MONTEREY SELECT BOARD
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF JUNE 28, 2004
The regular weekly meeting of the Monterey Select Board was opened at 8:30 a.m. with members Jonathan Sylbert (Chair), Michèle Miller, and Michael Storch all present.
In attendance for the meeting: George Emmons of the Monterey News
· Janet Cathcart, president of the Lake Garfield Association, met with the Board to discuss the issue of liability insurance for LakeFest. Cathcart will investigate further in order to obtain event coverage. Harriet Harvey, treasurer of the Lake Garfield Association, also met with the Board to discuss liability insurance.
· The Board met with Town Accountant Barbara Gauthier to discuss the disposition of surplus account funds for Fiscal Year 2003-04.
· Judy Hayes of Tyringham Road met with the Board to request the reinstatement of the Town’s participation in the Berkshire Regional Transportation Authority’s “cabulance” program for the transportation of disabled seniors. The Board will investigate funding options that will allow the Town to participate in the BRTA service until the item’s inclusion in the next Town budget.
· Linda Thorpe, Deputy Town Clerk, met with the Board to review procedures for turning over Town Office receipts; the Board discussed the purchase of a locked Treasurer box in this regard. Thorpe will conduct Town Clerk office hours on Saturday mornings for the sale of dump stickers; there was discussion of the procedures for issuing stickers
· Town Clerk Barbara Swann met with the Board regarding the following items:
o Request for the purchase of certain computer items
o Storage of Town records in a trailer parked at the Town Garage
o Appointment of a new Town Counsel
· The Board met with Stanley Ross, Board of Assessors, regarding the sharing of Assessor office space with the Building Commissioner.
· The Board met with Chief Gareth Backhaus to review Police Department items. The Board signed the annual contract between the Town and the Chief of Police for the period July 1, 2004, through June 30, 2005.
· Building Commissioner Don Torrico met with Board to review building items, as follows:
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o Current building violations
o Building Commissioner office space: Board will determine the final allocation of office space when the large Select Board room has been completed
o Payment of Building Commissioner on an hourly basis: Torrico will submit an estimate of the number of hours per week
o Special Town Meeting, perhaps in September, to address proposed bylaw changes and Building Commissioner salary
· The Board met with Administrative Assistant Bonnie Tedder regarding the following items:
o Liability insurance for LakeFest
o Updated Assessors’ maps
o Possibility of mailing all dump stickers in the future
o Tedder’s bill for work for Board of Assessors (Conservation Commission and Solid Waste Committee are billed separately for her services)
o Reinstatement of BRTA “cabulance”
o Quarterly Meeting (August 16): reserve church basement
o New telephone system (cost: approx. $5000)
· The Board made the following Town Officer appointments for the period July 1, 2004, to June 30 of the year specified:
Administrative Assistant Bonnie Tedder 2005
Civil Defense Coordinator Peter S. Brown 2007
Procurement Officer Bonnie Tedder 2005
· Highway and Treasury Warrants were signed.
· The clerk was given instructions regarding correspondence.
· The Minutes of June 21, 2004, were approved as written.
· It was unanimously voted that the meeting be adjourned (12 noon).
Judith Kales, Clerk
Monterey Select Board
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