BOARD OF AUCTIONEERS MINUTES

Legislative Office Building Room 308, Concord, NH

September 13, 2010 9:00 a.m.

 

1.         The Board of Auctioneers convened at 9:00 a.m. with Chairperson Devin E. Moisan, Vice-Chairperson Jay T. St. Jean, Secretary Frank L. Eaton, and member Ashton E Welch present.  Member Richard C. Berman was absent.

 

2.         The Board on motion of Ashton E. Welch, seconded by Jay T. St. Jean, accepted the minutes of the August 9, 2010 meeting.

 

2A.      The Board held a public session to entertain ideas regarding the re-write of rules as they pertain to the new laws under RSA 311-B to be effective January 2011.

 

            The Board on motion of Jay T. St. Jean, seconded by Frank L. Eaton voted to take all comments under advisement.

 

3.         The Board on motion of Frank L. Eaton, seconded by Ashton E. Welch, authorized the application of Roy Gamityan for an Auctioneers License.

 

4.         The Board on motion of Ashton E. Welch, seconded by Jay T. St. Jean, authorized the application of Kyle Paine for an Auctioneers License.

 

5.         The Board on motion of Frank L. Eaton, seconded by Ashton E. Welch, voted to accept the late renewal of Richard Gamester.

 

6.         The Board on motion of Jay T. St. Jean, seconded by Ashton E. Welch, voted to remove from the table for discussion, the complaint made by Dan Colon.

 

7.         The Board on motion of Frank L. Eaton, seconded by Jay T. St. Jean, voted to remove from the table for discussion, the complaint made by Rory Nolan.

 

8.         The Board on motion of Frank L. Eaton, seconded by Jay T. St. Jean, and further on a roll call vote as follows: Devin Moisan – yes, Jay T. St. Jean – yes, Richard C. Berman – absent, Ashton E. Welch – yes, and Frank L. Eaton – yes, voted to go into non-public session to discuss matters under RSA 91-A, specifically, matters which would likely adversely affect the privacy of individuals and or matters in which litigation has been threatened against the Board.

 

9.         The Board on motion of Jay T. St. Jean, seconded by Ashton E. Welch voted to come out of non-public session.

 

10.       Although the complainant has been satisfied, The Board on motion of Frank L. Eaton, seconded by Ashton E. Welch, voted to TABLE the complaint made by Rory Nolan. 

 

The Board will discuss the respondents’ (Roscoe Putnam’s) violation of the conditions of a letter of reprimand and compliance of the Boards ruling on a prior case.

 

            The Board on motion of Ashton E. Welch, seconded by Frank L. Eaton, voted to send the respondent (Roscoe Putnam) a certified SHOW CAUSE LETTER for the meeting on October 4, 2010.

 

11.       Regarding the complaint made by Dan Colon, The Board received notice that the matter had been resolved and that no further action would be taken.

 

12.       The Board was unable act on the complaint made by Gary Carney due to lack of a quorum.

 

13.       Further Business:

 

*  Complaints coming in regarding Joseph C. Devine will continue to be forwarded to the Attorney General’s office.

 

*  Supreme Court Notice of appeal filed by Harold French will be filed.

 

 

14.       The Board on motion of Frank L. Eaton seconded by Jay T. St. Jean voted to adjourn the meeting.

 

 

The next scheduled monthly meeting will be held October 4, 2010

at the Legislative Office Building, Room 308, Concord, New Hampshire.