Minutes of Meeting

Board of Selectmen

Meeting held upstairs in Town Hall Monday May 5, 2008

Attending: Town Manager Edward Samson

Selectmen Leo Enos, Sr., Allan Carr and David Stickney

Others attending: Alan Savage, Murray Vashaw, Joe Bochefor and Don Williams.

Chairman Leo Enos followed by the Pledge of Allegiance called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M.

APPOINTMENTS: None

OLD BUSINESS:

To review and approve the minutes of the April 21^st meeting.

A note was made that on page 1 under New Business that LCHIP had been written as LSHIP.

A motion was made by David Stickney and seconded by Allan Carr to approve the minutes with the correction noted. A vote was taken and the motion carried.

Department Head Up-dates: None

Paperwork to be signed:

Timber Tax Warrants:

Douglas Copson $ 62.13

David Currier 83.96

Anthony Goceliac 339.30 All totaling $485.39

Gravel Tax Warrant:

Paul Crane $ 50.00

Don Williams asked what was a Gravel Tax Warrant. He was told that the person removing gravel from a pit has to pay so much per yard when the gravel is removed, it is a very minimal amount.

Veterans Credit Application:

David W. Doolan $l00.00 He had met all of the necessary requirements for the benefit.

Forest Fire Report/Bill reimbursement. This was in the amount of $l63.05. This was for training.

Skate Park Grant Project Application: This is for improvements for the skate park from the Land and Water Commission Money.

A motion was made by David Stickney and seconded by Allan Carr to accept the grant funding in the amount of $20,000.00 for LWCF for the Skate Park improvements and to authorize Edward Samson, Town Manager, to sign all the necessary paperwork involved with it. A vote was taken and the motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

A letter was received from NH BEM Field Services that the Town needed to appoint NIMS Point of Contact . This is for Homeland Security Preparedness Grant Funds.

A motion was made by Leo Enos and seconded by David Stickney to appoint Ron Wert as the POC for NIMS for the Town of Lancaster. A vote was taken and the motion carried.

There was a letter from the Rideout Family and David Parks of Causeway St. requesting that they be able to do maintenance on the Causeway St. Extension. This is something that they have done in the past.

A motion was made by David Stickney and seconded by Allan Carr to allow the above residents to do maintenance work on the Causeway St. Extension. A vote was taken and the motion carried.

There was a letter of request for a 911 address for the new McCarten house that is being built off of Martin Meadow Pond Road. Edward Samson said that he wanted to speak to Mr. McCarten as there are others on that road that it would affect.

There was also a letter from Jason Call regarding an application for Discretionary Preservation Easement of a Barn. The barn is located on the Mt. Prospect Road and is owned by Prospect Farm – Lancaster LLC (Davidge). Edward Samson said that he would speak with Gomer Powell regarding this, as this needs to be recommended by someone from the Historical Society.

Edward Samson said that there had been 3 proposals for the 2007 audit. These changes were to be applied to the system so to make everything work better for all involved. The Town Auditors have recommended that the Town accept the proposal of Robbin R. Grill CPA from Concord in the amount of $9,000.00. This amount is high for this year as there needs to be a single audit due to the expense of the Water project. After that the cost would be less.

A motion was made by David Stickney and seconded by Allan Carr to accept the audit proposal of Robbin R. Grill – that it be no more that the quoted price. A vote was taken and the motion carried.

Don Williams asked if there could be some sign put up at the corner of Sand St. He said that the people traveling on that road are going much to fast and there are a lot of little children playing in the area. The issue will be addressed.

INFORMATION;

In the packet were building permits for:

Michael Huntington on Portland St.

William McCarten off Martin Meadow Pond Road

Also minutes of the Conservation Commission and Heritage Trail meetings.

Allan Carr asked when the contractors were going to be finishing up with the pressure reducing vaults that are around town, it has been awhile and they needed to be taken care of. Edward Samson said that he had talked to the contractor 2 weeks ago and he is going to be in contact with him again as there are some other issues that need to be addressed also.

David Stickney asked that the Chief of Police be reminded that there are to be NO vehicles parked on the sidewalks and to tell his officers the same. He suggested that maybe some sort of ordinance be written regarding this. Due to the fact that there were some other issues that needed to be addressed it was requested that Chief Gardiner be at the next Selectmen’s meeting.

Noting that there was no further business to come before the meeting a motion was made to adjourn.

A motion was made by David Stickney and seconded by Allan Carr to adjourn. A vote was called for and the meeting adjourned at 7:10 P.M.

Respectfully Submitted: Approved:

Sandra E. Doolan – Clerk Leo J. Enos, Sr.

Allan Carr

David Stickney

Board of Selectmen