MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING

MONDAY – JANUARY 8, 2007 – 7:00 PM

 

WILLIAM HILTON CENTER

 

PRESENT:     Selectmen Henry Richenburg, Chairman; Ed Hunt, Jerry Klima, Fred Knowles,

ABSENT:        Donald Beaulieu

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

 

I.          Call to Order/Salute to the Flag

Chairman Richenburg called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

 

II.        Acceptance of Minutes

            Minutes of December 4, 2006 and December 18, 2006

Motion by Selectman Hunt, Second by Selectman Knowles; Voted to approve the Minutes of December 4, 2006 and December 18, 2006 subject to some typographical corrections being made as requested by Selectman Klima.

 

III.       Old Business - none

 

IV.       New Business

            a.  License Renewals:

Motion by Selectman Hunt, Second by Selectman Klima; Unanimously voted to renew an Entertainment license for: Bevie B’s – 3 Broadway – 2 pool tables/jukebox/DJ and Uncle Eddie’s – 4 Oceanfront – 2 pool tables/juke box/DJ.

 

Motion by Selectman Hunt, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to renew a Repair license for: Buddy’s – 79 Lafayette Rd., Cassidy’s Auto Body – 29 Locust St, ET Racing – 134 Elm St., and Affordable Transmissions – 137 Lafayette Rd.

 

Motion by Mr. Hunt, Second by Mr. Knowles; Unanimously voted to renew a General license for: Ditto Pines Construction – 13 Collins St., Beach Plum Farms – 88 Elm St., Salisbury Cane Chair – 134 Elm St., Owl Beaver Traders – 8B Beach Rd., Salisbury Insurance Agency – 10A Elm St., Extra Space Management #0267 – 143 Lafayette Rd., Parker Fence – 43 Main St. and Gourmet Pantry – 160 Beach Rd.

 

Motion by Selectman Hunt, Second by Selectman Klima; Unanimously voted to renew a Common Victualer license for: Sal’s Pizza – 18 Broadway, Marte-L Convenience Store – 45 Toll Rd., Bevie B’s – 3 Broadway, Brazilian Place – 10B Elm St., Uncle Eddie’s Inc. – 4 Oceanfront and Seacoast Pizza – 111 Lafayette Rd.

 

            b.  New Licenses – no applications received.

 

            c.  Committee Appointments – none

 

            d.  Update/Presentation: Lisa Pearson re: CDBG Grant Application

Ms. Pearson addressed the Board re: the CDBG Grant Application that she is preparing and is planning on including the following 4 projects: Pettengill House, Boys & Girls Club Summer

 

 

MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN MEETING OF JAN. 8, 2007

 

Program, Housing Rehab, and roofs for the housing authority.  If the Selectmen have any other projects they would like included, she asked if they could let her know by next Monday so she

would have the time to research them as to whether or not they qualify and she requested that she be placed on the next agenda.

           

            e.  Steve Paquette – re: LIP Proposal – 54 Beach Rd.

Mr. Paquette gave a brief overview outlining the LIP Proposal that he had provided to the Board prior to tonight’s meeting.  Basically, he is planning on developing a 36 unit affordable housing development on a 10-acre site at 54 Beach Rd.  It would be done under a 40B and 25% of the units have to be affordable resulting in 9 units; 5 of these would be 3 bedroom units selling between $150,000 to $160,000 which is well under the program guidelines.  The remaining units would be sold under $300,000.  Regarding the title issues with the property he has cleared them all up to the point of being able to get title insurance.  Before any public hearings are scheduled he will meet with any of the abutters to address any problems or issues that they may have.  There is a small portion of the land in front of the proposed site zoned commercial which Selectman Klima has a concern with, but thinks that if offices are built looking like a “home” design that it would be acceptable, but would like a little time to think about it and find out if some particular agreements could be made.  Mr. Paquette was in agreement to this and said he would be happy to meet on the site to answer any questions the Board may have and told them to feel free to call him at any time.  This issue is continued to the next meeting.

           

f.  Attendance at Whittier Vocational School Budget Meetings

Chairman Richenburg has been attending the budget meetings but will not be able to attend the next meeting scheduled for Feb. 1st and asked if any other Selectmen could attend.  Selectmen Klima, Hunt, and Knowles all agreed to attend.

 

            g.  Vote to Approve 2007 Election & Town Meeting Schedule

Motion by Selectmen Hunt, Second by Selectman Klima; Unanimously voted to approve the schedule as submitted by the Town Clerk.

 

V.        Comments by Visitors – none

 

VI.       Sewer/Water

            Sewer Extension Application for Friedenfels – Northpointe Survey – Greg Bowden

Mr. Bowden has been working on a plan to build a 7 unit cluster development and one of the steps is to get approval to hook on to the sewer extension and they will be putting in a force main sewer to take care of the sewer issues for the property.  This will be considered a private sewer system which has been approved by the DPW Director.

Motion by Selectman Hunt, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to approve the application by Joan Stevens of 14 Friedenfels for a sewer connection to the town sewer.

 

VII.     Correspondence

Letter from the Salisbury Housing Authority re: the re-sale of a condo at Windgate and 2 at Salisbury Woods.  The SHA was recently assigned the role of re-sale agent and requested this be publicly announced to let Salisbury residents know about the affordable housing.

 

 

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Letter from James Bamford informing the Board of his resignation from the Harbor Commission.

Motion by Selectman Hunt, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to accept the resignation, to send a letter of thanks and to post the opening.

 

VIII.    Hearings - none

           

IX.       Town Manager’s Report

Mr. Harrington gave a brief overview of his written report, a copy of which is available in the Town Manager’s office.

 

X.        Selectmen’s Report

            a.  Ratification of Signing of Weekly Warrants:

Motion by Selectman Klima, Second by Selectman Hunt; Unanimously voted to ratify the signing of the following weekly warrants.

W07-88           Gen., Sewer, Water               W07-90 Town payroll

W07-89           CDBG                                     W07-94 Gen.,Sewer, Water

W07-91           Police Payroll                         W07-96 CDBG

W07-93           CDBG Payroll                        W07-97 Comm. Development

W07-92           Sewer Payroll                         W07-98 Gen., Sewer, Water

 

Selectman Knowles commented on a group meeting he and Jim Dondero, Warrant Advisory Chairman attended at Triton and representatives from Newbury and Rowley were also in attendance.  Basically, there was a discussion of the purpose of the group which is to focus on the fiscal situation, to deal with the perceptions that the people have and to take an active role in pursuing an override proposal and present examples as to why an override would be necessary. 

 

XI.       Executive Session - none

 

XII.     Adjournment

Motion by Selectman Hunt, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:30 PM.

 

 

Respectfully submitted:

Janet E. Flannery, Secretary

 

                                                            Approved: ___________________________

                                                                              Donald Beaulieu, Clerk

 

 

 

 

 

 

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