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Select Board

Monday, August 26, 2024, 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm
Town Hall
A meeting of the Select Board

Meeting of Select Board

Members: (Quorum)

  • Present: Christopher Waldo, Chair, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Elaine Campbell, at 6:00 PM
  • Present: Erica Goleman, Vice Chair, at 6:00 PM

Also Present:

  • Jan Warner
  • Veronique Blanchard and Adam Reed

See original Agenda Final Minutes

Meeting opened: 6:00 PM

Meeting closed: 6:39 PM

  1. Meeting Preliminaries

  2. Warrants

    • - Vote to approve the Accounts Payable Warrant W25-06 in the amount of $86,207.89, the Payroll Warrant PW25-06 int the amount of $113,406.97, the Payroll Deduction Warrant PDW25-06 in the amount of $2,373.15, W24-SAF-04 in the amount of $9,401.12, PDW25-05C in the amount of $176.61 and PW25-05C in the amount of $928.25.

      MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Elaine Campbell: .

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

  3. Meetings Attended by Select Board Members

    • - Chris conducted an interview with Ron Sweet for a Highway Department position regarding Raymond Hillock.

  4. Public Comments. None

    • Public

  5. Unfinished Business.

  6. New Business

    • - Vote to appoint Roy Cohen as Finance Committee rep to Capital Improvements for a term ending 6/30/2027.

      MOTION, moved by Erica Goleman, seconded by Elaine Campbell: .

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

    • - Discussion and vote on skills testing for specified town positions to be added to personnel policy.

      General Discussion...
      Tabled for further investigation into liability for accidents during training.

    • - Discussion and vote on Conway being the lead town on a technical assistance grant for Repair Cafés.

      MOTION, moved by Elaine Campbell, seconded by Erica Goleman: Town of Conway will be the lead town for the multi-town repair cafe program.

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

    • - Vote to hire Raymond Hillock as a Highway Department CDL driver.

      MOTION, moved by Christopher Waldo, seconded by Elaine Campbell: .

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

    • - Vote for Ron Sweet’s payment for work on the pickleball court.

      General Discussion...
      An update was given by Jan on the pickleball courts. Preliminary construction has began. The 3 final quotes will be in soon regarding the surface work that will have to be outsourced. The outsource work will be weather dependent and hopefully completed by winter.

      MOTION, moved by Christopher Waldo, seconded by Elaine Campbell: To sign the compensation agreement with the Highway Department for the pickleball court. .

      Pass: Aye: Christopher Waldo, Erica Goleman, Elaine Campbell.

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

    • None

  8. Town Administrator update

  9. Selectboard member comments/concerns

    • General Discussion...
      The board will discontinue paper packets for everyone as they bring their own devices to access material.

      It was reiterated that the decals for the Transfer Station are per household and not property with or without non-livable structures.

      The land at Reed's Bridge will be surveyed to know exactly what is town property regarding the erosion problem.

  10. Mail

  11. Announcements

  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 Monday, Sep 9, 2024

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