Date:  March 22, 2004
Time:  7:00 pm
Place:  Town Office
Present: Selectmen Jerry Greene, Chair., Robert MacFarland and Daniel Donovan, III and
  Recording Secretary Peggy Arn

1) George Anderson attended the meeting representing the Main Street Association.  He informed the Board that the TE Sidewalk Grants are scheduled for the engineering phase in July.  NRPC will be willing to have someone here for help in the application at no fee to the town.  He suggested that a meeting be set up with the Selectmen, Main Street Program personnel and NRPC to discuss what action that needs to be taken for the grant.  He feels there is a need to get set details for the preliminary action of involved parties.  Selectman MacFarland stated that he thought that the merchants on Main Street should be involved because they will be affected.  All concurred.  Mr. Anderson also stated that NRPC has offered to do a parking survey of Main Street if they had the backing of the Selectmen.
2) Mr. Anderson then proceeded to report to the Board that they are working on possibly getting a grant from Council for the Arts for making the Wilton Theater handicap accessible.  They are considering renovating the existing restroom located in the first floor theater lobby to make it handicap accessible and unisex.  They are also looking in having a lift installed in the lobby.  It would take a small portion of the court room and would be entered from the lobby and the court room.  The Board had no objections to the proposed renovations.
3) Richard Rockwood attended the meeting to discuss the solution to connecting to the tax program to work on the assessing.  It has been decided to us the program PCAnywhere to make the connection.
4) Attorney Will Sullivan and Jim Quinn attended the meeting to discuss the Board’s decision not to sign the agreement between the Water Department, Quinn Bros. Corp and the Board of Selectmen.  Chairman Greene explained that they did not reject the agreement, they just wanted to do further investigating.  After a discussion of the issue, it was reiterated that it was voted at the town meeting “to give the Selectmen the authorization to enter into this project should all approvals be achieved.”  As quoted by Barry Greene, nothing would be actually done until the project had been thoroughly scrutinized by the Planning Board and its engineers.
5) Chairman Greene made a motion that the Board sign the agreement , dated March 8, 2004, by and between Quinn Bros. Corp, the Wilton Water Works and the Town of Wilton Selectmen.  Selectman MacFarland seconded the motion with two vote in the affirmative.  Selectman Donovan abstained from voting.
6) The bills and payroll for the week ending March 20, 2004 were reviewed and signed.
7) The correspondence and informational material was reviewed.
8) The minutes from the previous week were read and signed.
9) Two Position Certifications for the new Police Officers were signed for their NH Retirement requirements.
10) One abatement due to non-taxable status was reviewed and signed.
11) One Application for Current Use was reviewed and signed.
12) The Board entered into a discussion of who should represent the Selectmen on what Board.
Proposed:
 a.  Planning Board   Jerry Greene
 b.  Budget Committee   Jerry Greene
 c.  Heritage Commission  Daniel Donovan
 d.  Recycling Committee  Jerry Greene
 e.  NRPC    Robert MacFarland
 f.  Ambulance    Robert MacFarland
 g.  MACCBase   Robert MacFarland
 h.  Emergency Services  Daniel Donovan & Jerry Greene
13) Selectman Donovan informed the Board that he had reviewed the ordinance files and records.  He stated that he would like to take on the task of updating them and working with Chief Hautanen on project.  The Board was supportive of his proposal.
14) The meeting was adjourned on a motion at 8:35 pm.

Respectfully Submitted;

Peggy Arn, Recording Secretary