MEETING MINUTES
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
TOWN OF PITTSFIELD
HOUSING STANDARDS AGENCY
Town Hall, 85 Main Street
Pittsfield, New Hampshire
Present – Ch. Elkins, Mr. Wolfe, Lt. Abell, Ms. Hast, were present. Fred Okrent, HSA
Administrator, was also present.
Meeting called to order at 7:05 PM at the Town Hall by Ch. Elkins.
1) Appointments
None
2) Meeting Minutes; Motion made by Mr. Wolfe to accept the minutes of 6/26/07 as presented, 2nd
by Lt. Abell. Motion passed, 5-0.
3) Old Business
a) Discussion of Magliozzi status and imposition of C&D order.
b) McKechnie status: Mr. Okrent reported that a reinspection had been done and there were only 3
items to be completed. Two (outlet controlled by breaker for other apartment and filling and
priming of front of building) of the three were promised for Oct.1. Painting of the front was
promised for spring.
c) Depot St status: Tenant had moved out and had a schedule for turning the cats over to the
SPCA. Landlord was in the process of rehabbing (deodorizing) the apartment.
d) Pemental developments: Mr. Okrent reported that the landlord had filed for bankruptcy and both
29 Bridge and 43 Main were in foreclosure status. 43 Main was protected by the filing and LLC
ownership status, but 29 Bridge had been abandoned by the bankruptcy trustee.
4) New Business:
a) Appointment to fill Board vacancy in accordance with the Ordinance. Paul Provencher proposed
by Chairman Elkins as the landlord member of the board. Nomination made by Mr. Wolfe, 2nd by
Ms. Hast. Vote 4-0, election to the Board passed.
b) Vote to fill Vice-Chair position: Motion to elect Ms. Hast by Mr. Wolfe, 2nd by Lt Abell; vote:
4-0, Ms Hast elected Vice-Chair.
c) Discussion of letter from Select Board requesting joint meeting to discuss new reporting and
updating. Meeting set for 9/25, 5:00 PM.
d) Discussion of letter from Steve Aubertin re forms used for inspections and reporting and lack of
citing codes in those forms, consistency of criteria used. Board will meet more often and use
work sessions to fine tune forms and criteria. Motion by Ms. Hast to meet monthly, 2nd by Mr.
Provencher, vote 5-0. Motion passed
5) Public Input:
Request from Welfare Dept for weekly updates of master list of rentals with immediate updates
on units passing. Mr. Okrent agreed to supply the information.
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6) Motion to adjourn: by Mr. Wolfe, seconded by Ms. Hast. All in favor, motion passed. Meeting
adjourned at 9:01 PM.
Next meeting set for 10/22/07, 7:00PM
Respectfully submitted,
Fred Okrent