SELECTMEN’S MEETING MONDAY, APRIL 12, 2004 5:30 P.M.
In attendance: James G. Mullen, Jr., Marion V. McEttrick, Charles J. McCarthy, David W. Owen, Town Administrator, and Annemarie Fagan, Assistant Town Administrator.
Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the meeting minutes from the March 24, 2004, meeting.
Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the meeting minutes from the March 29, 2004, meeting as amended.
Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to open the meeting minutes from the May 12, 2003, meeting to amend the original motion to remove the name of James G. Mullen, Jr. under the Registrar of Voters reappointments.
Robert Rosofsky, 29 Waldo Road, addressed the Board to request that election information be placed on the Town Clerk’s web page.
In conformity with the requirements of Chapter 138 of the Massachusetts General Laws, a Public Hearing was held at the Town Office Building, 525 Canton Avenue, Milton, MA, upon the application of Central Liquor Mart, 26 Central Avenue, Milton, to open on Sundays for the sale of alcoholic beverages (package goods) to the public. Sonny Patel, Manager of Central Liquor Mart, Keith Mills, of Esprit du Vin and Joseph Duffy, East Milton Liquor Store addressed the Board relative to this request. Following discussion, Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted 2-1, with James G. Mullen, Jr. voting no, to approve the request of Central Liquor Mart to open for business on Sundays from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. The Board requested an opinion
from Town Counsel if by approving Central Liquor Mart’s request does it automatically apply to all package good stores or does each package good store need to submit an application.
A conference was held with Police Chief Kevin Mearn. Discussed were amendments to the Traffic Rules and Orders. Following discussion, Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously:
To amend Article 8, Section 12, of the Traffic Rules and Orders, so as to include the following: Installation of a “Stop” sign on Church Place (southeasterly corner) at the intersection of Belcher Circle, so as to stop traffic heading easterly before turning onto Belcher Circle.
To amend Article 5, Section 2, of the Traffic Rules and Orders, so as to include the following: Installation of a 4-way “Stop” sign at the intersection of Allerton Road and Standish Road.
To amend Article 5, Section 2, of the Traffic Rules and Orders, so as to include the following: “No Parking” on Canton Avenue (southerly side) from the intersection of Reedsdale Road to a point three meters westerly of the “Exit” driveway of the Library parking lot.
The Board also discussed the following Traffic Commission recommendations:
That the crosswalk be reinstalled on Adams Street as requested between Granite Avenue and Franklin Street.
To replace with new “Warning - Crosswalk” signs on the northbound and southbound sides of Granite Avenue at the Emerson Road crosswalk.
The design plans of the Master Traffic Study as modified and presented by EarthTech and recommend that the Board of Selectmen adopt the plan and apply for grant funding through the Public Works Economic Development Program (PWED).
To install two “Child Warning” signs on Randolph Avenue on the northbound and southbound sides, twenty feet prior to the Church driveway, and to repaint the crosswalk at St. Michael’s Church.
To replace the “No Truck” signage on Atherton Street at the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue.
To defer any action at this time and to contact Mass Highway regarding jurisdiction for changes to the Canton Avenue/Blue Hill Avenue intersection.
To defer any action at this time and to contact Milton Academy regarding restoration of the damaged lawn areas on Voses Lane.
To defer any action at this time and to do traffic count study of the Franklin/Church Street intersection.
To investigate installing a pedestrian operated crosswalk light for the crosswalk at Bassett Street and Granite Avenue; to study the effects of extending the stop light crossing time at Granite Avenue and Adams Street; and to study the ramifications of making Franklin Street one way(turning off Adams Street).
To defer any action at this time regarding the installment of a “Stop” sign on Hope Avenue.
5 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the appointment of Donald R. Kearney, 52 Vallaro Road, Readville, MA 02136 to the position of substitute traffic supervisor in the Milton Police Department, subject to Personnel Board approval.
6 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the appointment of John MacNeil, 25 Otis Street, as a part-time Seasonal Custodian in the Town Office Building Department, subject to the approval of the Personnel Board.
7 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to award a three-year contract for data processing and collection services for parking violations to Municipal Management Associates, Inc. of Marlborough, MA at a per unit cost of $1.35 per ticket, and to authorize the Town Administrator to sign the contract on behalf of the Board. The Board discussed but took no action on the Municipal Management Associates, Inc.’s collection services program.
8 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve forwarding to the Warrant Committee a Reserve Fund Transfer Request in the amount of $4,473 for the Selectmen’s Department - Traffic Ticket Processing Account.
9 A conference was held with David A. Colton, Director of Public Works. Discussed were the Milton Academy water main construction project and requests to hang banners to promote the Town’s Household Hazardous Waste Day and the DPW’s Open House event. Following discussion, Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously approve and sign an agreement with Milton Academy concerning the construction of water mains in Centre Street to service Milton Academy and the general public, and the resurfacing of Centre Street after such construction.
Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the request of the Department of Public Works to hang a banner at the intersection of Reedsdale Road and Randolph Avenue from April 12 to May 3, 2004 to promote the Town’s Household Hazardous Waste Day on May 1, 2004.
Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the request of the Department of Public Works to hang a banner at the intersection of Reedsdale Road and Randolph Avenue from May 13 to May 24, 2004 to promote the DPW Open House event on May 22, 2004.
10 A conference was held with Long Range Planning Committee Members Gregory Hall, Arthur Doyle, Jerry Cahalane and John Tarvin. Also in attendance was Christopher Huban, Chair of the School Committee and School Committee Members Glen Pavlicek and Mary Kelly. Discussed were the recommendations of the Long Range Planning Committee to the Milton Public Schools related to areas and issues under the control of the general Town Government and the Board of Selectmen.
11 A conference was held with Michael Roberts, Chair, Information Technology Committee who updated the Board on the status of the Information Technology Committee’s recommendation on a new financial software program. After reviewing five major vendor proposals and presentations, the Committee selected two finalists. The Committee requested that Department Heads, including the School Department, be involved in evaluating the two final vendors. Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to have Department Heads that utilize the financial software program be involved in evaluating the two final vendors.
12 The Board postponed discussion on the 2004 Annual Town Meeting Warrant Articles.
13 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the request of the Milton Junior Woman’s Club to hang banners at the intersection of Reedsdale Road and Randolph Avenue, and Cunningham Park (subject to the approval of the Cunningham Park Trustees) from May 24 to June 8, 2004 to promote the annual Milton Road Race.
14 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the issuance of a one day liquor license to The First Parish in Milton in conjunction with a fundraising event for The Campbell School on June 4, 2004 from 7:00 to 11:00 p.m.
15 Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve and sign a letter to the Milton Rotary Club recognizing their upcoming Senior Fair event, and to urge all Milton seniors to participate in the Senior Fair event at Cunningham Park on April 15th and 16th.
16 The Town Administrator David Owen reported the following:
Dates for upcoming Board of Selectmen meetings, May 3 and May 17.
Trash and recycling delay the week of April 19th.
Yard waste pick up dates.
Status of a meeting held relative to the Fruit Center parking lot.
The proposed truck detour route through the Town of Milton requested by the Town of Dedham for the Sprague Street Bridge replacement project. The Board does not support this detour route and requested that the Town Administrator send a letter to Thomas Broderick, Chief Engineer, Massachusetts Highway Department stating that this proposed truck detour route is not acceptable to the Town of Milton.
17 Chair James G. Mullen, Jr. asked for a ten minute recess.
18 The Board returned to open session at 8:06 p.m.
19 Selectman Charles McCarthy requested that all election information be put on the Town of Milton web site. Chair James G. Mullen, Jr. stated that due to budget reductions it was not one of his priorities to have election information placed on the Town of Milton web site. Selectman Charles McCarthy suggested that a link on the Board of Selectmen’s web page could be set up for election information.
20 Selectman Marion McEttrick gave an oral report on the Planning Board hearing on condominium conversions.
Marion V. McEttrick moved, Charles J. McCarthy seconded and the Board voted unanimously at 8:15 p.m. with James G. Mullen, Jr. voting yes, Marion V. McEttrick voting yes and Charles J. McCarthy voting yes to approve entering into Executive Session to discuss collective bargaining and real estate and to return to public session only for the purpose of adjournment.
The meeting adjourned at 10:00 p.m.
| 
