Select Board Minutes

Groton Community Building

July 12, 2007

 

Present:

Select Board: Leonard Doscinski, Debra Tinkham and David Spencer

Treasurer: Roberta Dana

Clerk: Linda Nunn

Highway Personnel: Brent Smith

2nd Constable: James Downing Jr.

Cemetery Commission: Deborah Jurist

Fire Department: Tristan Vaughan

 

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

 

The June 28th Selectboard minutes were accepted as written.

Mail was reviewed. Purchase orders were signed.

Debra: The brochure from Governor’s Healthy Aging Services was reviewed and will be checked into more extensively.

 

Constable

Leonard read a letter of responds from Otterman and Allen concerning the traffic ticket appeal.

Roberta: talked to Marsha Nelson back in June requesting the Town of Ryegate to send the Town of Groton an invoice for the radar system and the vest so that Roberta could send Ryegate the money for them. 

Roberta: this invoice came today (July 12th) and it contains other items on the invoice.

Dave will contact Laurie Blood concerning the invoice.

Dave: would like to use the radar cart more often as it seems to remind people of their speed limits.

Dave: Jim do you feel there are enough speed limits signs out?

Jim: yes, I feel there are sufficient signs but did wonder about having some signs reading Radar enforcement ahead to add in some places.

Brent: what is the deal with the Sheriff surveillance?

Jim: they just drive through the State Forest.

Does the State have a contract with the Sheriff’s Department?

Debra: we will contact the State with this question?

Brent: would like to see the use of the radar cart plus having Jim down the road a short ways with his radar system set up.

Leonard: I would like to get the radar cart down here as often as possible.

 

Highway

Brent: some roads are washed. The Pound Road washed for one.

I have ordered the culvert for Harrv Orr Road so we can get the larger equipment in to do this along with doing some work on Harry Chandler’s road.

Matthew Puffer is doing work on the Coldwater Brook project.

Robert Farquharson will be working on Harry Chandler’s road.

Terry Dana will be working on Boulder Beach Road project.

The Town of Groton is working with the State on Boulder Beach Road.

Brent: We told the engineer to dig across the road for their new water line and will check to see if they can put in a sleeve.

Shawna was questioning about storm damage from the storm on Wednesday. Our damage happened last night.

Brent: I am working on putting dollar figures together.

Brent: We are working with the Town of Topsham Highway on contractors for putting the sandpit work out to bid.

Brent: Topsham has two days of work for us as a trade off for the plowing.

Dave: Brent dug test pits and found three fuel tanks on the town property near the Frost building Ross Environmental will be contacted. We didn’t smell anything.  Pulling these will be done at the same time as the two fuel tanks at the garage.

Brent: I am checking on new above ground tanks with containment units.

 

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Executive Session

Leonard we need to go into executive session on a legal matter.

Leonard made the motion to go into executive session on a legal matter at 7:55 P.M.

Dave seconded the motion.

They came out of executive session at 8:35 P.M. No discussions made.

 

Building Cleaning

Dave: the carpets will be cleaned on July 13th at 3:00 p.m.

Dave: If we aren’t going to have a meeting until August 2nd we might need to call a special meeting to meet with the Building Committee.

 

Treasurer

Roberta: gave out budget reports for the Selectboard.

Roberta: Donald Bliss wondered about setting up a charge account with Tractor supply?

Leonard: set up the account but purchase orders will need to be approved before purchases.

Roberta: is the committee going to approve an architect before going for the approval on the money?

Dave: yes, we need to have the design and cost for the design before asking the town for money.

Roberta: wondered about getting the computers networked?

Dave: check prices with computer companies doing this type of service so as to compare prices and services.

Cemetery

Deborah Jurist: I will be working with Linda Nunn to determine which cemetery lots need to have corner stones set.  Aaron Smith will be trying to get the stone settings caught up.

 

Reappraisal

Leonard: are the Listers still working on scheduling a reappraisal?

Leonard: Ask the Listers to attend the next Selectboard meeting.

 

Dave: I received an e-mail through the web site from Virginia Onoroto concerning the good job Cheryl Boucher the Zoning Administrator is doing.

 

Orders were signed in the amount of $ 9,700.84

 

Leonard made the motion to adjourn; Debra seconded the motion. Dave agreed.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:50 PM.   

 

 

 Groton Board of Selectmen

                                                                                               

                                                                                                _______________________

                                                                                                Leonard Doscinski

 

 

                                                                                                                                ___________________________

Debra Tinkham

                                                                                                                                       

 

                                                                                                                                ___________________________

                                                                                                Dave Spencer              

 

 

Respectfully submitted by Linda Nunn

                                   

 

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