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Town of Danville
Selectboard Minutes
April 1st, 2010
Michael
K Walsh called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm. Selectboard present were, Doug
Pastula, Michael K Walsh, and Marvin Withers. Also present were Donald Lamont,
Dave Houston, Kevin Gadapee, Merton Leonard, visitors Joe Benning, Barb and Gary
Fontaine, and reporter Sally Cook.
Marvin Withers moved to accept
the minutes of the March 18th meeting as written, Doug Pastula seconded the
motion. The minutes were approved as written.
Joe Benning was present to
introduce himself to the board and to explain he is running for the State Senate
from Caledonia/Orange District. He is visiting all the town Selectboard meetings
in the District, to collect information about any problems the towns have and to
leave his contact info with Board members to contact him in the future.
Donald Lamont, Sexton of
Cemeteries, was present to discuss spring maintenance on two of the North
Danville cemeteries, the Pope Cemetery on McDowell Road and the Massey Cemetery
on Stanton Road. Most of the fence posts in both cemeteries have broken off
leaving the fence to wavier in the wind. Donald proposes to repair the fence on
these two cemeteries using new cedar post and their old wire fence. He noted
that there is $1500 in the Cemetery line item for repairs and he would like to
use an additional $1500 from the Cemetery Restoration Fund. He would then return
to discuss repairs to the other cemeteries based on his experience with these
two. After some discussion, Marvin Withers moved to approve the work on the two
cemeteries using $3,000 as proposed by the Sexton. Doug Pastula seconded the
motion which was approved.
Dave Houston was present with the
two signs that he had made for the two town forests. From his previous
discussion about the forests, he has named the wood dump the Herbert I Rodgers
Forest, after the person who donated the land to the town in 1957. The forest at
the former "poor farm" will be named The Danville?? Town Forrest. Kevin agreed
to help Dave mount the signs, and after a brief discussion, the Board reached a
general consensus to have Dave and Kevin place the signs where they will have
the best visability.
The next item was to vote on
accepting the new shooting ordinance at the town wood dump. The ordinance was
presented at the previous Board meeting. Changes in some wording were requested
and are included. The purpose of the ordinance is to protect nearby residents,
passersby, and users of the wood dump from casual shooting and plinking, while
allowing in season hunting. Doug Pastula moved to accept the shooting ordinance
at the Wood Dump as revised and presented. Marvin Withers seconded the motion,
which was approved. The ordinance will take effect on May 30th, unless a
petition signed by five percent of the voters of Danville is filed with the Town
Clerk Wendy Somers by May 14th, asking for a vote to disapprove the ordinance.
Kevin reported that spring
weather and work has continued, with winter continuing to be quiet. There is a
little mud but he reports that it is not bad, and that they continue to add
gravel in the worst areas and just grade the dryer ones. They will continue work
on the gravel roads the next couple weeks, opening any clogged pipes as well.
They will also be taking the plow frames off, they have let the wood furnace go
out, and note that they have saved on winter sand. The crew will go on their
four ten hour days on April 12th when they hope to be starting on the Hill
Street project. Kevin is still waiting for a written agreement with the Water
District and Munson as to just who is responsible for what work, so there won't
be any questions later. Kevin has also met with a structural engineer about the
structural condition of the old town garage. Kevin has plans to replace the roof
this summer, but feels he should get an assessment of the structure before the
money is spent for a new roof. After some discussion, the Board approved
spending up to $3700.00 for the engineering work on the old garage structure, on
a motion by Marvin Withers, seconded by Doug Pastula.
Merton reported that a response
has been received from Danville Canada with options for their July 3rd
celebration. They offered to have the celebration after the parade at 4:30 or to
have the celebration after supper at 7:30. The Board feels that having the
celebration at 4:30, would allow anyone to leave who wanted to leave earlier,
anyone who wanted to stay later could. They requested to have Paul Chouinard get
opinions of the others that are panning to go. The Old North Church committee
is requesting to place their usual directional signs to assist tourists in
finding the location of the church. The signs were approved on a motion by
Marvin Withers, that was seconded by Doug Pastula. Merton has found some
information on the school tennis courts and grant, as requested. He will search
for more details of the agreement. Doug also requested Merton to lookup the
boundaries of the Brickett Park so we would know just where they are. AT&T is
requesting to upgrade their cell phone antennas as well as their controlling
electronics at Nicks Cell tower on Swett Road. From the papers they sent it
appears that cell towers are now under the control of the State Public Service
Board, which preempts the usual town zoning process. If so, the Selectboard are
requested to sign it and return it along with any comments. Merton has
contacted Venture Engineering, the Town Hall restoration engineers, for
availability of assistance for the front porch.
The Board reviewed the budgets and the
expenditures and signed the orders.
The term of Deputy Fire Warden Jeremy Withers
will end on June 30th, the Dept of Forest, Parks & Recreation has reappointed
him to another 5 year term. The Board was asked to approve his appointment.
Michael K Walsh moved to approve the reappointment of Jeremy Withers as Deputy
Town Forest Fire Warden, Doug Pastula seconded the motion which was approved.
Merton presented three applications for renewal of liquor licenses for Diamond
Hill Store, The Creamery Restaurant, and The Danville Restaurant and one tobacco
license for the Diamond Hill Store. Marvin Withers moved to approve the license
applications. Doug Pastula seconded the motion which was approved by the
Board.
Marvin Withers moved to go into executive
session to discuss a personnel issue and invite Merton. Doug Pastula seconded
the motion, which was approved. The Board went into executive session at 7:10.
The Board returned from Executive Session at 7:31 with no action taken. The
Board read a letter from the Planning Commission commenting on the decision of
the Zoning Administrator in denying a zoning request for a home occupation. The
Planning Commission agreed with the Zoning Administrators action, based on
retail sales that would be taking place through the business. That would make
the request a conditional use request that the Development Review Board would
have to act on.
With no other business, the Board adjourned
the meeting at 7:32 pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Merton Leonard
Clerk of the Selectboard
