Town of Greenfield
Selectmen’s Meeting Minutes
Tuesday – March 18, 2008 – 6:00 pm
Present: Aaron Kullgren; Karen Day; Jarvis Adams, IV
Chairman Kullgren called the meeting to order at 6:03 pm
Appointments:
6:15 – Road Agent, Duffy Fox –
Selectmen asked Duffy about Chip’s resignation and what the intentions for the position are. Duffy stated he would like to move Joe up to Truck Driver/Heavy Equipment Operator. Discussion followed the Board would like to see the new hire possibly be the guy in training for the DPW Supervisor.
Other Business:
· Mail - Selectmen reviewed the miscellaneous incoming mail. Two letters complimenting Greenfield Police Department will be placed in Brian Giammarino’s personnel file.
· Minutes 3/4/08 – Selectmen amended the minutes of March 4, 2008 to reflect Treasurer, Katherine Heck’s conversation about the revolving account.
Mrs. Heck discussed after some research she has discovered that in order to maintain and utilize the revolving account as a self-sufficient account, the town of Greenfield must have a minimum of $30,000.00 in the account to allow P & R to become self sufficient, without this amount of funding it will not work. Currently, it is only a savings account and is not being utilized as a true revolving account. The account itself is good, but it is not being used as a revolving account, funds are going into the account the income continues to be greater than the expenses.
· Town Meeting - Selectmen discussed their thoughts about town meeting. It was felt the meeting went well, however there didn’t seem to be as many in attendance as on Friday evenings. Day mentioned that change is sometimes hard for people to get used to.
· Election of Officers- Motion by Adams to keep Kullgren as Chair of the Selectboard –Seconded by Day. Kullgren abstained from voting – no discussion followed. Voted (2-1) Discussion as to who would be the ex-officio for the Planning Board, Day indicated her schedule would not allow her to make this commitment. Motion by Kullgren to appoint Adams as the ex-officio for the Planning Board. Seconded by Day, Adams abstained from the vote. No further discussion. Voted (2-1)
· Employment Review – Administrative Assistant mentioned the Board should do the 90-day review on Matt Blanchard next week. Evaluation forms will be e-mailed to all Selectmen to work on before the meeting next week. They will take a few minutes prior to review the evaluation for Mr. Blanchard before discussing them with Blanchard.
· Spirit – The Spirit is not ready for the Board’s approval. Karen was reminded she needs to submit a timecard to the bookkeeper to receive payment for the last issue and the issue about to be printed.
· Summer Program – There has been a request from the Town of Peterborough for a child from Greenfield who would like to attend the summer program. Deb explained, this particular child is autistic and needs to have a one-on-one aid, there is no funding for this aid through the Peterborough Recreation Department. Jeff King discussed with Deb if there was for autistic child for summer program (8:30-4 for 20 days $1,600.00); if unable to participate in that, the playground program would be 40 hours/week for that program (1,800.00)
· Signatures –
o Minutes 3/12/08 – Selectmen signed the minutes of 3/12/08
o P/R – Selectmen will come to the office on Wed., evening or Thursday am to sign P/R Manifest & invoices
o Appointments – Melissa Champagne as Deputy Treasurer; Diane Boilard as TEC member
With no further business the meeting adjourned at 7:45 pm. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at 6:00 pm.
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