Minutes of Meeting – June 6, 2007; meeting called to order at 5:30 p.m.
Present: RN Sandlin; L Messana; JH Pumphrey; RT Akroyd. Absent: S. Pavlosky.
MOTION by RTA, seconded by JHP to accept the Minutes of May 23 and 31 and Executive Minutes of May 23 as presented. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by LM to approve the contract between the Town and the Fire/Ambulance Union. 4/0 vote. The Selectmen thanked the representatives of the union for their professional conduct during the negotiations.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to make the following appointments: 4/0 vote.
Capital Improvement Committee: Mike Sorrentino, Chris O’Brien, Roy Goldsmith
Community Center Board: Chris Fenton, Mike Coakley, Stephen Booth
MOTION by JHP, seconded by LM to appoint Tim Flanagan and Joseph Strauch to the Conservation Commission. 3/0 vote with RTA abstaining.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by LM to make the following appointments: 4/0 vote except on Historical Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals when RTA abstained (3/0 vote).
Historical Commission: Andrea Winters
Lenox Cultural Council: Caitlin Nash, Dierdre Swindlehurst, Maureen Hammel, Don Jordan and Karen Romeo-Leger
Registrar of Voters: Martha Stewart
Zoning Board of Appeals: Ned Douglas
MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to appoint the following individuals: 4/0 vote.
Constable Timothy P. Sheehan
Constable Timothy S. Face (Deputy/Collector)
Berkshire Regional Transit Authority Rep. Wharton Barker
Berkshire Regional Planning Comm. Delegate Joseph Kellogg
Alternate Lois Lenehan
ADA Committee William Thornton
John J. Pignatelli
Eleanor V. Vacchina
Robert Wells
Thomas Graham
Cable Advisory Committee Marc Maurino
Carole Schwimmer
Pamela Chamberlain
Scholarship Committee Thomas Roche
Margaret O'Brien
Christopher Ryan
Marianne Young
Diana Kirby
William Parsley
Youth Drug and Alcohol Committee John Pignatelli
Sarah Hall
Claudia Trancynger
Michael Considine
Gail Gernat
Stephen O’Brien
Sally Vincent
Heidi MacLean, Alternate
MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to ratify the following Town Manager appointments: 4/0 vote.
Police Department Michael Gardino, Reserve
Michael Smith, Reserve
Matthew Kelly, Reserve
Traffic Officers Richard Celli Paul Pelkey
Scott Sibley Royanne Hammond
Michael Duval Christopher Barber
Thomas Harmon. Nicholas Goldsmith
Helmuth Scharf Patrick LeBourdais
Mike Jezak Gerry Borgo
Chris Stechmann William Moncy
Timothy Kelly
Fire Chief Daniel W. Clifford
Deputy Chief Christopher O’Brien, Central
William Colvin, Lenox Dale
John Gaherty, New Lenox
Captain Steve Omelenchuck
Robert Casucci
James Terry
Lieutenant Marc Zamboni
Scott Stetz
Jason Saunders
Jacob Pyra
Emergency Management Director Daniel W. Clifford
Building/Sign Inspector William Thornton
Wire Inspector Robert J. Pensivy
Plumbing/Gas Inspector Mark Smith
Sealer, Weights & Measures Paul Vacchina
Academy Building Trustees Thomas Bosworth
Harvey M. Steuerwald
Victoria Salvatore
Timothy Face
Kennedy Park Committee Robert Coakley Susan McNinch
Sam Greenfield Terry P. Weaver
Ruth H. Wheeler Ray Kirby
Richard C. Houdek Joseph H. Nolan
Luke Martin
MOTION by JHP, seconded by LM to enter into a contract with CET to administer the Southern Berkshire Household Hazardous Waste Program for FY08, the seventh year of the program. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by LM to grant a one-day A/A license to Big Brother/Big Sister for 6/27 from 5-11pm at Eastover. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by LM to grant permission to the Lenox Library to hold Tuesday movie nights in the Roche Reading Park in July and August beginning at dusk for approximately 1? hours. 4/0 vote.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to endorse the passage of the Municipal Partnership Act. 4/0 vote. This act would allow towns to gain some additional revenue options (local meals tax, another 1% on the room tax) as well as the option of purchasing health insurance through the state’s Group Insurance Commission. In addition, the bill proposes to end the tax exemption the telephone industry enjoys on their poles and switching station. And finally, it calls for the state to take over under-performing pension funds. Further, it was suggested that the Board send a Letter to the Editor for publication in The Berkshire Eagle.
MOTION by JHP, seconded by RTA to award the bid for a dump truck to Ben Funk, Inc. in the amount of $139,623 and to authorize the TM to sign a contract for same. 4/0 vote.
Old/New Business: LM read off the two anniversaries this month: Gary Lagarce and Paul Mahoney.
Meeting adjourned at 5:45 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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