Minutes
of Meeting
Board of Selectmen
Meeting held upstairs in Town Hall Monday September 8, 2008
Attending: Town Manager Edward Samson
Selectmen Leo Enos, Sr. and David Stickney -- Allan Carr was excused.
Others attending: Joe Bachofer, Alan Savage, Murray Vashaw, Trevor Bates, Robert Kapp, Robert Elwell, Jude Gesel and Jason Call.
The meeting was called to order at 6:30 P.M. by Chairman Leo Enos followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.
APPOINTMENTS;
Jason Call of Northtown Associates was to have presented the Status of the Statistical Update – noting that he wasn’t present at the time the meeting moved to New Business:
NEW BUSINESS;
Edward Samson stated that Jude Gesel was present as he was requesting a Promissory Note Agreement for the purpose of renovations that he would be doing to the former Double S Restaurant. Edward Samson also read the note and the terms that were to be met.
A motion was made by David
Stickney and seconded by Leo Enos that the
Mr. Gesel thanked the Board for their help.
Returned to Appointments:
At this time Jason Call was present at the meeting. He stated that he had been doing a lot of field work with various constructions, renovations etc. He said that people were always asking about the housing market, he said that it wasn’t as good as in the past but it was doing ok. He was asked if it would be done in the time that it was suppose to be done. He said that he was not sure, as there has been a lot of time involved in a lingering appeal that they had, but did not see that it would cause a big delay.
Edward Samson stated that the report was due in 30 days. He also said that the DRA wanted to look over the analysis. Jason stated that they would be looking over some of the information that had already been sent to them.
Edward Samson asked if DRA had to approve our data.
Jason Call said that he was not sure what they are looking for, just his data or the Town as a whole. There are some areas that have not yet been looked at.
Edward Samson said that DRA did an Assessment Review and Jason Call said that he has visited many of the properties to see that they are in line with what is needed.
Leo Enos asked if they thought that it would be in on time.
Jason Call said that it would be close and hoped that it wouldn’t be to far off.
Edward Samson asked if he could have partial work given to Charity Blanchette, Tax Collector so that it could be entered into the system so that it wouldn’t all have to go in at once.
Jason said that after he has calculated the data he then goes to the tax cards to see if they are all right and then will give information to Charity.
David Stickney said that maybe Jason could come to the Board in the next couple of weeks with another update.
Jason Call
said that he had finished up with some other towns and would be focusing on
The Board thanked Jason for coming to the meeting with his information.
At this time Trevor Bates and Robert Kapp spoke to the Board about an on going issue out on the road where the Bates live.
They feel that the trailer that is on the property still does not meet with the required setbacks that are necessary and would like the Town to take care of it. It was brought up that some of the things that they have concerns about are not specifically Board of Selectmen issues they need to report disturbances to the local police. A lot of discussion followed, but was the same as had been brought to the Board previously.
OLD BUSINESS;
Review and approve to minutes of the August 18, 2008 meeting.
A motion was made by David Stickney and seconded by Leo Enos to accept the minutes as written. A vote was called for and the vote carried.