November 29, December 6 Meeting

Town of Westmore

Selectboard Meeting Minutes

Of

Nov. 29, 2005

In attendance, David Stevens & Nancy Mallary Selectboard members. Dennis Demarais, Road foreman. Citizens-Gerald Saindon, Louisa Dotoli, Vince Dotoli, Mary Smith, Mike Brannon, Randi Pickle Gail Brown, Mary Lou Cummings, Millie Davis, Beverly Cummings, Robert Cummings, Gary Seslar, Katie Anderson, Cindy Poplowski, Dave Poplowski, Annalei Babson, Heather Rowell, Ann Dugan, Seth Rowell, Andrew Zebrowski, Melissa Zebrowski and Bruce Wheeler. John Alexander (Chairperson) came late

David Stevens called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.

Health Meeting- Nancy Mallary moved to recess the Health Meeting as the Health Officer had not yet arrived. David Stevens seconded. Motion passed.

Road Foreman report – Greg presented William (Joe) Windsor’s quote of for plowing 1500 feet on the Bald Hill Pond Road.

Nancy moved and David seconded that his bid be accepted provided: He will have to have Westmore as ‘additional insured’ on his insurance certificate. He not plow until there is at least three inches of snow on the ground. He will also be asked to call Dennis if any sanding is required. His bid is $40 per plow. Motion passed.

David reviewed his discussion with Scott Keaser RE Town Highway30 (Old Cottage Lane). The town will need to do some ditching and add gravel to upgrade the road from Class III to Class IV. This work is scheduled for next summer.

The issue of Winter plowing was tabled until John was present.

Dennis did not plan on spending any more on equipment this year. He preferred to save it for purchasing a bucket loader next year which would cost about $150,000.

Nancy moved and David seconded to have Greg call Tina Feeny of VLCT RE lack of worker’s comp on volunteer workers. Motion passed.

At 6:23 PM, Nancy called the Health meeting to order. Randi reported that she had picked up another dog and turned it over to Claude Desmarais. Randi will work on an animal protocol to present to the Board.

Nancy moved and David seconded that the minutes of the 11/15/05 meeting be accepted. Motion passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded that the trash pickup bids be tabled until John was here. Motion passed.

Bruce Wheeler presented his ideas for the web site. Nancy had several comments on what should or should not be on the site.

Gail Brown asked the Board if there were any plans for the old Town Clerk’s office. Some of the boxes of old files need to be stored in a safer location. She also thought the heat was not on which is a problem since the water for the Municipal Building goes through it.

Nancy moved and David seconded that Gail spearhead a committee with Greg to make recommendations on what can be done with the building. This proposal will be brought to the Town Meeting for a vote. Also to move old files labeled by the archivist to a safe place. Motion passed and Gail accepted.

Nancy recused herself prior to Annalei Babson presenting a letter to the board indicating work that she and her husband have done to the Town road (Tower Lane) leading up to their driveway. She requested that the road budget include funds to grade it once or twice a year. There were several members of the audience who disagreed with spending money on one Class IV road and not others.

Once this discussion concluded, Nancy returned.

Heather Rowell, at the request of the selectboard, reviewed a letter from the church outlining possible use of their property for a recreation area.

Nancy moved, David seconded that Heather form a committee to work with the church to apply for a grant for recreation purposes and plan for the future. Motion Passed.

Katie Anderson gave an update on the wind tower status. She read a letter from Paul Moffet, Westmore Association’s Trails Committee chair opposing wind towers. She also said that the Westmore Town Plan be more specific RE restricting development along ridgelines, like Sutton did.

The board accepted the updated re-appraisal plan.

Millie Davis said auditors would be working on the 4^th quarter audit the beginning of January. David P asked that it be done after 4:00 PM so he could make it.

Louisa Dotoli informed the board that Bill Perkins had completed his work as interim Zoning Administer.

David moved and Nancy seconded that Bill Perkins be re-appointed to the Planning Commission since he has completed his work as interim Zoning Administrator. Motion passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded to ask Louisa to take the Cheney RFP to the Planning Commission and make a recommendation on who should represent Westmore to review the RFPs. Motion passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded to allow E-Z Riders to have access to parts of the town highways on Jobs Pond and Bald Hill. Motion passed.

David moved and Nancy seconded for Greg to write to Dorothy Allard acknowledging her letter asking for a Kimball Johnson Day and to copy their letter thanking Kimball for the excellent work he did during the past power outage. Also for Greg to copy Dorothy’s letter to Kimball. Motion passed.

David moved and Nancy seconded to submit John’s name to VLCT for their board opening. Motion Passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded to have Greg ask Pat Austin in 12/6 at 6 and Jim Morin at 7 to discuss their trash pickup bids. Motion passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded to go into executive session to discuss personnel issues at 9:45 PM. Motion passed.

The board ended executive session at 10:00 PM.

David moved and Nancy seconded to set Greg’s salary at $28,750 per year effective on the next payroll.

Nancy moved and David seconded to approve and sign the Select orders.

Nancy moved and David seconded to recess the meeting until 6 PM 12/6/05. Motion passed.

December 6, 2005

In attendance, John Alexander, Chair, David Stevens & Nancy Mallary Selectboard members. Gerry Saindon, Cindy Poplawski, Dave Poplawski, Pat Austin, Jim Morin and Randi Pickle who went home after learning of executive session.

On a motion by David, seconded by Nancy, it was moved to reconvene the meeting of 11/29/05 at 6:00 PM. Motion passed.

At 6:02 PM David moved and Nancy seconded to go into executive session to discuss contract bids. Motion passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded to come out of executive session at 7:30 PM. Motion passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded to NOT accept Jim Morin’s bid retraction Motion passed.

While discussing the potential cost saving aspects of the trash pickup bids Cindy Poplawski interjected that cost savings could be found by not developing a recreation area on the church property.

Nancy moved and David seconded to plow Cottage Lane this winter up to the turn around. Motion passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded to have Nancy respond to Mary Lou Cummings letter RE the trash pickup bidding process.

Nancy moved and David seconded to table Randi’s dog policy suggestions. Motion passed.

Nancy moved and David seconded to have Greg work with Gail Brown and Annalei Babson to make a list of final expense for the School House Grant to be presented to the board by 12/15/05. Motion passed.

The sick time policy was discussed. It will be on the agenda for the next meeting. Dave Poplawski suggested the town be careful of any HIPPA laws.

At 8:38 PM, David moved and Nancy seconded to adjourn. Motion passed.

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