Town of Hanson, MA - Selectmen's Minutes 6-11-13

Selectmen's Minutes 6-11-13

Town of Hanson - Board of Selectmen

Meeting Minutes – Hanson Town Hall

June 11, 2013

Members Present: Stephen Amico, James Egan, Richard Flynn, Donald Howard and David Soper

Members Absent:

Others Present: Interim Town Administrator Meredith Marini

I~ 7:30 p.m. Chairman Egan called the meeting to order, led the pledge of allegiance, and requested a moment of silence for Governor Paul Cellucci who passed way on Saturday. Chairman Egan read the announcements and upcoming meeting schedule.

II INTERIM TOWN ADMINISTRATORS REPORT - Mrs. Marini reported on the following:

Police Chief Michael Miksch – She announced that t the meeting of May 21^st the Board of Selectmen voted to approve a contract with Michael Miksch of Plympton. Chief Miksch has tendered his resigned to the Town of Carver and will begin his duties in Hanson on Wednesday, July 31^st. She welcomed Chief Miksch to Hanson and look forward to working with him. Interim Chief Arthur Parker will continue with the Town through the month of July. – Chief Miksch was present and thanked the Board.

Town Administrator - The Board has offered the position of Town Administrator to Mr. Ronald San Angelo of Connecticut and he has accepted the position. The Board is currently negotiating the terms of a contract. Mr. San Angelo hopes to begin by the 1^st of August.

Water Superintendent - The Water Commissioner have hired Richard Muncey of Abington subject to contract negotiations. Mr. Muncey comes to Hanson from the Pembroke Water Department. He serves on the Abington Rockland Joint Water Commission.

Budget Update – Mrs. Marini reminded the Board that Town Meeting approved the budget as presented which included restoration of some positions and a new position at the Transfer Station. However, the School Budget is still in question as Whitman has an override vote scheduled for Tuesday,

June 25^th. Due to the uncertainty of the outcome, the positions will not be posted until the School budget is certificated.

Meeting updates with Solid Waste Contract and Cable Contracts

Mrs. Marin reported that last Wednesday, June 5^th she attended a Solid Waste Meeting at the Cape Cod Commission relative to the SEMASS/Covanta contract. Term sheet were distributed. Several of the Communities were concerned about the minimum tonnage requirements as some of the communities look to PAYT and other recycling alternatives. The current rates, which are an aggregate rate for all the participating communities, were adjusted and range from $66.50 for 120,000 tons to $71.50 for 50,000 tons or less. Hanson generates 2,700 tons. The total aggregate of all 22 communities is104,273. Consequently, the lowest rate will be $67.50 per ton. Mrs. Marini noted that in October, Town Meeting authorized the Board to enter into a long term contract for solid waste disposal. Some of the communities secured their authorization at their 2013 Spring Town meeting and a few others will get authorization in October. The Cape Cod Commission has requested that the Towns which have authorization to move forward to sign the Term Sheet by June 30^th. So that they can determine which communities are “in” and figure the actual rate. The CCC requested that the Boards vote to authorize either the Chairman or the Town Administrator to sign the Term Sheet on June 18^th.

On Thursday, June 6^th Mrs. Marini attended a South Shore Recycling meeting which was held here in Hanson Town Hall. New Bedford Waste Services made a presentation of Zero Waste Solutions which is a new facility that will be built in the next year and is scheduled to come on line in August 2014. They have offered a $60 per ton fee. However, they are not up and running yet and do not have the DEP permit.

Monponsett Pond – Mrs. Marini reported that she sent a request to Halifax for the diversion of Monponsett Pond due to flooding of some homes on Ocean Avenue. Halifax will be acting on the request tonight.

Assisted Living Facility – Mrs. Marini met with Seth Dudley of All American Assisted Living. He was seeking information about Hanson and the community leaders. All American would like to be active in the community. They will be holding a Hard Hat Tour on Thursday, June 27^th for Selectmen. They will be sending invitations.

Hanson Housing Authority has been honored by the National Associations of Housing and Redevelopment offices with Outstanding Agency Award. Hanson is one of only ten housing authorities in Massachusetts to receive the award. Congratulations to Hanson Housing.

III NEW BUSINESS

Requests:

Calvary Baptist Church request permission to hold a Family Movie Night, on Wed., June 26^th from 6:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

MOTION by Amico, second by Howard to approve the movie night for Calvary Baptist Church on Wednesday, June 26^th. Voted 5 - 0

Holiday Committee – Requesting permission to hold a bon fire on Saturday, June 29^thon the Town Hall Green

MOTION by Amico, second by Flynn to approve the bon fire on Saturday, June 29^th for discussion.

Mr. Amico indicated the Newcomb Tree will loam and seed the area after the bon fire. Police and Fire has secured the support of the event with a four hour detail, one police officer. The details will be worked out with.

Mr. Egan asked what is the purpose of the bon fire. Mr. Flynn said it is in celebration of the 4^th of July. There will be music and residents can attend and have picnic. Mr. Egan suggested that we use brush from the collection at the Industrial Park. Highway Surveyor, Robert Brown who was present at the meeting indicated that he did not feel the Industrial Park was conducive for such an event or for residents and children to be traversing the area.

Mr. Flynn indicated that the event will not cost the Town any money. The event will be similar to the Christmas Tree Lighting in which over 350 people attended. This is a community social event.

Voted 5 – 0

Mr. Joseph Tranfaglia of Calvary Baptist Church was present in inquired whether the bon fire would conflict with their event which had just been approved for Wednesday, however their request was for Saturday, June 29^th. Mrs. Marini apologized for the confusion in the date. Mr. Flynn suggested that the groups combine their effort for a joint event.

MOTION by Amico, second by Howard to amend the date for Calvary Baptist Church movie night to Sat. June 29^th Voted 5-0

Appointment/Resignation

Recommendation for Highway Surveyor appointment - Mrs. Marini read the following memo addressed to the Board dated June 11, 2013 recommending the appointment of Robert Brown as Highway Surveyor:

As you are aware, the May 2012 Town Meeting approved changing the position of Elected Highway Surveyor to appointed. In December 2012 the legislature enacted the law creating an appointed Highway Surveyor in the Town of Hanson. May 2013 Special Town Meeting approved placement of the position in the Town’s Wage and Personnel By-law and Compensation Plan.

In accordance with the General By-law Article 2 – 12, Section 8C Hiring ~ On May 16, 2013, I posted the position on the Town Hall bulletin board for a period of two weeks. I received one application from Robert Brown.

Mr. Brown has been an employee of the Hanson Highway Department since 2001. He has served in the capacity as Heavy Equipment Operator, Highway Supervisor, Interim Highway Surveyor, Elected Highway Surveyor and currently again as Interim Highway Surveyor. Mr. Brown has worked in the field as well as in administration which included completing budgets and Chapter 90 filings. Mr. Brown has the expertise to do work of the Highway Surveyor and has exhibited his ability time after time. Mr. Brown has always been professional and work tirelessly with other departments to achieve a common goal for the good of the Town.

Consequently, in accordance with the Town Administrator Act, I recommended the appointment of Mr. Robert Brown as Highway Surveyor.

to the Board indicating that the position

MOTION by Amico, second by Soper to appoint Robert Brown Highway Surveyor. Voted 5 - 0

Resignation - Michael Glennon submitted his resignation from Parks & Fields Commission effective June 1^st.

MOTION by Amico, second by Howard to accept with regret the resignation of Michael Glennon. Voted 5 – 0

Maquan School Building Project – Vote Final Approval of schematic Design – Mr. Amico introduced Building Committee Chairman JimTuffo. The Owners Project Manager Mary Mahoney and Peter Turoski of T2 Architects who made a presentation. Professional estimators put together a budget for the project.

Building is developed as school within a school. All first floor will be for the Maquan students and the second floor will be for the Indian Head students. They will maintain the tree buffer along Maquan Street. They will have some outdoor educational spaces.

Reviewed the submitted to the MSBA on Thursday. They are looking for approval from MSBA by end of July. Construction would start in June 2015 and occupancy of September 2017.

Mary Mahoney gave a budget review. MSBA requires a detailed schematic design and the estimators put together a budget based the scope of the project. The budget addresses all hard and soft costs for the project. The budget hard costs include demo and removal of the Indian Head and Maquan Schools and field construction. Alternatives costs include a steel shed and an upgrade for community playfields.

The projected costs is $58,436,926. They will have a defined budget when the project goes to MSBA. Ms. Mahoney indicated that $9,272,258 is ineligible for reimbursement. Demolition of the buildings will take place between August 2017 and May 2018 and the fields would be usable in Fall of 2019 or Spring of 2020

The reimbursement rate if 59.17% which is a firm number. It also includes incentive points 1.54 and 2.00. The Building is air conditioned and air conditioning is reimbursable.

Mr. Flynn inquired if accommodations are made for elections and parking accommodations. Overflow parking will be available at the Maquan School parking area. Mary Mahoney said that the District will work with the Town on election issues. Flynn asked about the drainage. Mr. Amico explained that the drainage will be diverted over to the Maquan site.

Mr. Howard inquired about the elections and pointed out that the Town Clerk had designed Maquan to avoid contact with children. Mr. Turoski pointed out that the voters will enter directly to the gym and can be routed out another door still keeping the voters away from the students.

There was lengthy discussion regarding drainage. There will be a retention pond at the corner of School and Maquan Streets. Maquan Street resident indicated that the catch basins are currently blocked.

Mrs. Wright asked why this site selected.

Mr. Howard discussed the retention pond at Christopher Lane works properly and would like to see the same system at the new school site. Mr. Turokski said a similar design retention pond will be use at the school site.

Mr. Flynn asked where the playground will be. There will be two playgrounds on the site and accessible to the public

MOTION by Amico, second by Flynn, to vote the and authorize the Owner’s Project Manger to submit the Schematic Design and related submittal to the MSBA for consideration and to authorize the Chairman to sign the submittal letter. Voted 4 – 1 (Soper)

Annual Appointments – Mrs. Marini indicated that the following positions are scheduled for reappointment. She asked if the Board members wished to serve on their current position. All the Board members accepted their current positions. There was discussion regarding the Zoning By-law Committee. Mr. Flynn and Mr. Egan were both willing to serve on the committee. Mrs. Marini indicated that the Planning Board appoints the By-law Committee and was unsure whether they wanted to continue with two members of the Board of Selectmen. The Board agreed to table the Zoning By-law designee


POSITION	FIRST	LAST	TERM_ENDS	Term Lngth
Agricultural Commission	Dean	Sylvester	6/30/2016	3 year
Appeals Board	Ronald	Herlet	6/30/2016	3 years
Area Agency on Aging Advisory Committee	Jane	Baker	6/30/2014	1 years
Assistant Building Commissioner	Steven	Solari	6/30/2014	1 year
Assistant Plumbing & Gas Inspector	Gary	Young	6/30/2014	1 year
Auxillary Police Officer	August	Silva	6/30/2014	1 year
Auxillary Police Officer	Charles	Mann	6/30/2014	1 years
Auxillary Police Officer - Animal Control	Bernard	DeLory	6/30/2014	1 year
Auxillary Police Officer - Harbormaster	Robert	O'Brien	6/30/2014	1 year
Auxillary Police Officer	Algernon	Queen	6/30/2014	1 year
Building Commissioner	Robert	Curran	6/30/2014	1 year
Cable T. V. Committee	James	Armstrong	6/30/2014	1 year
Capital Improvement Committee	Mary Lou	Sutter	6/30/2016	3 years
Capital Improvement Committee	John	Currie	6/30/2016	3 years
Capital Improvement Committee	Joseph	Weeks	6/30/2016	3 years
Central Plymouth County Water District	David	Soper	6/30/2014	1 year
Community Preservation Committee	John	Kemmett	6/30/2016	3 years
Community Preservation Committee	Robert	Sears	6/30/2016	3 years
Community Preservation Committee	William	Clay	6/30/2016	3 years
Conservation Commission	David	Harris	6/30/2016	3 years
Conservation Commission	Frank	Schellenger	6/30/2016	3 year
Conservation Commission	John	Kemmett	6/30/2016	3 years
Council for Elder Affairs	Lorraine	Lentini	6/30/2016	3 years
Council for Elder Affairs	Carole	Hack	6/30/2016	3 years
Council for Elder Affairs	Susan	Gagnon	6/30/2016	3 years
Council for Elder Affairs - alternate	Elizabeth	McGuirk	6/30/2016	3 years
Cultural Council	Margaret	Westfield	6/30/2014	1 years
Cultural Council	Laurie	Armstrong	6/30/2014	1 years
Cultural Council	Rebecca	Nehiley	6/30/2015	2 years
Cultural Council	Corinne	Cafardo	6/30/2015	2 years
Cultural Council	Jill	Beaulieu	6/30/2015	2 years
Drainage Committee	Ernest	Amado	6/30/2014	1 year
Drainage Committee	Nancy	Cristoferi	6/30/2014	1 year
Drainage Committee	Donald	Howard	6/30/2014	1 year
Drainage Committee - Highway	Robert	Brown	6/30/2014	1 year
Drainage Committee - Planning Rep.	Stephen	Regan	6/30/2014	1 year
Emergency Com. Center Op. Com.	Jerome	Thompson	6/30/2014	1 Year
Emergency Com. Center Op. Com.	Stephen	Amico	6/30/2014	1 year
Emergency Com. Center Op. Com.	Robert	Brown	6/30/2014	1 year
Energy Committee	Brett	Miller	6/30/2014	1 years
Energy Committee	John	Kemmett	6/30/2014	1 year
Energy Committee	Donald	Howard	6/30/2014	1 year
Energy Committee	James	Armstrong	6/30/2014	1 years
Fence Viewer	William	Lonergan	6/30/2014	1 year
Fence Viewer	Robert	Curran	6/30/2014	1 year
Forest Warden	Jerome	Thompson	6/30/2014	1 Year
Gas Inspector	Scott	Bizzozero	6/30/2014	1 year
Harbormaster	Robert	O'Brien	6/30/2014	1 year
Hazardous Waste Coordinator	Jerome	Thompson	6/30/2014	1 Year
Historical Commission	Joan	Powers	6/30/2016	3 years
Historical Commission	Stephen	Kemmett	6/30/2016	3 years
North River Commission - Alternate	Edward	Casey	6/30/2016	3 years
Old Colony Metropolitan Planning Organization	Donald	Howard	6/30/2014	1 year
Old Colony Elder Services	Mary	Collins	6/30/2014	1 year
Oldham Pond Committee	Frank	Schellenger	6/30/2014	1 year
Oldham Pond Committee	Richard	Flynn	6/30/2014	1 years
Oldham Pond Committee	Mary-Ellen	Buckley	6/30/2014	1 year
Parks & Fields Commission	Robert	Brown	6/30/2016	3 years
Plymouth County Advisory Board	Donald	Howard	6/30/2014	1 year
Plymouth County Advisory Board - Alternate	Richard	Flynn	6/30/2014	1 year
Private Road Oversight Committee	Michael	Dunn	6/30/2014	1 year
Private Road Oversight Committee	James	Egan	6/30/2014	1 year
Private Road Oversight Committee	Robert	Brown	6/30/2014	1 year
Recreation Commission	David	Blauss	6/30/2016	3 years
Recreation Commission	Maria	McClennan	6/30/2016	3 years
Recreation Commission	Margaret	Commerford	6/30/2016	3 years
Sealer of Weights & Measures	Peter	Jones	6/30/2014	1 year
Special Police Officer	Andrew	Gilbert	6/30/2014	1 year
Special Police Officer	Ryan	Bailey	6/30/2014	1 year
Special Police Officer	Ronald	Clark	6/30/2014	1 year
Special Police Officer	Tracey	Manter	6/30/2014	1 year
Special Police Officer	Nicholas	Konarski	6/30/2014	1 year
Special Police Officer	Richard	Nawazelski	6/30/2014	1 year
Street Safety & Development Committee	Manuel	Depina	6/30/2014	1 year
Street Safety & Development Committee	Anthony	Sacco	6/30/2014	1 year
Street Safety & Development Committee	Stephen	Amico	6/30/2014	1 year
Street Safety & Development Committee	Robert	Brown	6/30/2014	1 year
Town Forest Committee	Robert	Duff	6/30/2016	3 years
Town Forest Committee	Allan	Clemons	6/30/2016	3 years
Town Forest Committee	Philip	Clemons	6/30/2016	3 years
Wiring Inspector	Edward	Savage	6/30/2014	1 year
Zoning By-law Committee	James	Egan	6/30/2014	1 year
Zoning By-law Committee	Richard	Flynn	6/30/2014	1 year
Zoning Enforcement Officer	Robert	Curran	6/30/2014	1 year

MOTION by Amico, second by Flynn to approve the annual appoints as presented with the exception of the Zoning By-law Committee members Voted 4 – 0 – 1 (Egan)

IV LICENSES:

One Day Liquor License – Camp Kiwanee

Sean McNeely, Bridgewater Sun., June 23^rd 12:00 – 5:00 p.m. – Company Outing

MOTION by Amico, second by Howard to approve one day liquor Voted 5 - 0

Common Victualers License – Hanson Historical Society – Strawberry Festival on

June 21^st and Harvest Festival on September 21^st

MOTION by Amico, second by Soper to approve Common Victualers license for the Historical Society Voted 5 - 0

V COMMITTEE REPORTS

Zoning By-law Committee – Mr. Flynn two issues Marijuana dispenseries and sign by-laws

Plymouth County Advisory Committee – Mr. Howard provided a revenue projection for FY 2014 The total budget is $9,749,685.37 to operate the County services. Mr. Flynn has some issues with the County and the fact they are in debt.

VI EXECUTIVE SESSION

For the purpose of discussing strategy with respect to collective bargaining since an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the litigating and bargaining position of the Town and to discuss strategy with respect to contract negotiations with non-union personnel.

MOTION by Amico, second by Howard. Roll Call Flynn Aye, Howard Aye, Amico Aye, Egan Aye and Soper Aye. Voted 5 – 0.

9:00 p.m. brief recess

9:20 p.m. Returned to open Session

VII ADJOURNMENT

MOTION by Howard, second by Flynn to adjourn

9:21 p.m. Meeting Adjourned

Respectfully submitted,

Meredith Marini,

Interim Town Administrator

Approved and Voted 4 – 0

September 17, 2013