Meeting Minutes
Town of LeicesterSelectboard Meeting MinutesMonday, October 21, 2013*Unapproved*** See subsequent minutes for any changes Members Present: Diane Benware, Ron Fiske, Tom Barker Members Absent: Brad Lawes, Ken Young Others Present: Julie Delphia, Arlan Pidgeon, Kate Briggs, Sandra Trombley, Secretary Call to Order: Meeting called to order at 6:30 p.m. by Chair, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Review of Agenda: Approval of October 7, 2013 Minutes: Motion by Tom and second by Ron to approve minutes of October 7, 2013 as written. All in favor. So approved. Review/Authorization to pay bills: Bills making their rounds for signatures. Julie mentioned that the legal bill, appropriations and Lake Dunmore/Fern Lake Association bills are in for payment. Reports from Town Officials, Committees: Zoning Administrator: Kate provided another round of the interim zoning changes which were discussed at the last Planning Commission meeting which allows for three things to be done administratively. One is boundary line adjustments which our regulations have not permitted in the past, the second is a single lot subdivision which allows someone to carve out a smaller piece for a secondary mortgage market for a better rate, and the third is for alterations/additions to nonconforming structures. These changes will be warned and addressed at the November 4th Selectboard Meeting at 7:00 p.m. Kate has had very little success in recruiting a person for her back up. Chip Paison and Sue Potter photographed the entire lake shore of Leicester, so we have a visual image of how it looks now for the record. Kate is going to the November 19th VLCT Zoning Forum with the new Zoning Administrator in Salisbury, Janet Wilson. Kate was hoping she could be a back up person. Town Clerk/Treasurer: Julie reported that delinquents are at $135,000+ for this year; so delinquents are now totaling $180,000. Arlan gave Julie a credit application for Sanel Auto Parts. The Chair signed the application for $500 credit line and Julie faxed it in. Julie reported that she has too many maps now for the map rack. Julie would like to purchase two map boxes with sleeves and rails totaling about $5,000. The funds could be taken out of the records restoration and maintenance line in the budget. Whatever overage there is could come out of the restricted funds. Motion by Tom and second by Ron to utilize funds from the records restoration maintenance funds to purchase two map boxes. All in favor. So approved. Road Foreman: Arlan reported that they graded the Delorm and Ferson Road. They finished up on the salt shed today. Arlan will call tomorrow for salt. Shoulder work will be done on new asphalt areas. Bagley hasn’t done any brush work. Melvin Cotting will come down to cut brush. He needs to complete paperwork with Julie before he starts. Arlan will have him work a day or two and see how he does. There is $2500 allocated for brush cutting. Chair signed the revised Cargill salt quote at $54.02 delivered. Arlan will put culvert work off until spring when school is out. Motion by Tom and second by Ron to approve the bills. All in favor. So approved. CORRESPONDENCE Letter to Sheriff’s Office: Chair wrote a letter to Sheriff’s Department indicating the town had followed their directions and faxed them but the Sheriff’s had still continued patrols until the end of September. There continued to be a lack of communication between the town and Sheriff’s Department. Don Keeler responded with apologies and forwarded a refund check in the amount of $1,095.21 for mileage and officer hours billed after the September 7th date. Mr. Keeler agrees there appears to be a lack of communication and he advised that future correspondence should be between the Chair and the Sheriff. Letter to Alan May: Chair sent Alan a letter. Alan said he would get a letter out to us, but there was no problem. Brad brought up the point that we should do work only in the town roadway and not on anyone’s property. Chair would like the Road Commissioner and Road Foreman to contact Matt Carrara, Jeff McDonough and Rob Gerow and bring them up to date on the project. NEW BUSINESS OLD BUSINESS Senior Center Building Needs: Ron had not talked with Bob. Bob told Tom that he had been there one Saturday morning when Bingo was going on. He said that all the sills were rotten in the front and he was looking for someone to saw out some 8x8’s. Tom told him about putting the sheathing on. Bob said everything under there is rotten. Julie reported that the 2nd Saturday, November 9th is bingo, and the building is booked for Saturday, December 7th. Ron will talk with Bob. Signs: Tom reported that the new Town of Leicester sign to be placed on Salisbury Flats will be in the State’s right of way if it’s placed just beyond the drive way that goes into the field. As long as they keep it in that area, there will not be a problem. Arlan will talk with Frank Nicklaw about the sign for Rt7S and he will check out Rt7N on Salisbury Flats. Julie reported that the Principal looked at the school sign and was happy. Ron will talk with Bob Munger about what is needed to mount & frame the signs. Julie mentioned that there is possibly a time capsule under the school sign. We just need to be careful digging up the old sign. Diane has been reading through the Big Book of Woof. It will be an item on the November 4th agenda as an update. The dog ordinance will be an item for discussion on agenda for November 18th and hopefully they will have Paul at the meeting. LIMITED PUBLIC OPINION: None Motion by Ron and second by Tom to adjourn at 7:37 p.m. Next Meeting November 4, 2013. Respectfully submitted, Sandra L. Trombley, Secretary