Town of Millbury
Board of Selectmen Minutes
Municipal Office Building- Selectmen’s Meeting Room
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September 23, 2008 7:05 P.M.
Present: Board of Selectmen: E. Bernard Plante, Chairman; Joseph F. Coggans, Jr., Kenneth Schold, Francis B. King and Michael Moore.
Bob Spain, Town Manager, Anna Lewandowski, Richard Gosselin, Scott Farrar, Mary Brawn, Mary Clark, Kevin Johnson, Brian Turbitt, Tom Riley, Millbury Sutton Chronicle and concerned citizens.
Chairman Plante opened the meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Board of Registrars Appointment
Names selected for the Board of Registrars were Mary Clark, Mary Brawn and Kevin Johnson.
Motion made by Selectman Coggans for Mary Brawn, seconded by Ken Schold.
Motion carried unanimously.
Planning Board Chairman Gosselin spoke regarding the town engineer contract-they sent out RFP and got 19 firms responding. The Planning Board recommends Tighe and Bond for a three year contract. They will watch billing and make sure there is not excessive billing.
Motion made by Selectman Coggans, seconded by Selectman Schold to sign the Tighe and Bond Contract.
Motion carried unanimously.
National Grid
Scott Farrar introduced Dan McIntyre and Dave Barron from the Engineering Group-Spoke regarding the Millbury 3 Substation on Cross Street.
Dave Barron spoke regarding the Interstate Reliability Project. There will be an Open House event in Early November. Transmission line project will originate in Millbury. New England’s demand for electricity has doubled. It will tie into Rhode Island and to Connecticut. They are hoping to start construction in 2010. The facility should be in service by 2013. This will result in additional tax revenue. They will have to add equipment inside the substation; will not have to expand the building or fence line.
ONE DAY LIQUOR LICENSES
Bartending Service of New England-Asa Waters- September 27, 2008.
Motion made by Selectman King, seconded by Selectman Schold, to approve a one day liquor license for Bartending Service of New England on September 27, 2008.
Motion carried unanimously.
PREVIOUS MINUTES
Minutes of the Meeting – September 9, 2008
Motion made by Selectman Schold to approve the minutes as written; seconded by Selectman King.
Motion carried unanimously.
TOWN MANAGER REPORT
Mr. Spain will be on vacation from October 10-18, 2008. He will be appointing the Chief Handfield as Acting Town Manager. They will wait to see if they will cancel the meeting or hold it without him.
Congratulations to Denise Marlborough and Maureen Gibson who have passed their Treasurer/Collector Tests.
Names of the Bicentennial Committee were read.
Motion made by Selectman Schold to approve the committee, seconded by Selectman Coggans.
Motion carried unanimously.
Amendment of Town Meeting Certification: Sewer department money was put in the general fund and the sewer account which was not the intent of the budget. The recommendation from the Department of Revenue is to amend the certification of the town meeting. The Town Clerk asked for letters from Board and Finance Committee and clerk will do it.
Motion by Selectman Coggans to sign the letter to amend the town meeting certification, seconded by Selectman Schold.
Motion carried unanimously.
DPW director recommends that we raise the subcontractor rate for snowplowing by $5.00/hr. Board agrees that this is fair.
Need Members for the Historical Commission!!
Appointing Katherine Lavallee as new Assistant Town Accountant from Grafton Road. Start on October 1st with agreement of Board. Motion by Selectman Moore, seconded by Selectman Coggans to appoint Katherine Lavallee as assistant town account.
Motion carried unanimously.
Police account still has deficit of $45,000--on hold right now as assistant town accountant has left. Will put the new hire on it as soon as possible.
Status of metal at transfer station--we have gotten approximately $6,574.00. The price has come down to $135/ton-looks like we will take in $25,000.00 at end of year.
Hauling our own trash is working out very well, spending a lot less money-in a year we will pay for the truck in money saved.
Some of the lights in Cronin Brook are on.
Wheelebrator check for August is $168, 985.54
OLD BUSINESS
Selectman Schold said it is nice to see the signs are back up at the cemetery. Thank you.
Selectman Coggans would like to know if the developers will get billed for private roads. He would like a list of the private roads and how much was spent and how much was billed out.
Selectman Moore wanted to know if the Blackstone Valley Economic Development Council agreement will be on next meeting.
Selectman King wanted an update on McCracken Road. MA Highway wants to meet and discuss the options. Bridge is the big worry-adding extra lane to bridge by mall is costly.
Selectman King concerned about the tree in the common. It is coming down as it is dead. It will be costly-but it has to come down. Need an article to take down and put a large tree in again.
Bernie wants to commend the Fire Department on their Field Day and the Federated Church for the Block Party-it was great.
MAIL
Letter from the Board of Health regarding a donation of $2,050.00 from the Regional 2, Public Health Emergency Coalition.
Motion made by Selectman Coggans to accept the donation, seconded by Selectman Schold.
Motion carried unanimously.
Proclamation for Fire Department was read regarding Fire Prevention Week. Oct. 5-11, 2008.
Motion made by Selectman Moore, seconded by Selectman Coggans to sign the Proclamation.
Motion carried unanimously.
Letter from Superintendent of Schools regarding Rick Bedard. Lowered electric bills by going with Tradition Energy instead of National Grid.
Letter from Council on Aging regarding appointing new board member; Margaret Masmarian.
Motion made by Selectman King to appoint Ms. Masmarian, seconded by Selectman Coggans. Motion carried unanimously.
Chairman Plante stated that the Board will leave Executive Session solely to adjourn; no other business will be conducted.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Motion made by Selectman Coggans, seconded by Selectman Schold to move into Executive Session at 8:00 p.m. under Chapter 39, Section 23B, Paragraphs 3 and 4.
Selectman Moore -Yes
Selectman Coggans, Jr. - Yes
Selectman Schold - Yes
Selectman King - Yes
Chairman Plante - Yes
ADJOURNMENT
Motion made by Selectman Coggans, seconded by Selectman Schold to adjourn at 9:00 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Tish Hayes,
Secretary, Board of Selectmen
E. Bernard Plante __________________________
Joseph F. Coggans, Jr. __________________________
Michael O. Moore __________________________
Kenneth I. Schold __________________________
Francis B. King __________________________
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