MONTEREY SELECT BOARD
MEETING AGENDA - MONDAY, MAY 9, 2005
8:30 - 9:30 a.m.: Meetings with Town Officers
· Building Commissioner
· Operations Director
· Police Chief
· Administrative Assistant
Select Board chair: Nomination and election
DSL service: Review letters to Nuciforo and Pignatelli
Building Permit fees
Affordable Housing:
· Certification of Bally Gally (letters to Scully, 10/18, 12/6/04)
· Meeting with Gould Farm
Town Bylaws and Zoning Bylaws: Update, correct, reprint
Computers: Audit of computers from Del Rogers
Lake Garfield drawdown
Job descriptions:
· Town Secretary
· Network Administrator
· Tree Warden
PENDING
Town Officer appointment: So. Berkshire Medical Reserve Corps, Coordinator (Del Martin)
New Town Office: Sealer of Weights and Measures
CALENDAR
May 16, Monday, 7 p.m.: Select Board evening meeting
May 23, Monday, 10 a.m.: Meeting with Operations Director to plan capital expenditures
May 26, Thursday, 6 p.m.: Berkshire County Selectmen's Association dinner meeting,
Bounti-Fare Restaurant, Route 8, Adams
May 30, Monday, Memorial Day: Town Hall closed; no meetings
June 13, Monday, 10:30 a.m.: Select Board road inspection
June 20, Monday, 7 p.m.: Select Board evening meeting
VACATIONS
May 16: Michèle Miller
June 6: Michèle Miller
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MONTEREY SELECT BOARD
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF APRIL 25, 2005
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: Laurily Epstein of the Monterey News
· The Board met with Building Commissioner Don Torrico to review building items. There was discussion of the issuance of a final Certificate of Occupancy for the Town Hall renovation. The Board reviewed the outstanding items and determined who is responsible for completing the work, whether Cardan Construction or the Town's Highway Department. Torrico will meet with architect David Bixby in order to make a final determination in this regard.
· The Board met with Chief Gareth Backhaus to review Police Department items. In an effort to promote road safety, Backhaus supplied the press with a list of higher fines for motor vehicle violations.
· Dog Officer Marty Clark met with the Board to answer questions about his request for a salary increase, which he ascribed to higher gasoline prices. Police Chief Gareth Backhaus asked that the Town Clerk provide the Dog Officer with a complete list of licensed dogs by June 10 each year.
· Dick Tryon of New Marlboro Road met with the Board to complain about the resurfacing of River Road with oil and stone rather than blacktop; Tryon stated that the amount of traffic on the road necessitates the use of blacktop. Miller questioned the Highway Department's capital plan for road work and suggested a meeting with the Operations Director to establish a priority list of capital expenditures. Tryon asked to be present at such meeting; Sylbert said he would be invited to a second meeting.
· Margaret Pasche of Tyringham Road queried the Board about the presence of Article 27 on the Warrant of the Annual Town Meeting; the Board explained that the Article was placed as the result of a citizen petition. [Article 27 directs the Governor of Massachusetts to order the immediate return of all Massachusetts National Guard units and personnel now serving in Iraq and to direct the members of the Massachusetts Congressional Delegation to initiate legislation in Congress to effect the immediate return of all Massachusetts National Guard units and personnel now serving in Iraq.]
· Debra B. Mielke of the Finance Committee asked the Board to research the Massachusetts General Law prohibiting compensation for overtime hours performed by the Operations Director on the basis that he is management. Mielke stated that if such prohibition exists, she recommends a salary raise or the hiring of an additional member for the Highway Department rather than awarding a bonus.
· The Board met with Director of Operations Maynard Forbes to review Highway Department items, as follows:
o Transfer Station: Recycling of batteries and oil in drums; elevation of recycling bins so they can be filled to the top
o Capital Expenditure Meeting: The Board would like a plan formulated for road work; said meeting was scheduled for Monday, May 23, at 10 a.m.
o Amendment for Annual Town Meeting: To authorize Select Board to sell or trade in the Town's 1989 Dresser 520-B loader
o River Road Bridge: Maintenance agreement with the Massachusetts Highway Department will be submitted to Town Counsel for approval
o Select Board weekly inspection: Storch requested a weekly inspection, accompanied by the Operations Director, of Highway Department work. The Board will conduct its initial inspection on Monday, May 9, at 10:30 a.m.
· Fire Chief Ray Tryon asked the Board to approve a Mutual Aid Agreement, authorizing the Fire Department to go to the aid of another town or fire district in Massachusetts or in any adjoining state to extinguish fires or render any other emergency aid; the Board voted to approve the Agreement.
· On the recommendation of the Conservation Commission, the Board voted unanimously to appoint Judith Bach of Sylvan Road to the Conservation Commission for a three-year term ending June 30, 2008
· The Board met with Administrative Assistant Bonnie Tedder to review Town Office items, as follows:
o Transfer Station:
§ Board asked Tedder to prepare new contract for bid
§ Board requested an estimate for an annual cleaning of the two compactors
§ Dump stickers
o Highland Communities Initiative (HCI): Survey and grant
· Highway and Treasury Warrants were signed.
· The clerk was given instructions regarding correspondence.
· The Minutes of April 11, 2005, were approved as corrected
· It was unanimously voted that the meeting be adjourned (12:10 p.m.).
Judith Kales, Clerk
Monterey Select Board
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