Select Board Minutes

Groton Community Building

December 21, 2006

 

Present:

Select Board: Leonard Doscinski, Debra Tinkham & David Spencer

Treasurer: Roberta Dana

Listers: Laurine Grant & Kitty Diggins

Highway Commissioner: Brent Smith

Guest: H. Paul & Mary Berlejung

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Leonard called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

 

Community Ideas

Paul and Mary Berlejung presented some ideas to the Selectboard about ways to possibly bringing business into town. There were ideas of a Farmers Market a Co-Op store maybe a Community Kitchen. There was talk of having a Volksmarch or Volkswalk to go along with Fall Foliage.

 

Lister Errors and Omissions

Laurine explained about an error the Listers were bringing to the Selectboard under errors and omissions concerning the property of Robin and Huseyin Cavusoglu. The Selectboard gave the go ahead on dealing with the error.

Debra made the motion to accept the errors and omissions presented by Laurine. Leonard seconded the motion. Dave agreed.

Laurine explained the Listers had set up a day and time to meet with Steve Trombly to go over the work from the resent reappraisal.

Laurine reported she has gone onto the listsev questioning other towns that are doing or have just finished reappraisal about the appraisers they had do the job.

Dave and Debra discussed step increases for the Listers. Listers budget $ 19,970.00.

 

Budgets

Administration Budget $85,400.00.

 

Stump Dump

Dave Spencer explained he had met with Terry Dana and Brent Smith about clearing an area for the stump dump at the newer gravel pit.

Dave explained there were many ideas talked about and many ways that things could be done. This will be revisited at a later meeting.

Roberta what will become of the gravel pit when it’s used up? Dave: Harry Chandler would like to plant trees.  Some of the old gravel pit will have trees planted on it as long as the town leaves space for the Dart landing zone.

 

Fire Department Gas Tanks

 Brent has ordered gas tanks for the Fire Department from Granger. Anything over $50.00 is shipped freight free of charge.

 

Ambulance Contract

Ambulance Contract hasn’t been received yet.

 

Selectboard Report

Leonard presented a draft of the Selectboard’s report to be given to the Auditors for the Town Report. Dave and Debra added some ideas they felt should be added.

 

 

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Dave: Patrick Shattuck is gone so are looking for someone to talk his place on the Building Committee board. Names of Wanda Peters, Henry Eaton, Jennifer or Andrew Dorsett were put out to ask.

Dave need to start putting together sub-committees for the kitchen, building uses and would like to get input from the Fire Department.

Next Community Building Committee meeting is January 3 at 7:00 pm.

The next Ancient Roads meeting will be January 14 at 7:00 pm.

 

LaBrie

An e-mail was received from Linda LaBrie concerning the ditch on their property.

Need to give her a call to let her know we can’t talk to her until we speak with our insurance company.

 

Lapham concerns

Dave spoke with Steve Robalard he explained there are different specs for different situations.

 

Iron Pipe

Linda: I have been asked if the concern had been addressed, of the iron pipe driven into the Little Italy road.  Leonard said he would meet with Brent and they would take a look tomorrow.

 

Auditing budget $3,247.40.

Auditing budget and the town report budget was reviewed and discussed. The pay of $10.50 an hour was discussed with the auditing budget being set at $1,500.00 and the town report budget at $3,130.00.

 

 

 

Leonard made the motion to adjourn.

 

Debra seconded the motion.

 

Orders signed in the amount of $ 23,480.75

 

Meeting adjourned at 10:17 PM.

 

Groton Selectboard

                                                                                                                                                           

 

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                                                                                    Leonard Doscinski

 

                                                                                   

 

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                                                                                    Debra Tinkham

 

 

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                                                                                    David Spencer

 

 

 

 Respectfully submitted by Linda Nunn

                                   

 

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