Selectmen’s Minutes 03.02.20

Meeting called to order at 7:00pm

Roll Call- Michael James, Jason Allen, Dave Nunnally, Marilyn Gordon and Karen Hambleton, Town Administrator, were in attendance.

Pledge of Allegiance

Appearances: 

  • No appearances

Regular Business: 

  • Minutes from the February 24th, 2020 meetings were reviewed.

Motion: Jason Allen motioned to approve the minutes of February 24th, 2020.

Second: Michael James

Decision: 3-0 in favor

  • Account Payables and the Payroll Manifest were signed.
  • Dave Nunnally signed a Delegation of Deposit Responsibility for the Town Clerk/Tax Collector.
  • A bill from Naughton & Sons, for a dumpster at Dunfield Road, has been taken care of by Michael James. No further charges will be billed to the Town.
  • Michael had requested no invoices be paid until the Board had been able to review them. That concern has been resolved and the request was rescinded. An invoice for tire replacement for the Fire Department will be held and reviewed with the Fire Chief to ensure the Board understands the expense and whether the expenditure is in compliance with the Purchasing Policy.
  • The Board signed a tax map maintenance contract with CAI Technologies who maintain the online tax map website and post corrections to the tax maps.
  • The Board signed four property Tax Credits and Exemptions as recommended by the Assessor.
  • Karen asked whether the Board could be paid on the second Saturday of the quarter.

Motion: Jason Allen motioned to accept the payment schedule Karen proposed.

Second: Dave Nunnally

Decision: 3-0 in favor

  • Jason raised a concern voiced to him by local residents regarding NFI, which prompted him to research whether the Planning Board had approved a Change of Use for the facility. No Change of Use was needed, based upon legal consultation at the time. Marlene Freyler shared that concerns had been raised on the Planning Board about the change in population and Laurie Colburn added that the Planning Board had discussed conducting a follow up in a year to determine if the community had experienced any change in dynamic which might cause the Planning Board to re-examine the Site Plan. The Board will revisit the discussion at the next meeting on March 9th, 2020.

Public Input:

  • There was no public input.

Motion: Jason Allen motioned to adjourn to Non-public session per RSA 91:A3II (a) at 7:25pm.

Second: Michael James

Decision: 3-0 in favor

Motion: David Nunnally motioned to return to Public Session at 8:40pm

Second: Michael James

Decision: 3-0 in favor

Motion: Michael James motioned to adjourn to Non-public session per RSA 91:A3II (a) at 8:41pm.

Second: David Nunnally

Decision: 3-0 in favor

Motion: Michael James motioned to return to Public Session at 9:43pm

Second: David Nunnally

Decision: 3-0 in favor

Motion: Michael James motioned to adjourn to Non-public session per RSA 91:A3II (c) at 9:44pm.

Second: David Nunnally

Decision: 3-0 in favor

Motion: David Nunnally motioned to return to Public Session at 10:02pm

Second: Michael James

Decision: 3-0 in favor

Motion: Dave Nunnally motioned at adjourn at 10:03pm.

Second: Michael James

Decision: 3-0 in favor

The next Selectmen’s meeting will be held on March 9th, 2020 at 7:00pm, at the Bradford Community Center.

Minutes submitted by Laurie Colburn, Recording Secretary