Minutes of Meeting – August 29, 2007; meeting called to order at 5:30 p.m.
Present: RN Sandlin; L Messana; RT Akroyd; S. Pavlosky. JH Pumphrey entered meeting at 5:40 p.m.
MOTION by RTA, seconded by LM to accept the Minutes of August 8 as presented. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by RTA, seconded by SP to open the public hearing for a license to increase storage capacity at the DJ Oil Express property located at 18 Crystal Street, Lenox Dale. 4/0 vote. Brent White from White Engineering explained that DJ Oil Express is requesting that their license be increased from 80,000 to 115,000 gallons of oil, including truck capacity. They have been ordered by state regulators to install new tanks that will comply with the new standards. The Fire Chief has signed off on this request. MOTION by RTA, seconded by SP to close the public hearing. 5/0 vote. MOTION by RTA, seconded by JHP to approve the license request from DJ Oil Express to increase their storage capacity from 80,000 to 115,000 gallons of oil on their Lenox Dale property at 18 Crystal Street. 5/0
vote.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to grant a one-day W&M license to Rebecca Walsh for Saturday, 9/22 from 8pm-midnight at the Community Center Ballroom. 5/0 vote.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to grant a one-day A/A license to Chris Wilder for Friday, 8/31 from 7pm-midnight at Eastover Resort. 5/0 vote.
MOTION by RTA, seconded by JHP to grant permission for the Brock Trot to occur on Sunday, 10/28, to close down portions of Main Street, Cliffwood, Undermountain, West, Hawthorne Road, Hawthorne Street, and Old Stockbridge Road for approximately 20-60 minutes when necessary, and to erect staging at the start of the race, along with two banners, in front of the Curtis. 5/0 vote.
Chief O’Brien updated the Board on current activities in the Police Department. To date, there have been 4980 log entries over the past 5+ months of this year. With the new computer system, these entries can be broken down in a myriad of different categories, depending upon the need. In addition, the department has generated 257 reports to date. He explained that the officers are now able to make out reports while sitting in their cars, eliminating down time while they wait at the scene of a crime. He stated that they have distributed approximately 60+ yellow dots as part of the Triad Program. There have been ten youth drug and alcohol referrals, which is too high of a number. Finally, he thanked Paul Pelkey for all his hard work keeping Tanglewood traffic moving. After 33 years, this
will be Paul’s last year working Tanglewood traffic detail.
Building Inspector Bill Thornton recommended that the town update fees charged for various building permit fees. MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to adopt a new Inspection Department fee schedule as presented, effective October 1, 2007. 5/0 vote.
RNS gave a brief update on the purchase and lease of the Library building which will occur tomorrow. MOTION by SP, seconded by RTA to authorize the purchase of the Library building for the amount of $1,446,325. 5/0 vote. MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to ratify the lease of the building to the Lenox Library Association as written, in fulfillment of the requirement of the approval of the bargain sale as stipulated by the SJC ruling. 5/0 vote.
Old/New Business: LM asked the TM for an update on the Tillotson Park project. The field should be ready for Spring 2009. She went through the various employee anniversaries. RTA thanked the Library for their recent outdoor showing of the baseball game. SP asked the TM for an update on the Vahle property. Unfortunately, the pending sale has fallen through. SP asked to have Bill Thornton try to keep the project moving forward. He also suggested that Bill try to keep the Berger project moving along. The Town needs to put something into place that would limit how long a construction project can continue before completion must occur. He also asked for information on the Town’s ability to join in the state’s Group Insurance Commission. The TM stated that he
doesn’t think that there is time prior to October 1 of this year, but that he will pursue it for October 1, 2008. RNS stated that Claire Cox has agreed to work with the town on outreach, and that he would like the TM to sit with her to put it together.
Meeting adjourned at 6:50 pm.
Minutes Taken By: ______________________ Minutes Accepted By: ______________________
Mary Ellen Deming Clerk
Assistant to Town Manager Board of Selectmen
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Mary Ellen Deming
Town of Lenox
Town Hall - 6 Walker Street
Lenox, MA 01240
phone: (413) 637-5500
fax: (413) 637-5518
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