Town of Bristol
Board of Selectmen
Minutes of 09-21-06
Present: Bruce Van Derven (BVD), Joe Denning (JD), Steve Favorite (SF), Paul Fraser (PF), Town Administrator Bob Veloski and the administrative secretary. Rick Alpers was absent from the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 6:00pm
Freudenberg was a no-show for their scheduled 6:00pm meeting. Bob Veloski will contact to see if they want to reschedule to meet with the Board.
Manifests were reviewed and signed by the Board.
TA ITEMS:
Police radios
P-team update – 3 scheduled appointments next Wednesday. Lengthy discussion took place on the merits of interviewing all qualified firms or just three. Motion by BVD for the BOS , in order to further clarify its charter to be inclusive rather than exclusive, request the p-team to take into consideration all of the qualified firms rather than narrowing its focus to three firms scheduled for interviews; motion was seconded by SF. Discussion: PF stated that he would rather ask the p-team to do this rather than voting at this point in time; if "no" then go ahead with a Board vote. Discussion took place on the process and what the intent of the Board was vs. what appears to be the direction the p-team is taking. BVD then amended his motion to: SF is to contact the chairman of the p-team and state that the BOS would like to have them send out an RFP to all 7 qualified architectural and engineering firms; motion was seconded by SF: vote was 4-0.
SELECTMEN ITEMS:
PF – Flags on telephone poles. SF stated that PSNH and Verizon have prohibited them. The Downtown Committee is looking into a stationary type that they hope the utility companies will allow.
BVD – Speeding on North Main Street – Bob Veloski stated that he hasn’t received any further complaints. SF stated that several residents have commented that cars have slowed down due to the increased enforcement. Brief discussion on the foot of the lake, no formal Board action was taken.
Downtown parking – Bob is to check with Mark on plans for emergency snow parking in the downtown area, possibly the new library annex could be used.
SF – "on-call" pay for highway department personnel. The water/sewer dept recently adopted a policy to pay their on-call workers. The Board discussed fairness to highway dept people who are "on-call" all winter long. The BOS will review this issue to discuss possible inclusion in next year’s budget.
The State DOT has installed a buffer (curbing) in front of the spring.
7:30 Public Hearing – Request from Silver Shores for dock:
Mr. & Mrs. Lorah presented their proposed changes to the congregate mooring field permit. This is to include the addition of a dock as agreed to in the previous court stipulation/agreement. The Lorah’s stated that they had discussed the proposal with the State and Sharon Champagne who suggest they move ahead with the application for the dock, then the mooring field as the # of slips allowed on the dock will affect the # of moorings they have. It was determined that splitting the swim area is not a good idea. The Lorah’s are proposing that the dock be installed in front of the last house (Rita Faro’s). In order to reach a sufficient depth, they are requesting a 70 foot dock with five slips. They stated that they have talked with the other parties at that end of the lake and all five signed the letter that they agree with the proposed layout and placement of the dock. JoAnne LeVesque stated that one issue we were trying to avoid was that we didn’t want to see the moorings moved. A brief discussion took place over the current placement of the swim line and if it were set out too far. The Board accepted the application (Wetlands permit) and will vote at a future meeting. The public hearing was declared closed.
Misc. Items:
BVD stated that the Board should be looking at the budget every week as an on-going tick item. He also added that he had spoken with Marie Ross (SAU Superintendent), noting that the BOS had not met with the school since early June. "We need to get back on track." Mr. Mike Bannan from the audience added several comments but no action was taken by the Board.
The Board adjourned at 8:12pm
Respectfully submitted,
Angela Mahoney
Administrative Secretary
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Richard Alpers, Chair Steve Favorite
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Joe Denning, Vice Chair Paul Fraser
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Bruce Van Derven
Selectboard for the Town of Bristol