February 18, 2011 - Colebrook Chronicle

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Bellam
Selectman Jim Tierney
$181,000.
said that was the negoti-
price with the owners,
ated
and Tracy Dupuis.
Richard
resident Addison Hall,
Town
was also present at the
who
asked if building was
meeting,
The answer was no,
appraised.
to the minutes.
according
member Jack
Committee
asked if there was any
Bernard
on what we (the
consideration
had already put into the
town)
as repairs and altera-
building
Selectman Rob Gauthier,
tions.
negotiated the price with
who
said that it was part of
Dupuis,
negotiations, and that this
the
the price settled on. Budget
was
Chair Al Rossetto
Committee
said that makes the price
then
the building really $210,000,
of
we (the town) had already
because
put approximately
into the building. He
$30,000
taking the $181,000
suggested
and deducting the
appraisal
the town put into the
monies
and that would be the
building,
recommended as a sale
amount
states the minutes.
price,
discussion then turned
The
where the building was located,
to
and the amount of land it
on. (Presently, the land
sits
the building and a small
under
space on the back side
parking
the building is all the land
of
is). Rossetto said that the
there
Building Committee
town’s
that the town hall
agreed
to be in the town center,
needed
that we (the town) really
and
the building and the
needed
purchasing the two
discussed
of land abutting the
parcels
The subject was discussed
building.
with Groveton Acquisi-
but that it is presently in
tions,
holding position, and no the
a
could be given to
information
town at this time. (Some of
the
land discussed is the vacant
the
on Main Street where the
lot
Eagle Hotel use to sit) The
old
also entailed placing
discussion
town’s police department
the
a trailer on that land, if
into
The building committee
purchased.
had discussed using the
home, which the elementary
mobile
school is now using as
class room, and moving it to
a
land. Bernard asked
that
Police Chief
Northumberland
Platt if he was agree-
Marcel
to this, and he said that it
able
alright with him, according
was
the minutes.
to
had been a former
There
at the time the town
discussion
into the Dupuis building
moved
the police department
that
move in down stairs in
could
building, but the town
that
it that it would be a li-
found
issue if the department
ability
that, and Platt said that he
did
not agreed to move his department
had
there.
said that he felt
Rossetto
purchasing the building
that
the land surrounding it
without
not in the best interest of the
is
Hall agreed, and asked if
town.
article could be amended.
the
said yes, it could be,
Tierney
it would have to be
but
on the floor at Town
amended
although no one can
Meeting,
the intent of the article.
change
would be best if the verbiage
It
written out and given to
was
moderator. Tierney re-
the
everyone that the articlminded
is written up as a bond issue
Dept. Revenue Administration.
per
Hall said he just wants
to understand what they
people
voting for. Tierney advised
are
the town would not have
that
information about the
any
it is looking at until after
grant
Town Meeting.
the
question as to whether
A
is still a five-year lease on
there
building, and if the owners
the
going to actively put the
were
on the market if the
building
did not buy it, was asked.
town
said that the town has
Tierney
to purchase for three or
options
years. The town office
more
yesterday via telephone
said
it has been in the building
that
one year, and that the lease
for
revisited every year.
is
said that the lease
Gauthier
continue if the town did
would
buy the building. The owner
not
sell the building, but the
could
would have to stay in ef-
lease
for the remainder of its
fect
term.
asked, if the town
Rossetto
add to the article that if it
could
not get the property surrounding
did
the building, the
would not be raised or
money
Tierney said, that
appropriated.
possibly be done. Hall
could
if the town is not going
asked,
know about the grant until
to
spring or early summer,
late
the town even be voting
should
it. And town resident Barry
on
asked if the people
Colebank
put restrictions on the
could
And there were
$184,900.00.
questions about whether
also
building was going to
the
tested for mold and radon.
be
said the testing could
Gauthier
done before the purchase.
be
resident Nancy Merrow
Town
asked who would pay for
then
radon or other testing of
any
building. Tierney replied
the
it would be paid for by the
that
buyer.
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surrounding
a town municipal com-
become
plex. He said that committee
—Charlotte Sheltry