SELECTMEN’S MEETING MONDAY, OCTOBER 4, 2005 5:30 p.m.
In attendance: Marion V. McEttrick, Charles J. McCarthy, James G. Mullen, Jr., David A. Colton, Town Administrator and Paula Rizzi, Executive Secretary
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the September 19, 2005 meeting minutes.
Marjorie Jeffries, 1268 Canton Avenue, addressed the Board, congratulating them on becoming a “bicycle friendly” town and Paul Pereira, 60 Ridgewood Road addressed the Board requesting information on the Town’s invoice payment policy.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the request of Milton Pop Warner, Inc. to do fund raising throughout the Town on the weekend of October 8th and October 22nd and to hang banners announcing these efforts.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the conditional lateral transfer request of John Ho, 99 Running Brook Road, West Roxbury to the Milton Police Department as a patrol officer, subject to a successful background investigation, medical examination and approval by the Boston Municipal Police Department and to forward this request to the Personnel Board.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve a grade reclassification for the Administrative Assistant to the Chief of Police from a grade-6 classification to a grade-7 classification and to forward this request to the Personnel Board.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the request of the Fire Chief to increase his manning level of firefighters by four positions and to forward this request to the Personnel Board.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve a Reserve Fund Transfer request in the amount of $10,838 to the Fire Department to a gift account account established to earmark funds that will cover the Town’s share of a Homeland Security grant and to forward this request to the Warrant Committee.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve a Reserve Fund Transfer request to the Fire Department General Expenses in the amount of $30,500 for roof repairs and to forward this request to the Warrant Committee.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the employment of Steven M. Mach, 110 Scadding Street, Taunton, to the position of Civil Engineer with the Town and to forward the application to the Personnel Board.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve and sign a letter of review to the Open Space Plan Update Working Group acknowledging its efforts and accepting its recommendation to appoint a permanent committee to oversee the Plan in the next year.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the Conservation Restriction from the Milton Land Conservation Trust and Trustees of the Chestnut Run Realty Trust for a parcel of land of approximately 20.134 acres located in the Town of Milton, said parcel being shown as Parcel B-1 on the plan entitled “Plan of Land in Milton, house #427 and #437.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve a Reserve Fund Transfer request to the Veterans’ Benefit Account in the amount of $13,663 to cover state approved veteran benefits, and to forward this request to the Warrant Committee.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve a Reserve Fund Transfer request in the amount of $2,554 to Unemployment Compensation for August and September billing and to forward this request to the Warrant Committee.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve an agreement with Municipal Benchmarking, LLC, that will provide the Town with peer-based comparative data, covering financial and operating performance, to help town officials in their decision making processes and to authorize the Town Administrator to sign this agreement on behalf of the Board.
The Board discussed the Collicot/Cunningham school building project, the changes that appear to be preventing the Collicot school from functioning as a separate school and a strategy to resolve these issues.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve signage for the Mobil Station at 352 Granite Avenue, that depicts a blue band with revised non-illuminated logos and slightly raised letters.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve temporary signage for the National Little League at Brook Road and Central Avenue with the following conditions: the date of the permit should be placed on the sign so that the “45-day” rule can be easily enforced.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve signage for Stella’s Restaurant, 560 Adams Street, to be placed on the wood portion of the building (not on the brick)so as to remain in the sign band of the building’s facade.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the new Sprint/Nextel logo for South Shore Wireless, 450 Granite Avenue as follows: the logo is to be black channel lettering with “halo” lighting and sized as shown on the August 12 proposal(150" x 25").
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the recommendation of the Sign Review Committee regarding the Greenspan Building, 368-380 Granite Avenue. The Committee conditionally approved the signage component of the facade renovation and requested that the applicant extend the opportunity to tenants to differentiate the fonts within the buildings’s signband.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to forward suggested changes to bus stop locations on Reedsdale Road by the Engineering Department to the Traffic Commission for its recommendation.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the relocation of the East Milton Square bus stop, so that the existing bus stop located to the west of the intersection of Adams, Mechanic and Church Streets will be moved to the east side of the same intersection and to sign a letter to the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority informing them of this change.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the following orientation of the American Flag in the gazebo: as you stand with your back to the Town Hall, the field of stars should be on the left hand side.
Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to approve the request from the Celebration of Education Committee to hang a banner announcing its annual fund raising event.
Town Administrator David Colton reported the following information to the Board:
The RFP for the development of the Town Yard has been issued and is available in hard copy at the Selectmen’s Office or online on the Town’s website.
Administration of the Milton Hospital has appealed to its employees through it newsletter to be mindful of the impact that their expansion is having on the neighborhood and to honor the “no left turn” restriction at the Highland Street exit from the hospital.
Curry College has donated $5,000 to the Library renovation project and $2,000 to the Fire Department for EMT training for two firefighters.
26 Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted to enter Executive Session for the purpose of discussing Collective Bargaining and to return to Open Session only for the purpose of adjournment.
27 Charles J. McCarthy moved, James G. Mullen, Jr. seconded and the Board voted unanimously to adjourn at 8:15 p.m.
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