SEL20100803

APPROVED

TOWN OF PELHAM

BOARD OF SE= LECTMEN MEETING

MINUTES

August 3, 2010

APPROVED &#= 8211; August 10, 2010=

CALL TO ORDER – 6:00pm

PRESENT:

Mr. Douglas Viger, Mr. = Edmund Gleason, Mr. Robert Haverty, Mr. William McDevitt, Mr. Harold Lynde, Town Administrator Tom Gaydos

ABSENT:

None.

REQUEST FOR NON-PUBLIC SESSION

MOTION:

(Lynde/McDevit= t) Request for a non-public session per RSA 91-A:3,II, a & d (personnel; consideration of acquisition, sale or lease of property)

ROLL CALL:

Mr. Viger-Yes;= Mr. Gleason-Yes; Mr. McDevitt-Yes; Mr. Lynde-Yes

It was noted tha= t when the Board returned, after the non-public session, the Board would continue = with their public meeting following the agenda items. The Board entered into a non-public session at approximately 6:0= 3 pm. Mr. Haverty arrived during the non-public session.

MOTION:

(5-0-0) To sea= l the minutes of the non-public session indefinitely.

The Board returned to public session at approximately 6:43 pm. The Selectmen reconvened.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

2011 BUDGET REVIEW

Conservation Commission – Chairman Paul Gagnon came forwa= rd to review the 2011 budget request. There were no increases/decreases proposed from 2010.

Planning Department – Planning Director Jeff Gowan review= ed the department’s proposed 2011 budget. He discussed the new Economic Development website that was about to be launched.

Selectmen – Mr. Gaydos reviewed the proposed 2011 budget.

Insurance – Mr. Gaydos said it was too early to discuss because the Town’s rates don’t come out until the fall. He said the Secretary of State was supposed to make a recommendation to the Legislature in January about what = he would recommend for a reserve, which would have a direct relationship to wh= at would be paid for insurances. He asked that the Selectmen hold the budget until additional information could= be obtained.

Retirement – Mr. Gaydos said he had made some projections based on current payrolls. He= noted that New Hampshire Retirement had only given the rates up to June 30, 2011.

Town Buildings – Mr. Gaydos stated that an effort was bei= ng made to start targeting items that needed to be addressed and/or maintained. Four specific ite= ms (totaling $25,000) were: 1) automatic entryway for front entrance of Municipal Building; 2) rear entryway frame replacement; 3) reinforcement of stone wall; and 4) finish alarm upgrades.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> Mr. Viger read aloud a memo submit= ted by Victor Danevich, who assisted the Town in maintaining a technology plan, in which he recommended reinstituting setting aside $35,000 for the plan. The Selectmen agreed that the $35,= 000 should be placed back into the budget.&nbs= p;

OTHER BUSINESS

Fire Station Discussion

Mr. Viger believed the ba= sis for the discussion was to determine whether or not the Selectmen would put a new fire station on the ballot and if so, what it would consist of.

Mr. McDevitt said he had = a brief conversation regarding reducing the price of the proposed new fire station = by looking at a steel building. = He discussed the differences between constructing a building as previously proposed versus constructing a steel building. He felt gathering information rega= rding constructing steel buildings would be worth pursuing. He said if the number came in less= than what the number was for the present building, the Selectmen should give it serio= us consideration.

Mr. Haverty believed the = Selectmen should come up with one solution and try to resolve it to either be placed = on the warrant or not. He didn&#= 8217;t know if there was time to investigate multiple possibilities at this time.<= span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>

Mr. Gleason believed if t= he school was not going to come forward (on the ballot) with a school, the Selectmen had an obligation to come back with a fire station. He felt the current configuration = that was solely backed by the Fire Chief and the people that proposed it was the right solution.

There was further discuss= ion regarding the proposed building and how the Selectmen would proceed. Mr. Viger asked that Mr. Haverty accompany him to meet with the school and find out how they would be moving forward with the schools in 2011. He felt if the school wasn’t going to move forward with any big capital projects, then the Selectmen should push for the fire station. Mr. McDevitt said the Fire Chief (= as he was asked in the past) should come forward with a list of what would need t= o be done to the existing building in order to move forward. Mr. Viger said the Selectmen neede= d to determine whether or not to put the proposed fire station on the ballot. He said if they decided it shouldn’t go on the ballot, then the improvements needed to the exist= ing station should be put on the ballot. Mr. McDevitt said he would like to bring information back.

Mr. Gaydos told the Selec= tmen that in conversations he had with the Fire Chief, he felt things had already been removed that could be removed. He said the Chief wanted to have a station that he could be in for forty-fifty years. Mr. Gaydos commented that if there was a savings in having a metal building it should = be looked at.

Mr. Viger said the Select= men had a duty to provide the best possible option. He said he would rather do the pro= ject right from the beginning, or not do it at all. Mr. McDevitt commented that compro= mise should not equate to substandard.

Naming Requirements for Raymond Park – McDevitt Update

Mr. McDevitt said a while= back some questions had come up with the Veterans regarding deed restrictions and nam= ing a soccer field. He provided t= he Selectmen with the deeds for two parcels and quoted the language contained therein. He didn’t see anything in the deeds that prohibited them from naming a field after somebody. However, in doing s= o, Mr. McDevitt felt the Selectmen had an obligation to recognize (as described in= the deeds) the contribution of Judge J. Albert Lynch and Prentice Robinson. He said he would speak with Mr. Ga= ydos and the Park & Recreation Director to bring a solution back to the Selectmen.

TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S / SELECTMEN REPORT(S)<= o:p>

Mr. Lynde informed that a= concert would be held on the Village Green on Wednesday night.

Mr. Gaydos said the shall= ow dug wells at the animal shelter had run dry and continued to do so with the lac= k of rain. He said a group of volu= nteers worked to have a new, deeper well was donated to the Town. A public hearing would be schedule= d to accept the gift.

Mr. McDevitt, Mr. Gleason= and Mr. Haverty had no report.

Mr. Viger announced that = Janet Gallant had left employment of the Town of Pelham. On behalf of the Town he wished her the best of luck.

ADJOURNMENT

MOTION:

(Lynde/Gleason= ) To adjourn the meeting.

VOTE:

(5-0-0) The motion carried.

The meeting was adjourned at approximately 8:40pm.

= &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = Respectfully submitted,

= &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = Charity A. Landry Willis

= &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = Recording Secretary