MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING

MONDAY - JULY 26, 2004 - 7:00 PM

 

WILLIAM HILTON CENTER

 

PRESENT:     Selectmen Robert Carroll Chairman, Ed Hunt, Anthony Papoulias, Henry Richenburg, Jerry Klima

 

ALSO PRESENT:  Neil Harrington, Town Manager and Janet Flannery, Secretary

 

I.          Call to Order/Salute to the Flag

Chairman Carroll called the meeting to order at 7:02 PM.

 

II.        Acceptance of Minutes

Minutes of June 21, 2004 and June 30, 2004 Special Meetings and July 12, 2004 Regular Meeting

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Voted to approve the Minutes of June 21, 2004 Special Meeting as printed.  VOTE: 4 yea’s - Sel. Papoulias abstained.

 

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Voted to approve the Minutes of June 30, 2004 Special Meeting as printed.  VOTE: 4 yea’s - Sel. Papoulias abstained.

 

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to approve the Minutes of  July 12, 2004 with the corrections highlighted by Sel. Klima and the following amendments: page 1, Paragraph III a - 5th line: delete the sentence “Manager pointed out . . . . .meeting.”

Page 2 Harbor Commission Alternate: change the vote as follows: Sel. Hunt - John Nash; Sel. Richenburg - Donald Jansen; Sel. Klima - Donald Jansen; Sel. Papoulias - John Nash; Sel. Carroll - Donald Jansen.  By a vote of 3 - 2 Donald Jansen was appointed as an alternate member.

 

III.       Old Business

CDM Contract for FY05 - Landfill Monitoring

The DPW Director presented the proposal requesting that the Selectmen approve an agreement for professional services by CDM to perform environmental monitoring for the landfill; he then introduced Bruce Haskell, CDM Project Engineer for the monitoring who gave a brief overview and assured the Board that the town would not be charged more than the $20,000.00.

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to approve and sign a professional services agreement between Camp, Dresser & McKee, Inc. and the Town to provide environmental monitoring at the Salisbury landfill.

 

General License - Constance Kaplan - 1 Mudnock Rd.

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to approve a General License to Constance Kaplan for a home occupation.

 

Delinquent Licenses

Sel. Carroll placed this on the agenda because at the June 26th meeting the Board voted to send a letter to business owners who had not applied for their licenses even after being reminded.  The letter was sent via certified mail giving the owners 10 days to come in and obtain a license or else they would be required to appear before the Board.  Since the letter was sent many owners have complied with the request; however there are still 16 who have not responded in any way and he asked the Board what their suggestion was.

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Klima; Unanimously voted to publish the names of the 16 owners who have not applied in the newspaper and/or cable and to send a second letter via certified mail requesting them to appear at the next meeting and if they still do not comply action will be taken by the Zoning Enforcement Officer.

 

IV.       New Business

License Renewals:

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to renew a Common Victualer license for: Tony’s Vegetables - 155 Elm St., The Brazilians Place - 10B Elm St., Carousel Lounge - 20 Ocean Front So., Cinemagic - 6 Merrill St., Marte-L Convenience Store - 45 Toll Rd., Dunkin Donuts - 15 Lafayette Rd., Dunkin Donuts - 192 Elm St.

 

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to renew an arcade license to Cinemagic - 6 Merrill St.,

 

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to renew a license to Carousel - 20 Ocean Front S. For a video game and pool table.

 

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to renew an Entertainment license to: Carousel Lounge - 20 Ocean Front S., Dolphin Grille - 28 Oceanfront South and Sylvan Street Grille - 195 Elm St.

 

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to renew a General license to: Ridgewood Florist LLC - 141 Bridge Rd. And State Line Liquor - 585 No. End Blvd.

 

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to renew Sunday licenses to: Carousel Lounge - 20 Ocean Front S. And Cinemagic - 6 Merrill St.

 

b.  New Licenses:

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Klima; Unanimously voted to approve a General license to Absolutely Fabulous - 45 Beach Rd. to hold 3 one-day multi dealer yard sales throughout the year.

 

 

c.  Committee Appointments

Rent Control board - 1 vacancy - 1 applicant: Ruth Albright requesting re-appointment

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to re-appoint Ruth Albright to another 3-year term on the Rent Control Board.

 

Council on Aging - 1 vacancy - 2 applicants: Marie Mariano and Susan Kilduff

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to place both names in nomination.  Roll vote: Sel. Papoulias - Marie Mariano; Sel. Hunt - Susan Kilduff; Sel. Richenburg - Susan Kilduff; Sel. Klima - Susan Kilduff; Sel. Carroll - Susan Kilduff..  By a vote a 4 - 1 Susan Kilduff was appointed to fill the one year vacancy.

 

d.  Formation of a Housing Partnership Committee

Sel. Klima requested this and stated the purpose is to have a focus on affordable housing.  There is an issue of requirements  that has to be met and another issue is when looking at the census and the age of the population, there are many people who cannot afford to live in Town.  This committee would research these issues as well as grants.

Motion by Sel. Klima, Seconded by Sel. Richenburg; Unanimously voted that the Board of Selectmen form a Salisbury Housing Partnership Committee with a mission as set forth in the proposed Mission Statement presented to the Board and to post a notice asking for volunteers to apply to serve on the Committee so that they may be appointed at the next meeting of the BOS.

 

e.  Goals & Objectives

Sel. Carroll explained that the list of priorities in the Town had been given to the Manager and discussed with each member of the Board individually.  The five areas are: finances, social services, public works/public safety/ recreation, and planning and economic development with a total of 47 items on the list.  Hopefully by working together a significant dent can be made over the next fiscal year.  Sel. Klima said he had received a call from someone as to the condition of the roads and would like to see that added to the list, thereby making 48 items.   Copies of the Goals & Objectives will be available in the Town Manager’s office for anyone who is interested.

 

f.  Discussion of Setting a Moratorium

The DPW Director and Sel. Carroll had a phone conversation with Madeline Morris of DEP re: setting a moratorium because of the new developments in town.  DEP agreed to meet with the town and said that as far as a moratorium they felt that the water commissioners have the final say on that.  Suggestion was made that the town consider establishing a water ban which would require a new well and Ms. Morris said she would help in speeding up that process.  Sel. Carroll said if the Board as Commissioners decide to go that way he suggested Town Counsel be involved and all regulations are followed.  He would also like to see the workshops continue and to make a decision in the near future.  Sel. Richenburg stated he would like to have another workshop, but thinks that the Board should be prepared to determine where they make the cut off and determine who can and cannot build.  He also wanted to make it clear that the Board is not against building, but is concerned with the lack of water.  Sel. Hunt suggested inviting a member of DEP to the workshop, however Mr. Levesque said that DEP is of the mind of coming to a round-table discussion with the questions being presented to them ahead of time.  The Board scheduled a workshop to continue the discussion on setting a moratorium for August 16th at 5:00 PM.

 

g.  Ron Peredna re: Donation of a parcel of land to the Town: Board to accept the land and to send the road layout to the Planning Board for their recommendation

Atty. Hyder representing Ron Peredna addressed the Board stating that Mr. Peredna wished to donate the remaining lot 7 of his sub-division on CCC Rd. and he also requested that the Town accept the CCC Rd. which is now complete. 

Motion by Sel. Hunt, Seconded by Sel. Klima; Voted to accept from Mr. Peredna Lot 7 as shown on the map presented to be deeded to the Town of Salisbury as soon as possible.  VOTE: 4 yea’s - Sel. Papoulias opposed.  Motion carried.

 

Motion by Sel. Hunt, Seconded by Sel. Richenburg; Unanimously voted to start the process for the acceptance of CCC Road and request the Planning Board to set the metes and bounds and submit their recommendation to be presented at the Fall Town Meeting.

 

V.        Comments by Visitors

Mr. Larry Quinn, President of Great Meadows Village thanked the Board, Town Manager, Police Chief, Sen. Baddour and Rep. Costello for their help in solving the problems with the traffic lights in front of Great Meadows.  He then presented the prize of a large teddy bear to Sel. Hunt that he won at their annual family day picnic.

 

Gil Bonk gave an update on the upcoming muster and asked the Manager for the use of the van to provide transportation for the King & Queen of Great Meadows.

 

Tony Noon from Adelphia said he may be able to help with the conservation of water issue and suggested that the Board appoint someone as a producer for a show to address the Town’s needs for water conservation.

 

VI.       Sewer/Water

Geosphere Report

Mr. Talkington was introduced to give a presentation and to address any concerns the Board may have on the report that had been given to them at the last meeting.  The report was re: groundwater exploration throughout the Town in a number of areas.  Mr. Talkington stated that about a year ago there was discussion about wells 1 and 2, but it’s been suggested they be abandoned.  Therefore they did a town wide survey, reviewed historical reports, and looked at sand and gravel aquifers in Town as potential well sites.  Because of the existing sand and gravel wells it was more comfortable to continue on that pathway and the most favorable one that came up was on Lafayette Rd. at the Foti property.  However, after researching and studying the gravel, etc. it was found unfavorable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Further discussion ensued resulting in the following motion.

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to accept the recommendation of Geosphere Environmental Management, Inc. that the location of test well 8-04 be pursued as a potential new sand and gravel production well location for the Town of Salisbury.

 

Appoint individual to work with Don Levesque on the Amesbury Water Purchase Agreement

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Unanimously voted to appoint Sel. Klima to work with the DPW Director on an agreement to purchase water from the Town of Amesbury and to report progress periodically to the Board of Selectmen.

 

VII.     Correspondence

·                      Memo from Ring’s Island Water District re: a letter they received from DEP praising Mr. Paul Colby and the Water Commissioners in their excellent work of providing quality drinking water to the District.

·                      Memo from the Harbor Commission to Paul Hogan of DEP re: the Salisbury/Merrimac River Water Quality Testing Program.

·                      A letter from the Historical Society re: a project they have embarked on to restore the historic home and property on Minister’s Corner.

·                      Memo from the Salisbury Baseball League re: the 9-year old all-star team who have made the finals of the riverside Bradford Baseball tournament in Haverhill.

 

VIII.    Hearings - none

 

IX.       Town Manager’s Report

Prior to presenting his written report, Mr. Harrington passed out a copy of a letter from Rep. Stanley  re: a series of items pertaining to the School Triton District.  He then summarized his written report, a copy of which is attached and made a part of these Minutes.

 

X.        Selectmen’s Report

Regarding Rep. Stanley’s letter, Sel. Richenburg suggested forming a committee of 7 to look at the issues of transportation, non-resident tuition and grants.  Suggested 1 be from the Warrant Advisory Board, 1 or 3 from the School Committee, 1 Selectman and the other people who come forth.  Its purpose would not be to build a case but to understand what makes up the school’s finances.  Sel. Hunt said we have a school committee who does the review of the agreement so maybe instead of charging a committee possible have the school committee appear before the Board either at a regular meeting or in a workshop and get our answers that way; he would like to know what goes on but thinks we can get the questions answered without setting up a committee.  Sel. Carroll said he thought a committee would be good and to have a committee look strictly at Salisbury’s concerns and one of the things it could look at would be upcoming changes and see how they will affect Salisbury; also grants, and we also have to address the homeless children and find out if there is funding available for that.  Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Klima; Voted to authorize the formation of a Triton School Agreement Review Committee consisting of 7 members with the responsibility to review the overall Chapter 70 finances and other ways that money is put forth to educate our children.  VOTE: 3 yea’s Sel. Hunt and Papoulias opposed.  Motion carried.

 

Sel. Hunt said on some of the sidewalks the State cuts back the brush and on some of the town roads brush is growing and making some of the roads narrower and he asked if the DPW Director could look at that.

 

Sel. Hunt has had some business people at the beach speak to him about kids hanging around some of the businesses; they are not bad kids but they hang in groups using bad language and he asked if the Manager could ask the Police Dept. to speak to them and move them along when they seen them hanging out and not allow the loitering.  He feels the town should be more vigilant as well as the “0" tolerance on drugs.

 

Sel. Carroll spoke briefly about a member of the school committee attending Board meetings and asked for direction as to how often.  Sel. Richenburg said he thought every other month should be sufficient; Sel. Hunt also suggested possibly having Dept. Heads come in one a month to give an update on their department.  Sel. Carroll said he would work out a schedule and have the Manager set it up. 

 

XI.       Executive Session

Pending Litigation - cancelled

Sale or Lease of Real Property

Motion by Sel. Richenburg, Seconded by Sel. Hunt; Voted to suspend the rules to go past 11:45 PM and to move into Executive Session at 11:50 PM to discuss the sale or lease of real property  and to adjourn without returning to Regular Session.  Those present to be: the full Board of Selectmen, Town Manager Neil Harrington and Secretary Janet Flannery.  Roll vote: Sel. Papoulias - no; Sel. Klima - yes; Sel. Carroll - yes; Sel. Richenburg - yes; Sel. Hunt - yes.  Motion carried.

 

XII.     Adjournment

Meeting adjourned after Executive Session at 11:20 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted,

Janet Flannery, Secretary

 

Approved:______________________________

     Ed Hunt, Clerk