approve the payroll voucher for the week ending March 21, 2009, for gross wages in the amount of $16,938.55 or net wages in the amount of $8,727.55.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

Mrs. Teague moved to approve the voucher for two voided payroll checks Nos. 033702 and 033703 for gross wages in the amount of $700.00 or net wages in the amount of $575.12.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

 

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Mrs. Teague moved to approve the electronic fund transfer for the 941 Employer Taxes for Withholding, MEDI and FICA taxes in the amount of $3,807.53.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

MINUTES:

SELECT BOARD MEETING – March 19, 2009:  Mrs. Teague moved to approve the Minutes of the regular Select Board meeting of March 19, 2009, with the following clarifications: 

Page 1, High Street, second line, change “in would” to “it would”.  High Street, delete third sentence, and replace with:  “Residents living in the areas of High Street, Good Circle, and a part of School Street to Union Street that will be affected by this change are to be notified of the Public Hearing.” 

Page 2, Mason Forest:  Motion – last line, after “timber changes” add “(matures)” for clarification.  Mason Forest, 12th line, change “the harvest money will go back within a short time” to “the timber tax money received will be placed in the Mason Forest Account when timbering is complete”.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion and amendment passed unanimously.

 

DEPARTMENT / COMMITTEE REPORTS:

The Select Board received and reviewed the minutes of the Zoning Board of Adjustment meeting of March 18, 2009.

 

BUILDING PERMIT:

KRISTYN WALLACE and CHRIS CURVEN –Map 020-014-000:  Mrs. Teague moved to approve Building Permit No. 2009-002 for Kristyn Wallace and Chris Curven to expand an existing porch by 12’ x 15’ at 48 Westminster Street.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously

 

ABATEMENTS:

PATRICIA SOBOLESKI –Sewer- Map 028-134-000:  Mrs. Teague moved to allow the Abatement for Sewer in the amount of $257.62 for Patricia Soboleski.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

THERESA WOOLBERT – Map 027-001-100:  Mrs. Teague moved to allow the Abatement for Sewer in the amount of $212.94 plus interest of $21.21 for a total of $234.15 for Theresa Woolbert.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

WARRANTS:

COLD RIVER MATERIALS –Map 015-011-000- #08-461-01:  Mrs. Teague moved to approve the Warrant for the Collection of Taxes for the Excavation of Gravel in the amount of $3,959.00 for Cold River Materials.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

COLD RIVER MATERIALS –Map 014-013-000 - #08-461-02:  Mrs. Teague moved to approve the Warrant for the Collection of Taxes for the Excavation of Gravel in the amount of $129.00 for Cold River Materials.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

HODGKINS & SONS –Map 012-073-000 - #08-461-05:  Mrs. Teague moved to approve the Warrant for the Collection of Taxes for the Excavation of Gravel in the amount of $164.00 for Hodgkins & Sons.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

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NEW BUSINESS:

MS-2 REPORT OF APPROPRIATIONS ACTUALLY VOTED:  Mrs. Teague moved to approve and sign the MS-2 Report of Appropriations.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

NH THE BEAUTIFUL GRANT (Recycle):  There was a consensus of the Select Board to put this agenda item on-hold to allow time to discuss the application and deadline with Paul Colburn. 

 

FIRE BILL – North Road:  Mrs. Teague moved to sign the Fire Bill in the amount of $611.80 to the State of New Hampshire for the fire on March 21, 2009 on North Road.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.  

 

CREDIT APPLICATIONS (2) –Cersosimo and J & H Hardware:  Mrs. Teague moved to allow the credit applications for Cersosimo in Brattleboro and J & H Hardware in Bellows Falls for the Highway Department.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.

 

NH EASY INFORMATIONAL MEETING – April 1, 2009:  Mrs. Teague moved to allow Elaine Moore to attend the NH Electronic Application System informational meeting on April 1st, 2009.  This training is for internet access to service providers to assist individuals in the application process.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously. 

 

Adjournment:

Mrs. Teague moved to adjourn this meeting.  Seconded by Mr. Aldrich.  Motion passed unanimously.  The time was 8:32 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Regina Borden, Recording Secretary

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                                                                                    Whitney R. Aldrich, Chair

 

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                                                                                    Jamie J. Teague

 

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                                                                                    Sheldon S. Sawyer

 

 

(Note:  These are unapproved minutes.  Corrections, if necessary, may be found in the minutes of the April 2, 2009, Select Board meeting.)

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