MONTEREY SELECT BOARD MEETING AGENDA
Monday, November 3, 2014
Working Meeting runs from 8:30 – 9:30am
Regular meeting begins at 9:30am
(the 2nd Monday of each the Board will hold an evening meeting from 4-6pm)
(Please call 528.1443 x111 to be placed on the agenda)
8:30 – 9:30am: Working Meeting (see administrative items below)
9:30 - 10am: Highway/Fire Update:
*Salt use policy
*Update on 10/28 salt conference
*Fire dept draft agreement
*annual inspection of the pavilion
*Tree Warden
10 – 10:15am: Police Dept Update
10:15 – 10:30am Mike Johnson, COA to be confirmed
Administrative Items:
Approve 10/27/14 minutes
Review payroll company proposals & discuss
EDM Engineering proposal
Appointments to the COA
Continue discussion on issues within the Treasurer’s Office
Follow-up with the Town Clerk on issue she has
Review City & Town article and further discuss appointed vs elected Treasurer and Collector positions/Review town counsel’s opinion on changing a position from Elected to Appointed
Sign/review Treasurer and Accountant warrants
Continue discussions on instituting performance reviews; review all samples
Town records (create policy for town records and update on cemetery and burial records being returned to town hall)
Review mail
Discuss solid waste and construction debris costs
Special Town Meeting
- Set date
- Overrun on Jaime’s Court
- Payroll Services
- Transfer Station Attendant
- Electrical Aggregation
- School bond ($50,000 for a roof and a boiler system for the high school)
- Possible bylaw items from Planning Board
- Weed management of Lake Garfield
ECAC Items:
- Recommendation: Gradually condensing the warrant – review samples and continue discussions after town meeting
- Part time positions, policies for pay and time off and coverage
- Elected official representation on committee
FY16 ATM Warrant Items:
- Amend retiree health insurance bylaw?
- Increase legal expenses line item
- Breaking out the paid positions for the library into director and part time staff for transparency (currently they are lumped together)
- Review capital expense spreadsheet
- Discuss upgrading Transfer Station
- Audit
- Weed management of Lake Garfield
- WiredWest general obligation bond? (1.98 million)
Long Range Discussions:
- Compensating unpaid positions on boards and committees
- Monterey School
- Community Center
- Bally Gally property
- Continue discussions on creating a Town Facility Task Force including the transfer station
SELECT BOARD CALENDAR 2014
11/10 |
Monday |
4-6pm |
Evening Select Board Meeting |
11/10 |
Monday |
4 – 4:15pm |
Treasurer update |
11/11 |
Tuesday |
All Day |
Town Hall Closed Veteran’s Day; no meetings |
11/17 |
Monday |
9 – 9:30am |
Friends of Lake Garfield; continue milfoil discussion and next steps to be confirmed |
11/28 |
Thursday |
All Day |
Town Hall Closed Thanksgiving Day; no meetings |
12/8 |
Monday |
4-6pm |
Evening Select Board Meeting |
12/25 |
Thursday |
All Day |
Town Hall Closed Christmas Day; no meetings |
***All agendas are subject to change***
- Items requiring extensive discussion or prior research should be placed on a future agenda so that the issue receives the appropriate attention.
- Please leave the room if you need to converse with other members of the audience.
- If you wish to speak during the meeting, please raise your hand in order to be recognized by the Chairman. Please state your name for the record before you begin to speak on an issue.
- Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 39 § 23C: Regulation of participation by public in open meetings. No person shall address a public meeting of a governmental body without permission of the presiding officer at such meeting, and all persons shall, at the request of such presiding officer, be silent. If, after warning from the presiding officer, a person persists in disorderly behavior, said officer may order him/her to withdraw from the meeting, and, if he/she does not withdraw, may order an officer.
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