2011 - Town of Warner

Selectmen’s & Administrator’s Report (cont.)recommendation, it was one in which the Board felt would the mostbeneficial in that building at this time.The Selectmen authorized the hiring of Warren Street Architects tomove forward with preliminary work on a future fire station. Work wasdone on drawings for a station on the parcel of land the Town owns onMain Street, as well as the lengthy paperwork for a shoreland protectionpermit application. Currently we have preliminary/draft plans fora building as well as a completed application which is being submittedto the Department of Environmental Services for approval. Theshoreland permit is valid for five years and it is planned that, withinthat time frame, the voters will be asked to fund the building of a newfire station.Another project that was taken on and completed was one involvingthe streetlights in town. A committee was formed to take a look at thelight locations and whether or not all of them were still necessary, ifsome could be turned off at midnight, or if they needed to stay on asthey currently were. The committee which consisted of our core emergencyservice department heads, selectmen and public works carefullyassessed each area with lighting, held public meetings and hearingson the subject, and made recommendations to the Board based ontheir research. With the recommendations that were made there were5 removed and 15 changed to shut off at midnight. With these changes,we hope to save an annual amount of approximately $1,200.The administration and department heads are always searching forways to save money and take advantage of grants which may be applicableto projects we’re working on and will continue to do so. Weappreciate the continued support and constructive suggestions fromthe public and look forward to more in the upcoming year.Respectfully submitted,Clyde Carson - ChairmanDavid E. Hartman - SelectmanDavid Karrick, Jr. - SelectmanLaura Buono - Town Administrator20