MONTEREY SELECT BOARD
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF MAY 23, 2005
The regular weekly meeting of the Monterey Select Board was opened at 8:30 a.m. with members Michèle Miller (Chair), Michael Storch, and Jonathan Sylbert all present.
In attendance for the meeting: Laurily Epstein of the Monterey News
· It was moved by Sylbert, seconded by Storch, and unanimously voted to appoint Deborah D. Mielke as the Town’s Representative to the Southern Berkshire Regional School District Committee for a two-year period from July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2007.
· The Board met with Building Commissioner Don Torrico to review building items, as follows:
o Bally Gally repair: Torrico will provide the Operations Director with a list of outstanding repairs
o Building Permits issued:
1. William J. Gould Assoc.: 100 Gould Road (roofing)
2. J.J. Sedelmaier: 4 Broderick Road (renovate existing deck)
3. William Purcell: 343 Main Road (replacement windows)
4. Paula Schutzmann: 19 Laurel Bank (renovate cabin for year-round use)
5. John Delmolino: 527 Main Road (reshingle barn)
o Schick property: Discussion of enforcement policies; Sylbert urged the Building Commissioner to enforce a “reasonable standard consistently”
o Town Hall renovation: Bixby must apply to the Board of Health for a Variance on the bathroom; sump pump should be replaced at Cardan’s expense; the Board will write to Cardan
· It was moved by Miller, seconded by Sylbert, and voted not to reappoint Bonnie Tedder as the Board’s Administrative Assistant.
· Planning Board chair Maggie Leonard met with the Board to discuss Planning Board vacancies; a notice will be placed in the Monterey News in this regard. The Planning Board requires a part-time secretary, and there was discussion as to whether this position will be filled by the Town Secretary; the Board would like the Planning Board to hire its own secretary.
· The Board met with Tree Warden Roger Tryon regarding the cutting of trees along the property of Richard Tryon on New Marlborough Road without first conducting a public hearing. The Board asked that in the future such removals be conducted only within the guidelines of established procedure, unless the situation calls for emergency removal.
· The Board met with Chief Gareth Backhaus to review Police Department items.
SELECT BOARD MINUTES - 2 - MAY 23, 2005
· The Board met with Director of Operations Maynard Forbes to review Highway Department items, as follows:
o River Road bridge: It was moved by Storch, seconded by Sylbert, and unanimously voted to accept the donations of easements from Lonnie Solomon of 3 Gould Road and Ronald Stone of 230 Main Road for the construction of a bridge on River Road
o Fairview Road: Forbes reported that the traffic count on Fairview Road has shown an average of 210 vehicles per day
o Bally Gally repairs
o Town Hall renovation
· The Board conducted a meeting with Director of Operations Maynard Forbes to plan Highway Department capital expenditures. Also present for the meeting were Finance Committee members Debra Mielke and Dan Moriarty. Forbes submitted a proposed capital expenditure budget for the five-year period 2005-09. The proposal for 2005 includes blacktop for Blue Hill Road and the reclaiming, drainage work and paving of Gould Road. Miller asked for a more detailed breakdown of the 2006 budget, which includes Gould, Curtis and Brace roads, and asked that the Fairview Road study be included. There was discussion of STRAP grant applications, which Forbes is working on.
· The Board announced that anyone interested in participating in the Education Committee should attend its evening meeting of Monday, June 20, at 7 p.m.
· The Board voted unanimously to appoint Albert J. Adams, Director of the District Department of Veterans’ Services, as the Town’s Veterans’ Agent for the term July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006.
· The Board met with Administrative Assistant Bonnie Tedder to review Town Office items. Tedder was advised of the Board’s decision not to reappoint her as Administrative Assistant.
· Highway and Treasury Warrants were signed.
· The clerk was given instructions regarding correspondence.
· The Minutes of May 16, 2005, were approved as written.
· It was unanimously voted that the meeting be adjourned (11:50 p.m.).
Judith Kales, Clerk
Monterey Select Board
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