Date:  September 11, 2006
Time:  7:00 pm
Place:  Town Office
Present: Selectmen Daniel Donovan, III, Jerry Greene and Richard Rockwood and Recording Secretary Peggy Arn

1) Chairman Daniel Donovan welcomed Wilton Main Street Association Director, Tracy Hutchins-Bardsley, and Board Members, Chuck Wagner, Mickey Pieterse, Donna Joas and Carl Anderson to the meeting.  Dan presented Tracy a Proclamation from the Board of Selectmen proclaiming September 20th, 2006 as ‘DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION PROFESSIONLS DAY’.  The day was designated to recognize the long hours, hard work and the commitment of the Main Street Director.  The proclamation contained a list of accomplishments and also projects planned for the future.

2) Maurice Guay asked the Board if they had decided if his budget would support the purchase of a scales at the Recycling Center.  The Board agreed that the purchase would be within the budget and would approve it.

3) Alvin Litchfield attended the meeting to discuss a small piece of property that he owns at the intersection of Wilton Center Road and Marden Road.  The Board informed Mr. Litchfield that the town would like to construct a new section of road where Wilton Center Road and Marden Road meet.  The plan is to replace the v-intersection with a straight road on the Marden Road section to Wilton Center Road.  This would give a much better sight distance and would require motorists to stop before entering onto Wilton Center Road which would result in a much safer intersection  The monument at the intersection will not be removed and the area surrounding it will improved.  Mr. Litchfield asked the Board if his land could be subdivided  and was informed that he did not have enough acreage to make two lots.  Discussion ensued as to how the town could arrive at some agreement with Mr. Litchfield.

At 7:55 the regular Board meeting was adjourned on a motion and a non-public session was entered into per RSA 91-A-A3,II(d).  At 8:10, Chairman called the regular meeting back to order.

Chairman Donovan offered Mr. Litchfield the opportunity of granting an easement to the Town of Wilton for the construction of a new piece of road for a remuneration of $1,200 and a zero assessment of  C-092.  Mr. Litchfield accepted the offer and Chairman Donovan stated that the town would ask Attorney Sullivan to draw up the easement.

4)  Highway Agent Steve Elliott informed the Board of the status of the plans for the Isaac Frye Highway project.  Discussion ensued and the Board gave their approval for the invitation to bid to be advertised.  Steve will get copies of the plans from Ms. Tuomala and they will be made available to bidders at the town office or the highway garage.

5) Steve informed the Board that he has the MACK truck and will be having the equipment from the old truck put on this truck.  He asked if he could replace the old sander with a new larger one that is used.  He could purchase it for $2,000.  The Board stated that the sander could not be purchased with the money that was allocated for the truck purchase but that they would approve the purchase of the sander from his present budget.

 6)  Bill Condra came to the meeting to present his ideas on remodeling the old police station.
 His idea would be to tear out the old cells, kitchen and the old evidence room which would result  in more usable space.  This space could be designed to accommodate three to four offices.  The Board did agree that the plan would be agreeable to them and that they would like Mr. Condra to get estimates for the work that would be involved.  The Board suggested that he have estimates and plans to present to the Budget Committee this fall.

6) Mr. Tallarico informed the Board that he has some trees on the road he lives on that are potential hazardous because they could fall on the road.  He asked if the Highway Department could help him take care of the trees.  The Board approved his request.

7) Selectman Rockwood reported that he set up a meeting with Lyndeborough, Temple and himself to discuss the future of the ambulance.  Only Temple representative attended the meeting.  They discussed how the present organization would  remain the same, the employees would continue, and how the town would maintain a cash account.  The bookkeeping and the payroll would be done by the town office.  The billing and collections would still be done by an outside company.  Different lengths of contracts with the three towns were discussed.  Other issues that would need to be addressed if the town were to have the ambulance as a town department were discussed, with no decisions being made at this time.

8) The bills and payroll for the week ending September 9, 2006 were reviewed and signed.  Correspondence and informational material was reviewed and addressed.

The meeting was adjourned on a motion, with all in favor at 9:45.

Respectfully submitted;

Peggy Arn, Recording Secretary