Date:  September 25, 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 opened the bids for the Isaac Frye Highway Construction project and they were as follows:

Steve Trombly Excavation LLC    $ 53,562.00
Ralph’s Enterprises                       $ 66,484.00
Wilton Highway Department         $ 77,485.00
Leighton A. White Inc.                  $ 79,954.00 (not including  ledge excavation)
Gauthier Bros.                               $ 82,500.00 (not including  ledge excavation)

      Selectman. Rockwood made a motion to review the RFQ’s and bid details before awarding the bid.  Selectman Greene seconded the motion, which passed
      unanimously.

Dale White of Leighton A. White, Inc. asked the Board if he could review the specifications in regard to the blasting.  The Board answered Mr. White’s concerns.

2) Charles McGettigan attended the meeting and addressed the Board with concerns about  road maintenance.  He also gave an update on the Water Department’s river crossing project.

3) At 7:15, Chairman Donovan made a motion to adjourn the regular meeting and enter into a non-public session per RSA 91:A-3,II(b) to interview a candidates for the Welfare Director position.

4) Chairman Donovan called the regular meeting of the Selectmen to order at 7:50.

5) Dawn Tuomala presented the Board with a subdivision plan off Pead Hill Road for Westview Farms Inc.  The plan will create three new lots.  After the Board discussed the impact of the new lots and a request from Ms. Tuomala, Selectman Rockwood made the following motion:

A voluntary contribution as a result of the creation of three new lots, of  $1,500 per lot would be acceptable.  Selectman Greene seconded the motion, which passed unanimously.

6) Dawn the updated the Board on the status of the Isaac Frye Project.  She had talked to Attorney Sullivan and he stated that Mr. & Mrs. Pearson of Richie Road would like to meet with her to discuss an easement to the town.  She will inform the Board as to the outcome of this meeting.

7) Ms. Tuomala asked if the Board had reviewed and signed the contract with GPI for the engineering services agreement for the Wilton sidewalk improvements.  Chairman Donovan stated that he had reviewed the contract as well as Town Counsel Silas Little.  The Selectmen signed the contract and a copy was given to Dawn.

8) Conservation Commission members Lynne Draper and Spencer Brookes attended the meeting to discuss several issues.

Spencer informed the Board that to the best of his knowledge, all the work that had been requested of Steve Moheban at the Four Corners Farm had been completed.  As monitors for the Town of Wilton, the Conservation Commission is in the process of writing a letter to Mr. Moheban stating that the cleanup of any toxic known to the Commission had been done.  The Board reviewed and discussed the contents of the letter.  A copy of the final draft of the letter will be given to the Board.

Mr. Brookes told the Board that he is still looking to the necessary dam repairs at the Frog Pond.

The next issue discussed was that of status of the Hoover Easement.  A letter from Attorney Little with his final comments on Attorney Keefe’s changes was reviewed.  It was agreed that the final Conservation Easement be requested from Attorney Little for approval and signatures by the Town and Mr. Hoover.

Mr. Brookes said that the Conservation Commission Members had recently walked town land known as Potter Road property.  There is bronze plaque mounted on a boulder on the property that reads “These woods preserved in memory of Wendy Jean Wegner”.  Since the Wegener family deeded to the town this property in memory of Wendy Wegner, the Conservation Commission would like the property to be named “Wegner Woods”.

Ms. Draper and Mr. Brookes informed the Board that there have been several complaints on 4 separate properties in town.  These complaints are concerns about wetlands being filled in, materials of questionable natures being dumped on properties next to brooks and properties with several unregistered cars.  The individual properties were discussed and what action should be taken. The Conservation Commission will contact DES to investigate the wetland and questionable materials.  The Building Inspector will be contacted to investigate the properties that have junk cars that are unregistered.

9) Mr. Rockwood initiated a discussion on the statistical update work being done by Town Assessor Todd Haywood.  Mr. Haywood will attend the next Selectmen’s meeting to discuss the work he is doing.

10) Ms. Arn informed the Board that the office is having problems with a computer and if they would approve the purchase of a new one.  Selectman Greene made a motion that a new computer be purchased under the Town Office budget.  Selectman Donovan seconded the motion, which carried unanimously.

11) The Board reviewed a letter of request from Sovereign Bank to place a dumpster on the sidewalk during the replacement of the roof on the building.  Permission was granted with the following requirements:  1)  there will be detail patrol person on duty during the time the dumpster is on the sidewalk and the detail to be paid by the bank. 2)  The dumpster will be on the site only between the hours of 7AM and between 1PM and 3PM.  The dumpster to be placed only in front of the bank. And 3)  The bank will give the town a certificate of insurance in the amount of $1,000,000.

12) The bills and payroll for the week ending September 23, 2006 were reviewed and approved.  The correspondence and informational material was reviewed.

13) Two Notice of Intent to Cut applications were reviewed and signed.

14) The next Emergency Services committee meeting was set for October 12, 2006.

15) A letter from the Milford Area Communication Center was reviewed.  The budget committee is starting to meet for the 2007 budget and they would like to know who is representative is going to be this year.  The Board agreed that they would like Stanley Schultz to be the representative from Wilton.  Mr. Rockwood asked if Stanley would be able to get the ambulance calls numbers from MACC Base.

The meeting was adjourned on a motion at 10:00 with all in favor.

Respectfully submitted;

Peggy Arn, Recording Secretary