The Walpolean

Hooper Trustees Present:    Peggy Pschirrer (Chair); Steven Dalessio; Cheryl Mayberry

CALL TO ORDER:  Mrs. Pschirrer called this Hooper Trustees meeting to order at 8:20 PM.

HOOPER TRUSTEES MINUTES:

HOOPER TRUSTEES MEETING – March 7, 2019:  Mr. Dalessio moved to accept the Minutes of the Hooper Trustees meeting of March 7, 2019, as submitted.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

NEW BUSINESS:

Reimbursement of February 2019 Expenses:  Ms. Mayberrymoved to approve the reimbursement of February 2019 expenses in the amount of $4,513.18 from the Hooper Education Trust to the Town of Walpole. Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Joint Meeting of the Hooper Trustees and Hooper Institute Board:  There was a consensus of the Hooper Trustees to invite Susan Wycoff, Chair of the Search Committee, to the Joint Meeting on Wednesday, March 27th.  

Hooper Institute Board Meeting:  Ms. Mayberry attended the last Hooper Institute Board meeting.  They talked about the bylaws.  Ms. Mayberry explained her position as liaison is to be helpful to this Board.  Members are looking forward to the Joint Meeting.  They feel some items should be put aside until the job search is finalized.  The agenda for the Joint Meeting was approved and will be sent out.  The Trustees reviewed the job descriptions. Comments will be emailed to Mrs. Pschirrer.      

ADJOURNMENT:

Mr. Dalessio moved to adjourn this Hooper Trustees meeting.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Regina Borden, Recording Secretary

Present: Myra Mansouri, Chair, Jan Leclerc, Vice-Chair, Judy Trow, Tom Murray, Pauline Barnes. Alternate: Don Sellarole. Absent: Bob Anderson.

Election of Officers:

Ms. Mansouri opened the meeting at 7:02. She asked for nominations for officers. Ms. Trownominated Jan Leclerc as Chair. Ms. Mansouri seconded the motion. There being no other nominations, Ms. Mansouri called for a vote and the motion carried unanimously.

Ms. Mansouri asked for nominations for Vice-Chair. Ms. Trow nominated Ms. Mansouri. Mr. Murray seconded the motion. There being no other nominations, a vote was called and the motion carried unanimously. 

Ms. Mansouri asked for nominations for Clerk. Mr. Murray nominated Ms. Trow. Ms. Leclerc seconded the motion. There being no other nominations, the motion carried unanimously.

Minutes:  Ms. Barnes made one correction on Page 2, first paragraph. The word “they” was repeated twice. Ms. Trow made a motion to approve the minutes as corrected. The motion was seconded and approved by the Board.

Old Business:

Public Hearing: Robert Westover, 670 Valley Road, Map 11, Lot 34-1 in the rural/ag zone. Proposed use is a two car garage with a 13 foot carport. Variance for not meeting setback ordinance.

Mr. Westover passed out several excellent photographs and an 11-inch-by-17-inch detailed drawing of his house and property, approach to the proposed garage and carport and side yard where the proposed building would go. He said the property where he intends to put the building slopes down and he would have to pay a considerable amount of money to build a retaining wall on that slope. It would be double the cost. If he could move it 10 feet closer to the house and 10 feet closer to the property in back, he could avoid that problem. The ordinance states that the setback be 20 feet from abutters on the rear and sides of the property.

Mr. Westover was then asked who owned the property in back of him. Mr. Westover said it was Dale Hubbard and he used the property as a wood lot and the hill continues up. Mr. Sellarole asked what was his comment. He returned the certified letter with no comment. So he would show up if he had a problem with the variance? Mr. Sellarole asked. Or, Ms. Mansouri said, he could write a letter to the secretary or the Board.

The secretary said she received no comment from Mr. Hubbard.

Mr. Westover was asked to read his answers to the criteria for a variance.

Give specific details of project. Article VIII, Section D.

This is a request to build a 26-by-32-foot garage with a 13-foot carport located on the back of the property line in front of the house. With the existing property slope, the garage would need to be 10 feet from the property line to minimize costly site work, which would be a hardship. 

Ms. Leclerc said that money cannot be a consideration for hardship. It has to have something to do with the land. Later Ms. Barnes suggested then that it was the contour of the land that was the hardship.

The proposed use would not diminish surrounding property values because:

The garage would not be an eyesore or inhibit abutters in any fashion.

Denial of the variance would result in unnecessary hardship to the owner because of the following special circumstances of the property that distinguish it from other properties similarly zoned because:

No other place is flat enough without major and very expensive site or foundation work.

Granting the variance would do substantial justice because:

It would allow for garage space to the homeowner and increase the property value.

The proposed use would not be contrary to the spirit of the ordinance because:

It is not inhibiting abutters’ property values.

So the total is going be 32 feet and 39 wide? Mr. Murray asked. Mr. Westover said “yes.” It’s a two car garage with a lean-to that is towards the driveway.  We put the lean-to there because it would get more sun and snow would not build up. The distance from the corner of the house to the corner of the garage is about 50 feet. 

Mr. Murray asked how the carport was going to be used. Mr. Westover said for cord wood and to store a lawn mower and snow mobile. Ms. Barnes asked about the apparent large stones that were in one of the pictures. Mr. Westover said that it was fill from when the foundation for the house was built and it created a boulder retaining wall.

Ms. Barnes was trying to get a picture of where the garage would go from one of the pictures. Mr. Westover said, “You go up the driveway and the garage would be here,” he said pointing to a place on the photo. It’s where our parking area is and it could be seen in the photo where an vehicle was parked. Mr. Westover said the garage would start there.

Mr. Sellarole asked a lot of questions about what would width at building line meant. Ms. Leclerc explained that it means the width of the property line. It is not an important measurement in this case. 

Ms. Mansouri asked if there were any more questions. There being none, she closed the Public Hearing. Then she asked for comments. Mr. Murray said that the hardship is the result of the land area. He agreed that there is a hardship because of the minimal space Mr. Westover has to work with. Ms. Trow and Ms. Barnes agreed. 

Ms. Trow made a motion to approve the Variance to Article VIII Section D. in the rural/ag zone for a variance to the setback for a two car garage and carport. Ms. Leclerc seconded the motion. It passed unanimously.

New Business:

Joel Stoddard was at the meeting to request a Public Hearing in April for a Special Exception to hav an automotive repair shop on the former Carmody property, Map 12, Lot 21, commercial district.  

Ms. Mansouri said an automotive repair shop is not permitted on this property. She read from the Town Well Source Protection Ordinance and had a River Well map, which shows that the area is quite wide and runs from the Connecticut River, south down to Huntington Lane, north to a line that runs at the edge of Dearborn Circle and east to the hills north of Upper Walpole Road.

Mr. Stoddard said he had an offer on this land and he read the building ordinance and then got to bottom of the page and realized it didn’t look like he can build an auto repair shop here.

Ms. Mansouri read the section titled Prohibited Uses: The following uses shall not be permitted in the Town Well Source Protection Districts: “Section K: Automotive service and repair shops, fuel sales, junk yards and salvage yard.”

Mr. Stoddard said he realized this as he was researching the project. He ran into a similar situation when he leased the property where he is now, but since an auto repair shop has been there before, he was allowed to have his shop there.

He said the owner of the building he is in now does not want to sell the property and that the heating cost is $6,000 a year and he has to shovel off the flat-topped building. It was a little frustrating. He said, “I have an offer pending.” 

How did you know to check that source? Ms. Barnes asked. He answered because of his experience before. After he left the Board discussed how to better address a situation like this.

Special Exception Forms: The Board will review forms for Planning and Zoning Boards and Special Exceptions in the Industrial and Commercial Districts and discuss them next week.

Avitar Map: Board members discussed their frustrations at finding discrepancies in the commercial lines in the Village.

Mr. Murray made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Ms. Leclerc seconded the motion and it carried.

Handouts:  

Airbnb

Next meeting: Wednesday,  April 17, 2019

Respectfully submitted,

Marilou Blaine, Recording Secretary

Age-Focused Planning for Southwest New Hampshire

The Southwest Region Planning Commission is conducting a survey to collect information as part of an age-focused planning study for Southwest New Hampshire.  Through this project, we will examine current and projected demographics as well as the wants and needs of residents.  Current trends indicate a rapid increase in the older population combined with a decline among younger residents.  A balance of all ages is important to be able to maintain a healthy and vibrant community.  Some communities are finding it increasingly difficult to fill volunteer positions on local boards and for critical services such as firefighters.  To assist with this effort, we need to gather information from residents from each of the 33 communities in which we serve.  Your participation in this survey will provide the important information we need. We ask also that you share this survey link with others in your household as well as friends, neighbors, and co-workers.  

The link to the survey is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/AgeFocused

If you would prefer to complete a hardcopy of the survey rather than the on-line version, or if you have questions regarding this project, please contact Lisa Murphy, Southwest Region Planning Commission at lmurphy@swrpc.org or by calling (603) 357-0557.

Thank you for participating in this survey!

Remember the movie, The Graduate? We had no idea where we were headed! – Lil

On Saturday April 27th at 3:00 p.m. the Program Plastics: What Can We Do Now? will take place at the Town Hall.  This event is offered by Planet A, the environmental committee of Fall Mountain Alliance.

The program will include a video from Keefe Harrison, the CEO of Recycling Partnership, of Walpole.  Other individuals from the Monadnock region will share their experiences and ideas for positive steps forward for our community and beyond.

Speakers include Paul Colburn, former Walpole Recycling Coordinator, Ben Hoy, current Walpole Recycling Coordinator, Erin Richardson of Recycling Partnership, and Marge Shepardson who has worked locally and at the state level to decrease and eliminate the use of plastic bags, straws, and single use plastic beverage containers.

Packaging alternatives to plastics will be displayed.  Student Posters on the topic of Plastics: What Can We Do Now? will be displayed throughout the hall.  

This event will conclude with a panel discussion and question and answer period.  

Please join us and find out what you can do to help decrease the amount of plastic in our environment. 

For more information, please contact fritzetill@gmail.com

**NOTICE**

On Tuesday, April 16, 2019

The Walpole Selectboard will be holding a Public Hearing at 6:00 pm

Regarding the Special Town Meeting Explanation at the Walpole Town Hall

Thank you to Tom Goins for sharing this great article about Ken Burns, Burdick’s Restaurant and our wonderful town. If you are not a subscriber to Travel and Leisure that had already sent the article, I recommend that you check this out! – Lil

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Presiding Members: Jeffrey Miller, Chair, Robert Miller, Vice-Chair, James Aldrich, Secretary, Dennis Marcom, Jeff White, Select Board Representative Steve Dalessio. Alternates: Joanna Andros, Jeff Colley. Absent: Jason Perron.

Recording: Marilou Blaine. These minutes are unapproved and will be reviewed at the regular April 2019 meeting for corrections, additions and/or omissions.

Minutes: Mr. Aldrich made a motion to approve the minutes and workshop minutes as written. Mr. R. Miller seconded the motion and the motion carried. Mr. J. Miller asked alternate Jeff Colley to fill in for Jason Perron.

Solar project: Mr. J. Miller announced that there was a scheduling change with representatives from Solar Clean Generation. The meeting was changed to April 9, the regular date for a Planning Board meeting. Solar Clean Generation is planning to construct a solar farm at 310 Main St., the property behind the former RN Johnson storage barn.

Old Business: 

Public Hearing: Lot Line Adjustment, Map 11, Lots 45, 51 and 59. Add acreage from two abutting lots to the land of Michael and Katherine Nerrie, 507 March Hill Road. The Nerries are acquiring 25.05 acres from Lot 45 and 12.79 acres from Lot 51 and adding that acreage to Lot 59 making it 74.54 acres. All lots in rural/ag.

Surveyor Joe DiBernardo introduced himself and said he was representing Katherine and Michael Nerrie. He explained that the Nerrie property was on March Hill Road where they own a sizable piece of property. The Nerries want to acquire two pieces of land and merge them with their existing lot. One lot is 12.79 acres and owned by Joseph J. and Barbara A. Jackson.  Road frontage for the two lots will be 226.95 feet of the Jackson property on March Hill Road. The second parcel is 25.05 acres and owned by Alan J. and Linda Smith, which also abuts the Jackson property. Mr. DiBernardo said that power lines run through both tracts of land. Mr J. Miller asked if there were any questions. There being none, he closed the Public Hearing.

Public Hearing: Tim Graves and Gretchen Fowler, 831 Wentworth Road.

Mr. DiBernardo represented Mr. Graves and Mrs. Fowler. They requested a three-lot subdivision on their property – Tax Map No. 1, Lot 16. Wentworth Road ends and then becomes a Class 6 road until it goes to the Westmoreland line. 

Lot No. 1 is 5.95 acres with 203.36 feet of frontage. There is an existing home and shop on this parcel. Lot No. 2 is 22.95 acres with 456.84 feet of frontage and it is currently vacant farm land. Lot No.3 is 54.32 acres with 200.95 feet of frontage and is farmland as well as a gravel pit. All the frontage is on Wentworth Road. There is access to a gravel pit across land owned by the state. The state-owned land is the Cheshire Branch Railroad Corridor.

The Planning Board received a letter from Railroad Planner Louis A. Barker stating that the Department of Transportation Bureau of Rail and Transit “does not object to the proposed subdivision so long as all access for Lots 1 and 2 are restricted to Wentworth Road and will have no access across the State-Owned Cheshire Branch Railroad Corridor. As such, the current Crossing Agreement with the Graves will be restricted to Lot 3 and limited to current and future gravel operations within Lot 3.” 

Mr. Miller asked if there were any questions. Mr. Marcom asked about the stream at the bottom of the map. Mr. DiBernardo said it mostly in Westmoreland.

Patricia Rodrigues of Westmoreland said she was not notified of the meeting. Mr. J. Miller asked if she was an abutter. She said she lived across from gravel pit and was a “sight” abutter. There is a strip of land between her home and the gravel pit. She then asked why there was no access road to the gravel pit. Mr. DiBernardo pointed out on the map where the access to the gravel pit was. He said the existing road doesn’t have to be the access point. The amount of road frontage is part of ordinance and a subdivision requirement.

When Ms. Rodrigues continued talking about access to the gravel pit, Mr. J. Miller said that Mr. Graves had a licensed gravel pit and the state is the one who is in charge of licensing gravel pits. The state also grants access and if you have a problem with access, she should take it up with the state. Referencing a letter from the state already mentioned above, Miller said the state has already said it doesn’t have a problem with the subdivision.

Ms. Rodrigues continued to want to talk about access but Mr. M. Miller said, “That is not what the Board is talking about tonight. This is a Public Hearing for a subdivision of land and nothing else.” 

He then asked if there were any other questions. Mr. Aldrich stated, “This (subdivision) is all in Walpole.” Mr. DiBernardo said, “We are not changing anything in Westmoreland.”

Mr. J. Miller asked if there we any more questions. There being none, he closed the Public Hearing. The Board then voted on the two hearings.

Mr. Aldrich made a motion to approve the lot line adjustment for the Nerries as presented. Mr. Marcom seconded the motion and the Board voted to approve the motion. No one opposed the adjustment.

Then Mr. R. Miller made a motion to approve the Graves subdivision as presented. Mr. Aldrich seconded the motion and the Board voted to approve the motion. No one opposed the subdivision.

New Business: Mr. DiBernardo explained a new project from Avanru Development Corp. requesting a boundary line adjustment of two lots that front on Route 12. The property in question is on Main Street, also known as Route 12, just south of Tractor Supply, Map 12, Lots 13 and 13-3. Avanru wants to change the lot sizes so that Lot 13 will shrink to 1.05 acres and Lot 13-3 will be now be 7.35 acres.

Lot 13 will have 150.01 feet road frontage on Route 12 and Lot 13-3 will have 247.37 feet road frontage on Route 12. The land is zoned rural ag/commercial. Avanru owns a 6-foot strip in front of the pump station and the town has an easement over it. There are two rights-of-way, one on each property. There is a sewer line that runs down Red Barn Lane.  

Mr. Aldrich made a motion to have a Public Hearing in April. Mr. Marcom seconded the motion and the motion passed unanimously.

Ben and Dan Northcott – Two Voluntary Mergers – One of the mergers was for Dan Northcott and the second one was for Cheney Hill Realty LLC. A voluntary merger requires the applicant to fill out page 1 of the regular application form as well as a form for voluntary mergers. The form requires the applicant to identify the parcels of land being merged. These parcels may no longer be separately transferred without subdivision approval and will henceforth be know as one lot on the tax map. The merger form must be notarized and registered with the Cheshire County Registry of Deeds. There is a $12 fee.

Mr. Dan Northcott wanted to merge two lots on Leclair Rd. One has his home on it and the other is free from structures. Map 11, Lots 16-1 and 16-2. His house will now be on one lot. The second merger is for Cheney Hill Realty LLC. There are three lots and the merger will join two of the lots, Map 13 Lot 34 and Lot 34-5, into one lot. 

Mr. Aldrich made a motion to approve both voluntary mergers. The motion was seconded and approved by the rest of the Board. Mr. J. Miller will meet with Mr. Dan Northcott after the forms have been filled out, signed and notarized and sign the form. The secretary will register them.

Broadband Committee: Mr. Dalessio said a committee was being formed to study broadband access and a Planning Board Member was needed on the committee. Mr. Marcom volunteered to be on the committee.

Workshop: There will be workshop on Tuesday, March 26 to finalize the guidelines for solar installations for residential and commercial properties.

Mr. Aldrich made a motion to adjourn The motion was seconded and approved by the rest of the Board.

Respectfully submitted,

Marilou Blaine

WPB Secretary

Selectboard Present:Peggy Pschirrer (Chair); Steven Dalessio; Cheryl Mayberry

CALL TO ORDER:  Mrs. Pschirrer called this Selectboard meeting to order at 6:30 PM in the Walpole Town Hall and welcomed everyone.  She advised this meeting is being recorded and asked anyone wishing to speak to identify themselves for the record. There were two members of the public in attendance.  

PUBLIC BUSINESS:

Town Hall Rentals re: Political Organizations:  Mr. Leroy Watson was present to urge the Selectboard to reconsider their decision to not allow the organizational meeting of the Walpole Town Republican Committee to meet in the Town Hall on March 18th, 2019.  This meeting was already announced in the Walpole Clarion. Apparently, there was some confusion about who was sponsoring it when he came into the Selectboard Office to reserve the date and time. He was trying to schedule two separate meetings for different groups at the same time.  The second meeting was for a Grange event to “Meet the Candidates”.  He could not find any regulations on the prohibition of political parties as far as meetings go in the Town Hall.  Attorney Kasper had assured him that political organizations had been allowed to use the Town Hall in the past.  Last year Senator Jay Kahn had a meeting here; at that time he announced his candidacy as a State Senator.  He introduced his campaign staff who invited people to work on his campaign.  No other candidates participated.  Officially there is no Walpole Town Republican Committee.  Mr. Watson explained the administrative processes they have to go through first.  Mrs. Pschirrer noted that candidates for offices who spoke at the Grange event do not run on a party.  The Selectboard does not get involved with different political parties nor have they encouraged them.  If they knew Senator Kahn was running a campaign they might not have allowed that meeting.  They frequently have “Coffee Hours (With a designated person)” so they can get feed-back from people.  Right now there are two major parties but, in fact, there are other parties.  After seeing the notice in the Clarion, the Selectboard talked about having something in writing in the Town Hall Rental Agreement.  Mr. Dalessio feels having Senator Kahn in the Town Hall had opened the door.  This organizational meeting is a gathering of Town residents.  However, they have to remain non-partisan therefore have to tighten up on the usage.  Ms. Mayberry agrees with being non-partisan but is concerned that Senator Kahn was here campaigning.  She supports everything the Grange does including bringing all the candidates together.  Mr. Watson asked the Selectboard to allow this organizational meeting to go through since it was publicized and then establish a policy.  Following the discussion, Mrs. Pschirrer advised the Selectboard is approving their organizational meeting on March 18th but to recognize there may be a new policy to not allow them from meeting in the Town Hall again.  Mr. Watson thanked the Selectboard for their reconsideration.                     

Town Moderator re: Preparing for Town Meeting: Mr. Vose, Town Moderator, has been finalizing plans for next Tuesday, Voting Day.  He asked Ms. Mayberry to be the Selectboard representative and make periodic checks at the North Walpole voting area at St. Peter’s Church.   Mr. Dalessio mentioned the Police Department will make regular patrols.  

The Selectboard agreed to address the following Articles at Town Meeting:

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE:  

Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Accounts Payable check register in the amount of $35,150.30 for checks issued March 8, 2019.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor the motion was approved.

The above amount includes a payment to the NH Retirement System in the amount of $24,185.57.

PAYROLL:

Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Payroll Check Register for the week ending March 2, 2019, in the amount of $27,402.72 for checks issued March 8, 2019 and the electronic fund transfer for the 941 Employer Taxes in the amount of $5,566.21.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

SELECTBOARD MEETING MINUTES:

SELECTBOARD MEETING – February 28, 2019:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Minutes of the Selectboard meeting of February 28, 2019, as submitted.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

NON-PUBLIC SELECTBOARD SESSION – February 28, 2019:  Ms. Mayberry moved to accept the Minutes of the Non-Public Selectboard Session of February 28, 2019, as submitted.  These Minutes will remain sealed.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

COMMITTEE REPORTS:

The Selectboard received and reviewed Minutes of the following meetings:

REFUNDS:

MAP and LOT #004-014-000:  Ms. Mayberry moved to grant the Property Tax Refund in the total amount of $1,919.17 for Map and Lot #004-014-000.  A reduction of $36,000 in value was agreed upon during a mediated abatement appeal.  The reimbursement is for 2017 in the amount of $970.09 and for 2018 in the amount of $949.08.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

OLD BUSINESS:

Water/Sewer Receipts to Date: Mrs. Daigle reported that75.2% of Q4 of 2018 Water/Sewer bills are paid.  The percentage is a bit lower than the past few quarters.  Mrs. Daigle also provided a Comparison Chart for review.

Mill Pond Dam OMR and Letter of Deficiency:  Since the Town owns the Mill Pond Dam, Mr. Mark Houghton requested that a Selectboard member sign the Letter of Deficiency.  However, both Mr. Houghton and the Fuss & O’Neil engineersrequested that the Selectboard not sign any documents until they have done more work on the project.  Mrs. Pschirrer had additional information from the meeting that occurred yesterday in the Selectboard Office with Fuss and O’Neil engineers and Mr. Mark Houghton.  They would like to combine the work they have both done on the red-listed Mill Pond Bridge and Dam.  Mr. Mark Houghton, Mrs. Sarah Downing and Fuss and O’Neil are working on being sure all future correspondence is coming to the Selectboard Office.      

Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce Membership:  Mr. Dalessio moved that the Town of Walpole join the Greater Keene Chamber of Commerce.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

NEW BUSINESS:

Ms-636 For 2019:  Ms. Mayberry moved to approve and sign the MS-636 document for 2019.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Cemetery Deed for Lot D512:  Ms. Mayberry moved to approve the Cemetery Deed for Lot D512 purchased by Barbara Weil.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Town Hall Rentals re: Political Organizations:  Mrs. Pschirrer would like the Selectboard to have a policy that there will be no political meetings in the Walpole Town Hall.  Ms. Mayberry feels it is different than if the Selectboard invites someone to hold a “Coffee Hour” or an invitation is extended to residents to come in to meet the candidates.  Mrs. Pschirrer will draft an addition to the existing Town Hall Rental Agreement to clarify that the Town Hall is non-partisan.    

NON-PUBLIC SELECTBOARD SESSION #1:

Ms. Mayberry moved to enter into Non-Public Selectboard Session #1 pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 II to discuss (a) Personneland (c) Reputations.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved at 7:35 PM.

The regular meeting resumed at 8:06 PM.

Ms. Mayberry moved that the Minutes of the March 7, 2019, Non-Public Selectboard Session #1 be sealed.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

NON-PUBLIC SELECTBOARD SESSION #2:

Ms. Mayberry moved to enter into Non-Public Selectboard Session #2 pursuant to RSA 91-A:3 II to discuss (a) Personnel.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved at 8:07 PM.

The regular Selectboard meeting resumed at 8:42 PM.

Ms. Mayberry moved that the Minutes of the March 7, 2019, Non-Public Selectboard Session #2 be sealed.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

RECESS SELECTBOARD MEETING:

Mr. Dalessio moved to recess this Selectboard meeting.  The Selectboard will enter into a meeting as the Hooper Trustees.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved at 8:42 PM.

The regular Selectboard meeting resumed at 9:00 PM.

ADJOURNMENT:

Ms. Mayberry moved to adjourn this Selectboard meeting.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Regina Borden, Recording Secretary

Hooper Trustees Present:   Peggy Pschirrer (Chair); Steven Dalessio; Cheryl Mayberry

CALL TO ORDER:  Mrs. Pschirrer called this Hooper Trustees meeting to order at 8:42 PM.

HOOPER TRUSTEES MINUTES:

HOOPER TRUSTEES MEETING – February 28, 2019:  Mr. Dalessio moved to accept the Minutes of the Hooper Trustees meeting of February 28, 2019, as submitted.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

NON-PUBLIC HOOPER TRUSTEES SESSION – February 28, 2019: Mr. Dalessio moved to accept the Minutes of the Non-Public Hooper Trustees Session of February 28, 2019, as submitted.  These Minutes will remain sealed.  Seconded by Ms. Mayberry.  With Mr. Dalessio, Ms. Mayberry and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the Minutes were approved.

NEW BUSINESS:

Reimbursement of January 2019 Expenses:  Ms. Mayberry moved to approve the reimbursement of funds from the Hooper Education Trust to the Town of Walpole in the amount of $5,260.94 for reimbursement of January 2019 expenses.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessioand Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the motion was approved.

Hooper Institute Board:  Mrs. Pschirrer received an email from Mrs. Holly Gowdy advising that she and Ms. Karen Galloway wanted to attend this meeting.  They had suggestions for changing the bylaws and ideas for future plus. The wanted to be sure they were all communicating.  They have great people coming on the Hooper Institute Board.  Mrs. Pschirrer replied and sent copies to Ms. Mayberry and Mr. Dalessio.  She advised that the Hooper Trustees would not be appointing anyone until they had a new director.  They have appointed a Chair for the Search Committee who they feel is competent.  The Hooper Trustees will be having a joint meeting with the Hooper Institute Board on Wednesday, March 27th at 7:00 PM in the Town Hall.  Mrs. Pschirrer will draft the agenda for this joint meeting.           

ADJOURNMENT:

Ms. Mayberry moved to adjourn this Hooper Trustees meeting.  Seconded by Mr. Dalessio.  With Ms. Mayberry, Mr. Dalessio and Mrs. Pschirrer in favor, the meeting was adjourned at 9:00 PM.

Respectfully submitted,

Regina Borden, Recording Secretary