Town of Danville

Selectboard Minutes of

June 3rd, 2010 Meeting

Chair Michael K Walsh called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm. Selectboard present were, Michael K Walsh, Marvin Withers, Denise Briggs, Douglas Pastula and Stephen Larrabee. Also present were: Kevin Gadapee, Wendy Somers, and Merton Leonard; Deputy Fire Warden Jeremy Withers; visitors Barb and Gary Fontaine, Ken Linsley, John Blackmore, and Paul Chouinard.

Denise Briggs moved to accept the minutes of the May 20th meeting. Marvin Withers seconded the motion; the minutes were approved as written.

Paul Chouinard was present to update the Board about the trip to Danville Quebec. The bus reservation is up to 26 people and would appear will make its minimum of 35. It will leave here at 6:30am and return at 8:30pm, stopping for dinner in Newport. Paul has determined a passport is not required, a valid photo ID and a certified birth certificate will get visitors back into the US. Paul is still looking for more donations for the picture gift to Danville, and for the dinner planned for the Canadians here during the Fair. Steve will contact the Governor and other officials to invite them to attend also.

John Blackmore presented the Sawyer Agency's Insurance proposal for the towns insurance for the next year. In response to the VLCT Insurance proposal, John adjusted our current carrier, Arcadia, 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 25% lower than both the others. With Trident some coverage was lower and might want to be increased if the town was interested in switching to their insurance, but John expects it would still be a substantial savings. The Board will review the proposals for the next meeting, as the renewal is coming up in early July.

Ken Linsley presented a revised traffic plan for Danville Village for the Fair and Autumn on the Green. With the activities centered on the Green, the traffic pattern gets rather clogged at times, that makes it slow going for fair goers and emergency vehicles. The revisions also include less onsite parking and possible short bussing routes from nearby parking areas. The Board will review the traffic proposals and discuss it with the emergency responders and get back to Ken.

Gary Fontaine, new member of the Water District Commissioners, announced that the Water District has reached an agreement with Marc Joncas for repair of his yard and property. Marc has not been satisfied with the work that Munson's did repairing his yard from the water project. Gary and Barb also checked out the street lights and noted a few that they thought we could without.

Wendy had the official dog warrant prepared for unlicensed dogs and presented to the Board for their signature. Douglas Pastula moved to sign the dog warrant as presented. Marvin Withers seconded the motion, the motion was approved, the Board signed the warrant. Wendy also had a petition to the Selectboard to vote on changing the town meeting voting to Australian Balloting for the Town and Highway Budgets. The petition was collected and presented by Barb Fontaine. Wendy will check with Kathy Dewolf of the Secretary of States Office to determine the correct procedure that must be taken to proceed with the voting on the petition. It is the general consensus of the Board not to hold the voting on the same day as the general election.

Kevin reported that work on Bridge #7 is progressing to schedule with the deck removal complete, and work on the abutments in progress. The delivery of the new deck is scheduled for June 17th; the large crane from CCS will be required to set it. That will leave a couple weeks for the finishing projects, providing work continues to progress on schedule. The Hill Street project has experienced a few delays but he hopes to complete the major part of the construction by the end of the month. The engineering continues with the old garage roof to determine the best fix for the overall condition of the garage. Being the time of year to start hauling winter sand, Kevin asked the Board if they wanted to bid the sand or buy it from the same supplier as last year. The general consensus of the Board was to bid the sand, with the bidders to specify the process used to produce it. Kevin also reported even with the summer work going on, that the grader continues to run daily as well as the backhoe, working on ditches and culverts.

Merton reported that a wet test run last year on the sewer plant by the State as part of the relicensing, will have to be done over again, as it was judged to be inconclusive. Spencer Hudson is looking to trade the State some Route #2 road frontage for a sleeve under Route #2 for a sewer line to his land. While this has little to do with the town at the moment, it could be a future development to the town later, as well as increased revenue for the sewer plant. Donald Lamont the sextant of cemeteries has completed fixing the fences on the Pope and Massey Cemeteries. He may repair the fences on the Ward and Stanton if time permits, mowing is now in full swing. Merton also reported that three cement and wood benches at Joes Pond are beyond repair and he would like to replace them. Marvin Withers moved to buy one bench for Joes Pond and remove the other two, Douglas Pastula seconded the motion which was approved by the Board. Denise Briggs moved to reinstitute the Sherriff patrols at 15 hours per week. Douglas Pastula seconded the motion which was approved by the Board. It was suggested the sheriff spend a little time on Wheelock Road to check if the 4-wheelers are following the ordinance, as well as on Highland Avenue to check if vehicles are following the one way signs. After some discussion, Michael K Walsh moved to request the residents of 498 Hill Street to refrain from parking in the road; Marvin Withers seconded the motion which was approved by the Board.

The Board reviewed the budget expenditures and signed the orders. They also accepted the resignation of Kristin Barony from the Development Review Board on a motion by Marvin Withers that was seconded by Denise Briggs. They appointed Janet Givens to the full time position on the DRB, on a motion by Denise Briggs, seconded by Marvin Withers. With no further business, the Board voted to adjourn at 8:55pm.

Respectfully Submitted,

Merton Leonard

Clerk of the Selectboard

Town of Danville

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