Alexandria Board of Selectmen
February 21, 2008
Approved March 6, 2008
Work Session: A work session began at 5:00 p.m. in order for the selectmen to meet with Brackley Shaw and Keith McBey, the architect and construction manager for the municipal building. The purpose was to go over the remediation plan for those items determined to be in violation of ADA Requirements. As yet Brackley has not heard from Cheryl Killam (ADA) regarding his proposal, and Christie agreed to try to get in touch with her. Items discussed include:
1. Restriping parking lot: Town will do
2. Door Closers: BPS
3. Drop Box: Town will move to acceptable height
4. Tactile Signs: Town will order
5. Counter: BPS
6. Non-handicap access bathroom will be relabeled to say “Employees Only”
7. Handicap accessible bathroom-new tank: BPS
8.
Recessed waste container: Keith
will check to see if BPS has one
in the warehouse
9. Police Door: to be worked on
There are still a few details to be worked on with regard to final pricing. Larry Stickney asked if the town has as-built plans. Christie said they have final architectural plans of what was supposed to be built. Keith stated that he would check the file to see if there is a set of as-builts. Larry also asked what the snow load for the building is. Brackley believes that it is 80-90 lbs. /SF, but he will check on it. The selectmen asked about having the roof shoveled. Keith thought it would be a good idea and will e-mail Christie with the name of an insured company that can do the work. The selectmen will determine whether they want to have a heat detector installed next to every smoke detector and vice versa.
The deliberative session of the selectmen’s meeting came to order at 6:00 p.m.
Members Present: Cindy Williams, Don Gangemi and Tom McGowan
Pledge of Allegiance: lead by Marie Ross
Cindy Williams welcomed Don Gangemi back from medical leave. Don thanked everyone for their prayers, cards and calls during his recuperation.
Marie Ross Superintendent of NASD, asked to come to this meeting in order to go over the warrant articles that will be voted on March 11. She wanted to find out if anyone has any questions regarding the issues at hand. She read each of the articles and answered questions from the audience.
Distribution of Minutes: The minutes of February 14 were distributed for review.
Approval of Minutes: The minutes of January 31 and February 4 were tabled for this week.
Department Heads:
Christie Phelps: There have been many phone calls made to the office regarding Fowler River Road in particular. These have been referred to the NHDOT office in Bristol as this is a state-maintained piece of road. It is anticipated that the town reports will be available Monday afternoon. The audit report for the school district has been received and is available for review. Christie asked the selectmen if they wish to hold off signing the grant application for the cruiser video equipment until after town meeting. They said yes. Christie reported that she has been in contact with George Whittaker and he is getting out and about again.
Jeff Cantara: Jeff would like to apologize for the roads---they suck! There is nothing they can do about it at this point. All avenues of supply for salt and sand are being looked at. Jeff asked the selectmen to write to the Platts brothers regarding a tree on Verrill Road that could cause damage to the road if it falls down. At the present time it is leaning on a cable wire and is a matter of public safety in his opinion. Jeff let the selectmen know that the Platts are running a tracked bulldozer up and down the roads, which is not supposed to be happening. The police chief has said that he will not do anything about it because it is a conflict of interest for him to investigate problems with elected officials of the town.
Dennis Manchester: Dennis came in as the new fire chief. He explained that the department is working on policies and procedures for all members to follow. He hopes that the lines of communication between the town and the AVFD will improve. Christie asked what types of capital improvement expenditures the department will need in the next few years. Dennis said that within five years they will be looking for a new truck at an expenditure of some $230,000. Christie will let the CIP Committee know this.
Cindy had made a comment that the fire department appropriation and the police video equipment were the only things the budget committee recommended. Bill Hall disagreed with her, saying they also recommended the Perkins Legal Fund.
Christie asked for approval to attend four days of training in June that has to do with appraisal practices and the statutes relating to property appraisal. The cost is $110.00.
The selectmen approved the training.
Adjournment:
A motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 7:50 p.m.; the motion was seconded and approved by a vote of 3-0.
Respectfully submitted,
Christie Phelps, Town Administrator