TOWN OF STARK, NH
Select Board Meeting Agenda
Tuesday August 22, 2023
6 PM
Stark Town Office
Call to Order
Select Board Chair, Glenn Wiggin, called the meeting to order at 6 pm.
Persons Present for All or Part of the Entire Meeting
Select Board Members: Glenn Wiggin, Lisa Demers, Jim Walsh; Office Manager, Patty Peel
Ray Perkins, Dennis Lunn, Stephan Gilman, Burke York, Charles Nesbitt,
Read and approve minutes from previous meeting—August 15 & 16, 2023
Select Board Chair, Glenn Wiggin, made a motion to waive reading of minutes, 2nd Jim Walsh
All SB members voted in the affirmative. Motion Passed
Sign Checks & Manifest 34 Totaling $9580.00
Manifest 34 & Checks Signed
Sign Heritage Center Check & Manifest 20 Totaling $63.06
Manifest 20 & Heritage Center Check Signed
Sign Septic Plan
Septic Plan for Brown, M/L 205/10 signed.
Sign Application for Reimbursement from NH DRA
Application for Reimbursement to Towns/Cities in which Federal & State Forest Land is Situated, For PA-16, signed.
Sign Treasurer’s Report—General Fund and Heritage Center
July treasurer’s reports signed.
Department Reports
- Highway Dept—KWB Power & Performance Estimate
- Glenn Wiggin made a motion to approve $500 toward repair of sander and big truck by KWB Performance, 2nd by Lisa Demers. All Approved
- Glenn Wiggin made a motion to get repairs done on the red truck, ASAP, as long as it does not go over $2000. 2nd Jim Walsh. Vote was unanimous.
Old Business
- Fire Chief, Charlie Nesbitt, requested that the Fire Department have access to the pond at the Transfer Station. After much discussion the following motions were made:
- Glenn Wiggin made a motion to give same privilege to the Fire Department that the Select Board gave Normandeau; need to try to reach out to Transfer Station Stephan Gilman or a TS operator first and if the FD cannot reach an operator, then they are welcome to go in, until a fence goes up. No 2nd
- Jim Walsh made a motion that the Fire Department have access to the Transfer Station by way of a key without the stipulation of contacting operator, 2nd by Lisa Demers. Motion Passed 2-1. Yea vote for Lisa Demers and Jim Walsh No vote for Glenn Wiggin
- Jim Walsh suggested the fire chief put on a combination lock and change combination frequently for security reasons. Chief Nesbitt agreed the lock will have a code that dispatch has. Whenever dispatch gives out the code, Chief Nesbitt will change the code.
- Jim Walsh suggested the fire chief put on a combination lock and change combination frequently for security reasons. Chief Nesbitt agreed the lock will have a code that dispatch has. Whenever dispatch gives out the code, Chief Nesbitt will change the code.
- Glenn Wiggin made a motion to put a wire fence up ASAP with a 2nd gate to divide TS and pond so mutual aid towns could get access to the pond, as well as our our FD, with a combination lock that just our FD will have access to. 2nd Jim Vote Unanimous
- Glenn believes we can get done for $1500 or less if volunteers install but he will get a quote and bring it back to the Select Board.
- Select Board Email:
- Jim Walsh made a motion, 2nd by Lisa Demers, to have a Select Board email set up for correspondence with following stipulations…
- Office Manager will set up email for [email protected] for SB correspondence
- All critical inquiries and responses pertaining to government agencies and departments, legal questions, insurance questions, etc. will be sent from the SB as one entity using this email.
- Wording of emails should be discussed by the SB; question do not need approval by the SB
- Office Manager will control the account and forward all correspondence to all Select Board Members.
- Transfer Station Operating Plan:
- Lisa Demers shared a copy of a Permit by Notification application she started along with a draft of a cover letter. The SB reviewed this document. Jim Walsh volunteered to research the book/page at the Coos County Registry of Deed for the Transfer Station (Section I, Question 7 of the application) and a required topographical map needed to accompany the application (Section I, Question 10).
- Select Board reviewed the Transfer Station layout, the first pages of the Operating Plan.
- Jim Walsh made a motion, 2nd by Lisa Demers, to have a Select Board email set up for correspondence with following stipulations…
Other Business
Patty Peel asked if Library Trustees could meet in the Town Hall as long as they had no access to the office areas. Select Board are fine with opening the Town Hall up for the Library Trustees.
Adjournment
Lisa Demers made a motion to adjourn the meeting, 2nd by Jim Walsh.
Meeting adjourned at 7:56 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Patricia S. Peel, Office Manager
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Glenn Wiggin, Select Board Chairman Date Approved
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Lisa Demers, Select Board Member Jim Walsh, Select Board Member
*Select Board Meeting August 29, 2023 6 pm Stark Town Hall (Transfer Station Operating Plan)
*Select Board Meeting September 6, 2023 6 pm Stark Town Hall
*Planning Board Meeting September 20, 2023 7 pm
*Library Trustees Meeting August 30, 2023 4:30 at Stark Town Hall