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Select Board

Wednesday, December 21, 2022, 7:00 pm until 8:00 pm
Town Hall
A meeting of the Select Board

Selectboard Meeting - 5 Academy Hill Road, Conway - 6:00 p.m.
Meetings are now held every other Monday and are at this time accessible via Zoom.

Meeting of Select Board

Members: (Quorum)

  • Present: Christopher Waldo, at 7:00 PM
  • Present: Philip Kantor, Chair, at 7:00 PM
  • Present: Erica Goleman, at 7:00 PM

Also Present:

  • Chief Ouimette
  • Laurie Lucier
  • Janet Chayes
  • Al Averill
  • Veronique Blanchard
  • Adam Reed

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 7:00 PM

Meeting closed: 8:21 PM

  1. Meeting Preliminaries

  2. Warrants

    • - Vote to approve the Accounts Payable Warrant, the Payroll Warrant, and the Payroll Deduction Warrant .

      MOTION, moved by Philip Kantor, seconded by Erica Goleman: Vote to approve the Accounts Payable Warrant W23-14 in the amount of $199,616.94; the Payroll Warrant PW23-14 in the amount of $136,146.02, and the Payroll Deduction Warrant PDW23-14 in the amount of $33,651.86.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

      1. Conway_PW23-14_Payroll_Warrant.pdf
      2. Conway_W23-14_AP_Warrant.pdf
      3. Conway_PDW23-14_PR_Deduction_Warrant.pdf
  3. Meetings Attended by Select Board Members

    • General Discussion...
      Chris and Veronique meet with Jan Ameen to discuss some future plans to present to the town regarding the Transfer Station.
      Phil attended school meetings regarding capital and budget.

  4. Public Comments. None

  5. Unfinished Business. None.

  6. New Business

    • - Discussion and vote on signing the NRCS Agricultural Land Easement (ALE) program list of eligible properties.

      General Discussion...
      Al Averill gave a presentation regarding land in Conway that could be considered protected farm land. The Select Board agreed that Al will begin surveying land that has not been included as protected farm land and bring his findings back to the board for further review.

    • Chief Ouimette, personnel issues

      General Discussion...
      Chief Ouimette informed the Select Board that he will be retiring at the end of June, 2023. The board thanked with him for his 33 years as Chief. The board will begin discussing the formation of search committee to hire the next Chief.

    • Set date for two Eversource pole hearings & sign both orders.

      General Discussion...
      January 17, 2023 was decided as the date for a pole hearing with Eversource. The meeting will begin at 5:00 in the Town Hall.

    • Vote to sign contract amendment for Delabarre Avenue erosion repair extension

      MOTION, moved by Philip Kantor, seconded by Erica Goleman: Vote to sign contract amendment for Delabarre Avenue erosion repair extension.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

    • Vote to sign contract extension for FRCOG CCC training grant

      MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Christopher Waldo: Vote to sign contract extension for FRCOG CCC training grant.

      Pass: Aye: Erica Goleman, Philip Kantor, Christopher Waldo.

  7. Items Not Anticipated 48 Hours in Advance of the Meeting

    • None.

  8. Town Administrator update

  9. Selectboard member comments/concerns

    • None.

  10. Mail

  11. Announcements

    • None

  12. Meeting Wrap-up

The listing of matters is those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

Minutes approved on Tuesday, Jan 3, 2023

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