Selectmen Issues: August 2009 Archives

Finally! There was a disagreement on the Board of Selectmen! This is something we rarely see in this town where the common vote is 5-0! Betsey Patten voiced her concern that the Master Plan Implementation Committee should fall under the guidance of the Planning Board and not the Board of Selectmen as recommended by the Town Planner. She suggested that they meet with the Planning Board and the Town Planner to discuss the matter further Joel Mudgett agreed with Betsey.

The discussion was interrupted by “If I may,’ from Carter Terenzini. He began a lengthy and misleading dialogue of why the jurisdiction of the MPIC should fall under the BoS as town departments such as fire, police, are not under the direction of the planning board. Betsey argued that she did not feel comfortable going forward without meeting with the Planning Board. 

What is not clear is why did the Selectmen go forward with a vote? Why not table the issue to make sure that something as important as the implementation of the Master Plan is clear to all of the Selectmen? If there is disagreement, which in this case is a good thing, arrange for additional time and discussion. We have been waiting for quite some time to begin the process of implementing the Master Plan, but let’s do it right. Let’s do it without making more mistakes than we have in the past. We need for the town to go forward, not get stuck in the proverbial mud.

It wasn’t until the actual meeting minutes were published that the final vote was actually known, as they tend to speak rather softly up there at that table. We would once again, encourage the BoS to speak louder so that the audience in attendance could hear all that is said. Now that the Selectmen meetings are aired on Time Warner Cable, we will be able to control the volume by our remote controls.

This is just a reminder to all our viewers out there, to attend a Right to Know Seminar Monday night August 10th at 7pm at the Moultoboro Library.

The Right to Know Law, known as RSA 91-A, is one of the most violated law by officals in NH. Many do not feel that they need to change the way they have always done things as they are above the law and do not feel they have to answer to their constituents.

We have had a recent violation of this law by our town officials in the procedures taken to hire a new police chief.

Please come and learn the proper way to adhere to this law.

We anticipate that the first official airing of the Moultonboro Board of Selectmen's meetings will be on Tuesday August 11, 2009 on Time Warner on the PEG channel at 7pm. The paperwork has been filled out. All the tee's have been crossed and the i's dotted. We believe we have all the ducks in a row and all the glitches worked out. We should be all set to go!! We are very excited and want everyone to pass the word around! Tune in and watch!!

We would like to extend a big thank you to our Town Administrator and Time Warner Cable for helping to put this together!