Town of Danville

Selectboard Minutes of

June 17th, 2010 Meeting

Chair, Michael K Walsh called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm. Selectboard present were, Michael K Walsh, Douglas Pastula and Steven Larrabee. Also present were: Kevin Gadapee, Wendy Somers, and Merton Leonard; visitors Barb and Gary Fontaine, Ken Linsley, Paul Chouinard, Ed Hebebrand, and reporter Sally Cook.

Steven Larrabee moved to accept the minutes of the June 3rd meeting. Douglas Pastula seconded the motion; the minutes were approved as written.

Paul Chouinard updated the Board on the trip to Danville Quebec. The bus reservation is confirmed at 24 people and he is concerned that it will not make the minimum of 35, it may have to be cancelled. He will drive if necessary but it might mean even fewer people would be able to go. He did request the money for the photo gift of $250.00. Douglas Pastula moved to authorize payment of $250.00 for the large photo of Danville VT for presentation to Danville Que. at their celebration. Steven Larrabee seconded the motion which was approved.

Tanya Chambers was present to answer any questions about VLCT's presentation, and to thank the board for the opportunity to discus VLCT's offering with them

Ken Linsley requested use of the Green by the Chamber of Commerce on August 6th and 7th for the Danville Fair and for October 3rd for Autumn on the Green, with the wavier of the open bottle ordinance. Request was approved on a motion by Steven Larrabee seconded by Douglas Pastula. Ken Linsley requested use of the Green on Sunday evenings from 6:30 to 8:00pm for the Pope Library for their annual band concerts from June 27th to Sept 5th. Request was approved on a motion by Steven Larrabee seconded by Douglas Pastula. Ken Linsley requested approval of his traffic plan for the Fair and Autumn on the Green as presented to the Board at their previous meeting. After some discussion Douglas Pastula moved to accept the traffic plan with the exception of keeping Brainerd St open to Route #2 for one way traffic, Steve Larrabee seconded the motion, which was approved. Ken Linsley will be responsible for signs, cones, barricades, and traffic control.

Wendy was present to advise the Board that they have to respond to the petitioner of the Australian Ballot with in 15 days, and had prepared a response for the Board to sign. As the petition was for adoption of a charter, the vote will have to be a ballot vote at the next annual town meeting, primary, or general election. Prior to the vote, two public meetings must be held, the first at least 30 days before the vote, and the second ten days after the first one. She recommends meeting with the school board and selecting a date to have them both at the same time. Because of time constraints, the vote will be on the General Election Ballot.

Kevin reported that the North Danville Bridge had arrived from J P Carrara earlier in the day on six flatbed trailers, and that Contractor Crane Service had off loaded it and set it on to the modified abutments. He and his crew handled the ground work and all went very well. There are various mounting and finishing steps required that will be handled by some of his crew and some outside vendors as required. He reported that the Hill Street project is also progressing. The pavement has been BoMaged, some crusher run added to the surface, and the road has been graded smooth and rolled. The water and sewer access covers as well as the driveway's, have been adjusted to the level of the new pavement. The new town forest signs built by Dave Houston of the Conservation Commission have been installed, with the assistance of Bill and Donald. Kevin and Board members Michael and Marvin met with the engineer on the old garage roof. The engineer gave little encouragement to change the design of the roof from what it is now to a wood truss system. The road side mower has been serviced and will begin mowing next week.

At the previous meeting, John Blackmore had presented the Sawyer Agency's Insurance proposal for the towns insurance for the 2010-2011 year. In response to the VLCT Insurance proposal, John adjusted the current carrier, Acadia, to include the Fire Department equipment and some other features to make them comparable, and both were priced very close. He also presented an additional carrier, Trident, whose price was about $8500 lower than either of the others. As the insurance must be renewed by July 1st the insurance coverage needed to be finalized at this meeting. With little discussion, Douglas Pastula made a motion to go with the Trident Insurance bid of $40,659. Steven Larrabee seconded the motion, which was approved. Lee Beattie had requested $1500 from the Board to pay for half of the painting of the North Danville School Building. The board discussed it but wanted to get more information on the process. Marc Joncas yard has been repaired and seems to be pleased with the results. Gary Fontaine added that a broken and buried drain pipe was the major problem. It has been corrected, ground smoothed out and reseeded. There will be a meeting with the DRB and a NVDA representative to review zoning procedures on Wednesday the 23rd. The Selectboard and Planning Commission are invited. The Board acknowledged that there would be a Route #2 Project land acquisition hearing on July 22 at 10:30am. They also acknowledged an act 250 renewal hearing at the Town Hall on July 8th at 7:00pm on the Frye Quarry.

The Board reviewed the budget expenditures and signed the orders. Wendy requested an executive session to discuss an employment change. Douglas Pastula moved to go into executive session for an employment discussion and invite Kevin and Merton to join them; Steven Larrabee seconded the motion which was approved. The Board returned from executive session at 7:20pm. Steven Larrabee moved to hire Larry Gadapee to operate the Grader as a part time employee as needed to replace Milt Cochran, Douglas Pastula seconded the motion which was approved.

With no further business, the Board voted to adjourn at 7:25pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Merton Leonard

Clerk of the Selectboard

Town of Danville

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