Meeting began at 6:00 pm. Present were Selectmen Cloutier, Stohl and Pike. Members of the public present: Donald Campbell.
Town Clerk Marcia Parkhurst administered the Oath of Office to newly elected Selectman Karl Pike.
Selectman Stohl administered the Oath of Office to Marcia Parkhurst as Town Clerk and Trustee of the Trust Funds.
On a motion made by Selectman Stohl and seconded by Selectman Pike, the Board voted to appoint Selectman Cloutier as Chairman.
On a motion made by Selectman Cloutier and seconded by Selectman Stohl, the Board approved the minutes of the February 25th meeting. (Selectman Pike abstained.)
Checks and manifests were reviewed and signed.
Marcia will speak to Town Treasurer Carrie Klebe about adding Selectman Pike to any bank accounts necessary.
Marcia will take care of getting keys to the buildings for Selectman Pike.
Donald Campbell came to the meeting to discuss a couple of issues he had been working on before leaving office:
1. Dispatch meeting tomorrow night. Selectman Stohl said he would be Columbia’s representative to the Board. Mr. Campbell also explained how the Dispatch Center works to Selectman Pike. Mr. Campbell informed the Board about some upcoming grants for the Dispatch Center.
2. Bathroom at the Town Hall. Mr. Campbell and the Board discussed the well water situation and also that the toilet appeared to be frozen. Mr. Campbell said he would continue to look into it.
Mr. Campbell left the meeting.
The Board approved an Intent to Cut for Ronald Beloin.
Marcia informed the Board that she does have two companies that are interested in doing Columbia’s assessing. She will set up meetings with each company in hopes that we can have someone ready to start around April 1st.
Marcia recently spoke to Kendra Bell from Cohos Advisors regarding the final report for the ARPA funds. Kendra has filed the necessary paperwork but wanted a vote from the Board that the monies had been spent in the manner they were intended and that Kendra was authorized to file the final report. Motion made by Selectman Stohl and seconded by Selectman Cloutier to let the minutes reflect that the money had been spent. Motion passed.
The Board reviewed the list of outstanding taxes for 2023 that are eligible for tax deeding on March 23rd. The Board did not note any properties that they would not take by Tax Deed if it comes to that.
Meeting adjourned at 7:20 pm. Respectfully submitted,
Marcia Parkhurst, Secretary Board of Selectmen