Westmoreland
Selectmen's Minutes
PRESENT: David Putnam, Wes Staples, Marjorie Merena,
Mike Hartness,
Marshall Patmos
David Putnam called the meeting to order at
Mike Hartness, Westmoreland resident who works for
the Keene Transfer
Station came to the meeting to discuss the needs of the town in
regard to our managing the recycling/transfer station ourselves.
Waste Management is willing to sell us the compactor and converter
presently on our site for $3500 and we have the containers for solid
waste, mixed paper, corrugated cardboard, co-mingled plastic and
glass, and demolition. The tipping fees at the Keene Transfer
Station
for solid waste ($110 per ton) and demolition ($115 per ton).
Recyclable demolition - chipboard, plywood, cost $87 per ton to tip
and shingles cost $95 per ton. There is no charge to tip recycleables
(paper, cardboard, co-mingle). That leaves us with the cost "per
haul" to truck the stuff to
expires
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE
Wes Staples moved to approve the Accounts Payable Manifest in
the amount of $11,455.13.
Seconded by David Putnam. All in
favor, so voted.
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Wes Staples moved to approve the minutes of
2008
All in favor, so voted.
Dave Putnam moved to approve the minutes of
2008
All in favor, so voted.
NEW BUSINESS:
Letter received from Attorney Bradley regarding notice of
pretrial conference and actual trial of Hatt v. Town
of
Letter from the Dept. of Revenue Administration regarding the
assessing contract with Avitar. We do not have to have a full re-val
in 2008 as we have chosen to complete the cycle with Granite State
Assessing which is much less expensive.
The Dept. of Transportation Bridge Inspection Report was
reviewed and forwarded to the Highway Dept.
Word was received from Peter Lachapelle, our Waste
Management
account manager, that WM would sell the Town the compactor and
converter for $3500.
Received letter from Attorney Bradley regarding purchase
offer for Matyas land. Counter offer was made.
An offer of $65,000 was received for purchase of the Hatt
property. We have chosen to go in a different
direction.
Marshall Patmos was in to discuss a request from the
Westmoreland Conservation Commission. The letter reads in part:
...the consensus of our members is that we would be willing to hold
the conservation easement of the parcel (
parcel in
We tentatively consider this in the interest of facilitating the
wetland mitigation process for the County. We additionally hope this
will open dialog about conservation easements and possibilities on
the
While it seems a bit unusual, we are willing to be the "default"
easement holder with the understanding that:
1. It's legal
2. there is no cost to the Town of
3. The Westmoreland selectmen support the idea
4. We would eventually turn the easement over to the Monadnock
Conservancy or other qualified organization willing to be the
easement holder.
After a discussion, Wes Staples moved that we approve holding the
easement. Marjorie Merena seconded the motion. Dave
Putnam recused
himself from the vote.
Tax delinquency notifications for 2 lots were received. One
lot, R5-Lot 18, belongs to the Town.
Filled out the annual solid waste report.
OLD BUSINESS:
LETTER TO BE SIGNED:
Application and Participation Agreement from
Putnam was incapacitated.
The meeting was adjourned at
David Putnam, Chair
Wesley Staples
Marjorie Merena
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