Board updates ordinance
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Newton Dam once powered the many factories in Readsboro.
At the October 7 selectboard meeting, Earlene Lefebvre informed the selectboard that the town billed her single family home for two equivalent connector units. Lefebvre was being billed for two sinks but the home has only one connection to the sewer line. Town officials told Lefebvre she was charged twice because she lives in a multifamily home with two entrances. Lefebvre claims she lives in a single family home with two entrances and one flight of stairs to the second floor. She also maintains that the dwelling has always been a one-family home.
Lefebvre researched the town’s billing procedures and discovered that sewer rents are charged whether or not the property is occupied and whether or not the property is connected to the public sewer system. Under the current sewer ordinance, annual charges are based upon equivalent connector units, a unit system of measurement. ECUs are determined by “the actual or estimated discharges of each user ... that are approximately in proportion to the strength and quantity of discharged waste. Each premise with a building or structure shall be assessed a minimum of one ECU for each user on the premises.” The selectboard responded by refunding Lefebvre $237 as well as taking the necessary steps to hash out a refined sewer ordinance. At a November work session, the selectboard agreed that ECU charges would remain the same. However, they all agreed that the ECU definition should be refined. “It will be based on a working kitchen with a sink, stove, etc.,” said selectboard chair Ray Eilers. “We believe more than one kitchen means more than one family. So if you want to pay only one ECU, you must make your other kitchen unusable. So users must remove the sink, cap off plumbing, or remove stoves.”
The selectboard was ready to sign off on the new sewer ordinance at last Wednesday’s meeting, until they received word from the town attorney, Eli Emerson. Eilers announced that the selectboard was forced to postpone the decision because the town attorney thought the ordinance needed more work. Eilers did not specify Emerson’s concerns. He could only reiterate that the new ordinance will clear up the gray areas, prevent double-billings, and enforce all commercial and residential properties equally. “The whole ordinance is basically the same. We just clarified some things that could be looked at different ways,” said Eilers.
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you are the ef hutton of readsboro when you walk in the town office. uda man
when you walk in the town office and sense that vibratashun in the air, you can ask Net-Net if that was her cell phone or if she was just excited to see you?
thats about the getting a spot at the meeting.. as of right now I will be reading and not commenting anymore.. yay your all so darn happy.. oh but he still is reading.
because no one uses their real names here but only a few. if those people don't start saying their real names then there is no reason to speak here anymore..
yes you hurt it right people, I get view documents, people like my idea of investigating the higher ups and the ask me to join. if there is going to be people put in a place, it them.. I captain.. its them.. let just the investigation is going well on Readsboro..
so in this case i won't be able to fill you in any longer, in case you all haven't heard the news. I got a big manager fired at mount snow.. hmm?? serves him right!
until then my fellow Readsboro neighbors, we will soon be free of this crap here.. as in someone who has stolen money from the town will be cleaning the Pipes in Readsboro.. thanks for the fun times, I really enjoy talking oh and amber i will eventually email but not yet. and everyone else who like comments, Happy New year..
Try using this example:
Dear Amber,
I would like a slot on the selectboard agenda for the meeting on Wednesday January 13,2010 to discuss... (pick a topic of your choice and insert here)... Please let me know if this would be possible.
Thank You,
Justin Gamache
I even give you permission to "cut & paste" the above and complete. Once I see something of that nature in my inbox,you will be put on the agenda or in the minutes.
As I have said in my emails if you would like a spot on the agenda, contact me with a date you would like to attend a meeting (that means physically coming to the school on the designated night) and the topic of discussion. Again I state that your rantings in the emails is NOT a request to be on the agenda, they are just rantings of someone that is unwilling to show thier face at a meeting and present their issues to the Board and therefore are meaningless.
As for the list of people you have in your post, those are the people that have ACTUALLY ATTENDED A MEETING, whether they have chosen to speak or not. If you were truly reading the minutes you would know that I rarely say anything, I am only listed because I attend the meetings, which is something you never do.
So once again I will try to make this perfectly clear, and if you need assistance any one of the people you have listed could help (and i'm sure would help if asked nicely) as they have all properly requested a spot on the agenda in the past...
Please send me a very clear and percise email asking to be put on the agenda with the date you would like to attend and the topic you would like to discuss with the Board and I will gladly plaster your name all over the minutes and agenda. Try using this example:
Dear Amber,
I would like a slot on the selectboard agenda for the meeting on Wednesday January 13,2010 to discuss... (pick a topic of your choice and insert here)... Please let me know if this would be possible.
Thank You,
Justin Gamache
I even give you permission to "cut & paste" the above and complete. Once I see something of that nature in my inbox,you will not be put on the agenda or in the minutes.
However if I continue to receive your emails ranting and raving about the electric company, the incompetence of the board and the Town Clerk, I WILL BLOCK YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS!
Thank you
as far as whats being done, its a lot more than you think from what I have heard on the street. get out and find out for yourself.
I'll bet none of the know you and you know none of them either? They would love to see you attend a meeting just to find out who you are.
thats the easiest part of running the dept. they allocate about $3500 a week for trimming and hire a contractor for 2 weeks for $7000 or 3 weeks for $10,500 and tell them where to trim.
if tree trimming was the only concern the psb and dps had with the electric company, it would be a snap
ask break-us who has been working answering some 90 questions the dps has with the electric company in whole. ask greg if tree trimming is their only concern.