Alexandria Board of Selectmen

October 16, 2008

Members Present:        Cindy Williams, Don Gangemi and Tom McGowan

The meeting came to order at 6:00 p.m.; the Pledge of Allegiance was given.

Omer Ahern, Jr. came in to introduce himself to the selectmen and the audience. He is a candidate for County Commissioner for District 3.  He spoke at length about his background, experience and desire to serve the residents of the county.

Distribution of Minutes:       October 9 minutes were distributed

Approval of Minutes:                        October 2 minutes were approved by a vote of 3-0.

Department Heads:

Christie Phelps:  Christie reported that she had attended a meeting last Friday regarding
e-grants and the development of hazard mitigation grant applications.  The program is
becoming a lot more competitive and the towns will really need to know their project inside and out in order to be awarded the money.  She stated that the Thissell, Matthews
Road project would be applied for in 2009 for a 2010 approval.  There will be no application for 2009 because of the Washburn Road project. There will be a flu clinic at the municipal building from 4-7 on Election Day. Christie attended a meeting between Town of Bristol officials and Comstar, the ambulance billing company.  It was determined that the revenues can be broken out by town.  Those figures should be available next week.  The tax rate setting appointment is still not available as the Newfound School District has not submitted its paperwork.  Calls to the district indicated that the required forms would be forwarded by the end of the day Thursday.  The NH Dept. of Revenue has determined that the town is able to “rent to own” the water truck as long as they have an equipment rental line or equipment purchase line within their budget that has an appropriation for this year. 

Other departments that were not present for their scheduled meeting included the fire department and health office/emergency management director.

Items Requiring Signature:

            The Memorandum of Agreement was signed for the All Hazard Region 6.

The Alexandria Sand Policy was approved by a vote of 3-0.  This will be posted in the newspaper and copies will be made available at the town hall and transfer station.

Old Business:

            Notes as indicated on the attached agenda form.

New Business:

The old police cruiser is no longer desired by the highway department.  The fire department is interested in it.  The selectmen would like to talk with the fire chief regarding the vehicle.  Christie will have him attend the next meeting, if possible.

Health Insurance Rates:  Decreased .8% for 2009.

Date for Recommendations from Recycling Committee:  The recycling committee
has been asked to bring a report to the selectmen on October 30.

Maintenance Worker:            Advertisement ready to be sent to paper

Transfer Station Worker:  Christie to develop an ad to send to selectmen for approval

Joint Meeting Between Budget Committee and Selectmen: Budget Committee Members Present:  Skip Reilly, Lucy Ford, Ginny Duggan, Fred Platts, Harold Plats, Chet Caron

At 7:00 P.M. the members of the budget committee and the board of selectmen met to
review the 2009 budget requests for the conservation commission, fire department, forest fire warden, cemeteries and trustees of trust funds.  Representatives were present for all but the fire department.  The fire chief indicated to Christie that he would like the same amount as last year. The selectmen would like to see a listing of what that is to be spent on.  Sue Cheney was present to give further explanation on the supervisors of the checklist budget; this information was requested when she met with the boards last week.

            No decisions on the budgets were made; no votes taken.

Adjournment:

            The meeting was adjourned by a vote of 3-0 at 8:35 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,

Christie Phelps,

Town Administrator