BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 26, 2007 MEETING

WILLIAM HILTON CENTER

 

PRESENT:                 Selectmen Henry Richenburg, Chairman; Jerry Klima, Fred Knowles and          Don Beaulieu

ABSENT:                    Ed Hunt

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 February 12, 2007

Motion by Selectman Beaulieu, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to approve the Minutes of February 12, 2007 subject to 3 typo corrections being made.

 

III.       Old Business

            a.  Steve Paquette – LIP Proposal – 54 Beach Rd.

Motion by Selectman Klima, Second by Selectman Beaulieu; Unanimously voted to remove from the table.

Chairman Richenburg noted that Mr. Paquette had requested that the Board hold off on their vote until the next meeting.  Selectman Klima said that since the last meeting he met with Mr. Paquette as well as representatives from the Housing Partnership Committee and talked about his concerns; they had a good discussion and wrote down Selectman Klima’s concerns and Mr. Paquette’s solutions which were distributed at this time to the Board as it was written in agreement form.  Selectman Klima said he met with 3 neighbors on Glenwood Ave. on Feb. 23rd since nobody had come forward with any concerns.  These 3 people raised their concerns at this time particularly about flooding and water problems in the area.  All this material was given to Mr. Paquette and he said he will try to accommodate the concerns raised, and the Selectmen will review them and comment at the next meeting.

Two abutters were present: Bob Cox of 22 Glenwood Ave. and Bonnie Jean Toner of 8 Glenwood Ave.  Mr. Cox thanked Selectman Klima for the courtesy of notifying the abutters of this project; he lives at the bottom of the road and pumps water constantly.  When the last developer was building he assured the neighborhood that there would be no change in the water table, but there has been and they do have a water problem – there is nobody on the street who doesn’t pump and it is getting worse.  It is recorded with the State that the land is absolutely unbuildable.

Ms. Toner said she has a major water problem requiring her to pump year round.  She gave the Board a copy of a DEQE letter written in 1989 issuing a superseding order denying permits to build at that time.

Chairman Richenburg thanked both individuals and asked that if anyone else has any concerns to please send a letter to the Town Manager.  He also said that the Planning Board has an engineer that they use as a consultant for projects and ConComm does the same and suggested that maybe they could engage those consultants to insure that any conditions the Selectmen may impose are met.  He also said if there is a water problem now perhaps some grading has to be done to help alleviate it.

Motion by Selectman Beaulieu, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to table until the next meeting.

 

 

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            b.  Class II License – Westside Truck Equipment – 172 Elm St.

Motion by Selectman Beaulieu, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to remove from the table.

Mr. Pyndowski was present and Chairman Richenburg explained to him that the Fire Dept. and the building inspector visited the site and found a number of issues/concerns.  Because of this the Selectmen requested a game plan as to when he will be able to take care of the problems, the biggest one being there is no opening on the sides and rear of the building and if there was a fire the fire apparatus could not get through.  Mr. Pyndowski said he moved a lot of the equipment back in November but due to the weather and a medical problem he had to stop, but plans on back to it when the weather breaks and he asked the Board to work with him until the summer because a lot of the equipment is going to be removed.  He’s had offers on the property which is also an incentive for him to clean it up.  Selectman Beaulieu said he would like to recommend that the Board give specific deadlines of what they want done and if they are not then the license would be revoked.  Mr. Pyndowski could not give a specific time as to when all the work would be done but felt a great portion would be cleared by July.

Motion by Selectman Beaulieu, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to table until the next meeting and in the interim the applicant will report to the Manager the number of vehicles he presently has on the premises and the Board will set the number to be removed at the next meeting.

 

IV.       New Business

            a.  License Renewals:

Motion by Selectman Klima, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to renew a Sunday license for: VM Baseball, Inc. – 6 Old Elm St., Zyacorp Entertainment I, LLC – 6 Merrill St., Ten’s Show Club – 11 No. End Blvd.,  and the Winner’s Circle – 211 Elm St.

 

Motion by Selectman Klima, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to renew a Repair license for Bill’s Auto Service – 32 Pike St.

 

Motion by Selectman Klima, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to renew a Common Victualer license for: Hodgie’s Too of Salisbury – 136 Rabbit Rd., Salisbury Dairy Queen – 96 Elm St., The Candy Man – 1 Merrill St., Suite 5

 

Motion by Selectman Klima, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to renew a Entertainment license for the Dolphin Grille – 179 Atlantic Ave.

 

Motion by Mr. Beaulieu, Second by Mr. Klima; Unanimously voted to renew a General license for: Mares Jewelry Creations – 35 Toll Rd., MacDougall Sales & Service – 29 Old Elm St., Alterations Plus – 124 Lafayette Rd., Coates Concrete Critters – 11 Rabbit Rd., Small Craft Consignment Sales – 61 Bridge Rd., and Creative Touch Designs, LLC – 72 Elm St. Unit 2

 

            b.  New Licenses

Motion by Selectman Klima, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to approve a General license for: RB Entertainment – 59 Elm St., for a home office only, Chance to Run Dog Daycare – 166 Elm St., SPC Clean Out Services – 15 Main St., and Golden Nails – 4 Elm St. (formerly Express Nails)

 

            c.  Committee Appointments - none

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            d.  Update/Presentations: 

            Triton Superintendent Sandra Halloran and Business Manager Brian Forget

Chairman Richenburg stated that since last summer the Superintendent, business manager and school committee have worked very hard, have listened to the Town regarding our financial situation and have reached out in an effort to work with the three towns.

Supt. Halloran thanked the Board for inviting her this evening and she then gave an abbreviated outline of the initial budget for FY08 that was presented to the school committee.  She also said she thinks the people understand exactly where the school district is and where they are at this point.  This year in particular, people have faced things because the number of classroom teachers had to be reduced; currently, the cuts as they exist have not been reduced.  However, in the upcoming budget she is looking to present a budget that actually restores some of the positions lost last year; looking at 12 teachers – 3 would be placed at the high school and the other 9 would go to the 3 elementary schools to reduce class size.

Mr. Forget said in restoring money in the budget the goal would be to get the user fee for athletics down to $250.00 per sport per student and activity fees would be a maximum of $100.00.  He also gave a brief overview of the FY08 initial budget which was given to the Selectman and is available in Town Hall and announced that a public hearing on the budget is scheduled for March 7th at which time there should be hard numbers in from the State.

 

            e.  Essex National Heritage Commission Grant Application

Selectman Klima explained that the Salisbury Coastal Trails group has prepared a grant application in the amount of $4,900 to build entrance and interpretive signs on the trails which highlight what is on the trail.  Tonight he requested a vote from the Selectmen to approve applying.

Motion by Selectman Knowles, Second by Selectman Beaulieu; Unanimously voted to approve the application as presented.

 

            f.  East Parish Methodist Church – Request for Tag Days

A request was received from the Pastor of East Parish for the youth of the parish to conduct a tag day on March 17th from 10AM – 3PM at Dunkin Donuts, Sunny’s Convenience Store and Richdale to raise money in conjunction with their 30-Hour Famine.

Motion by Selectman Beaulieu, Second by Selectman Klima; Unanimously voted to grant approval as outlined.

 

V.        Comments by Visitors

Chuck Colburn said he was looking at Salisbury’s website and saw where Landscape Xpress appeared before the ZBA appealing the Building Inspector’s decision and asked what gives the ZBA jurisdiction to override the Selectmen and the Building Inspector.  Selectman Klima explained that anyone who has been refused a permit or ordered to cease and desist by the Building Inspector can file an appeal with the ZBA. 

 

VI.       Sewer/Water

 

VII.     Correspondence

 

VIII.    Hearings - none

           

 

            BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF FEBRUARY 26, 2007 MEETING

 

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 Beaulieu, Second by Selectman Knowles; Unanimously voted to ratify the signing of the following weekly warrants.

          W07-124         Gen., Sewer, Water                              W07-116         Sewer, Water

            W07-123         CDBG                                                 W07-125         Town Payroll

            W07-128         CDBG Payroll                                      W07-127         Sewer Payroll

            W07-129         Gen., Sewer                                         W07-126         Police – Payroll

 

Selectman Klima wanted to give credit to Larry Madeiros for the work he did on the Rail Trail brochure which is to be published by the Chamber of Commerce .

 

Chairman Richenburg said that the boiler for the Memorial School, which they voted to approve the emergency funds for at the last meeting, has been replaced and is operational.

 

The Selectmen will be meeting on April 9th and 23rd and May 7th and 21st.

         

XI.       Executive Session - none

 

XII.     Adjournment

Motion by Selectman Knowles, Second by Selectman Klima; Unanimously voted to adjourn at 8:55  PM.

 

 

Respectfully submitted:

Janet E. Flannery, Secretary

 

                                                            Approved: ___________________________

                                                                              Donald Beaulieu, Clerk