Town of Fryeburg
Board of Selectmen Meeting Minutes
September 21, 2006

The meeting was called to order at 6 pm.
The minutes of August 17 th were unanimously approved. .

Public Forum:

Mr. Krasker reported that future activities of the Fryeburg Water District are on hold. They are waiting for the Fryeburg Water Company to make their mind up as to what they want to do. The Fryeburg Water Company is having an appraisal done. The Fryeburg Water District is going ahead with modification of the original enabling legislation to allow them to potentially buy Fryeburg Water Company property in NH.

There was some discussion as to what would happen to hydrant fees should the Water District take over the FWC assets. Dick Krasker will research this and get back to the board.

Appointments:

Reserve Police Officers:

Police Chief Brooking submitted for consideration candidates Joshua King and Jason Goff as reserve officers until April 2007. Brian LeBlanc resigned as a reserve officer due to other commitments.

David Knapp made a motion to approve Joshua King and Jason Goff as reserve officers. Ed Wilkey seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.

Fair Traffic Officers:

Chief Brookings submitted for consideration candidates Harry Spears, Dale Spears, Dale Rowe, Jeff Fox and James Fall be appointed as traffic control officers for the week of Fryeburg Fair, 10/1-10/8. David Knapp moved to appoint for the fair week 10/1-10/8. Ed Wilkey seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.

Planning Board Alternate:

The board received a letter from Kathleen Heggie requesting to be appointed as an alternate member of the Planning Board. Ms. Heggie is a licensed professional engineer. David Knapp moved to appoint her as an alternate to the Planning Board. Ed Wilkey seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.

Fair Week Towing:

Chief Brooking reported that all tow companies he contracted are not interested in towing vehicles during fair week. The police department plans to ticket offenders. The no parking signs are all up. Last years figure for towing was around 75. This year towing will only be done to vehicles that actually impede traffic. If it becomes a problem it will be addressed next year.

River Road Gate:

Discussion regarding placement of gate on the River Road with Dan Roy:

Mr. Roy was present to ask permission to move the gate approximately 1500’on the River Road. The River Road is presently closed in the winter. The selectmen mentioned that there is a state law that says citizens are not allowed to improve a town road. People in the town need to vote on the road closings and that is done by holding a public hearing and then putting the issue on a town meeting warrant. Mr. Roy can also petition to have something put on the warrant. The selectmen discussed needing to look at the Bog Pond Road and the Little Chatham Road situations regarding the roads being snowplowed by private citizens. Mr. Roy will be notified when the public hearing is being held.

Lake Region Development Council:

Mr. Mike McClellan arrived to discuss the future of the Lake Region Development Council. He wanted to let the member towns know where they are at LRDC and that the organization is still alive. They have taken back leadership of the organization and will be working on economic development. LRDC is now working to create a zoning map of the Lakes Region that will be available to those who are part of the organization.. The map is scheduled to be available in December. All towns that are involved LRDC would ideally have a least 1 board member appointed to the organization. The LRDC will e-mail the town an announcement of the date of the next meeting.

Transfer Station Future Compactor Placement:

Donald Davidson, Transfer Station Manager was present for the discussion. Originally, he had planned to place the new compactor where the metal bin is now. There is already a partial cement pad and the roto- phase converter could also be hooked into the existing compactor with a contact switch, enabling both compactors to be operated at capacity. Mr. Davidson commented that if the location of the new compactor is now changed it will be expensive to set up and put in a different place.

The new cardboard compactor will be located at the end of the recycling building making it easily back up to it and load cardboard on the conveyor belt. Boxes will have to be broken down and loaded on the belt by hand by those disposing cardboard. There will have to have some public education reagarding this issue.

A handling fee was discussed for those who were unwilling to break down and load their own cardboard. Don will come back to the board with some proposed fees. The new compactor and cardboard bailer will be installed after the fair. The need to update the recycling flyer was also discussed.

Personal Policy:

The board continued to review the town’s personnel policy. Multiple reviews are expected and a final draft will be reviewed in the near future.

Recreation Department Operation:

David Knapp moved to table this to the workshop on September 28 th.

Town office and Library roof repairs update:

The town manager sent a letter out to the contractor that was awarded the bid do the roofs. The letter states that if substantial work is not started before September 21’st the bid award will be considered to be null and void. Then the bid process would have to be done again.

Jockey Cap Trail Improvement suggestions:

This matter was tabled until a future meeting.

The Board then voted to enter into an executive session discussion to discuss real estate matters. At approximately 10:50 PM the Board ended its executive session discussion and resume the regular meeting. No action or vote was taken on the matters discussed.

Having no further business, the meeting was adjourned