MONTEREY SELECT BOARD
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF FEBRUARY 27, 2006
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
· The Board met with Director of Operations Maynard Forbes to review Highway Department items. Miller queried Forbes about salt usage, and Forbes outlined the department’s policy.
· The Board met with Building Commissioner Don Torrico to review building items, as follows:
o Inspection fees: Torrico recommended flat fees, including plumbing and electrical inspections; discussion of fees for revisits
o Proposed budget for FY 2007: Discussion of inspector raises and expense reimbursements for fuel; Board determined that reimbursements for dues, fuel and educational expenses will be a separate budget line item
o Clerical expenses: Town Secretary
· Janet Cathcart of the Friends of Lake Garfield submitted three articles for inclusion on the Annual Town Meeting Warrant, as follows
o Appropriation of $500 for the third and final purchase of Gallerucella beetles for the biological control project in Brewer Pond for the management of Purple Loosestrife
o Appropriation of $2500 for the I Love Monterey Day/Lakefest account
o Appropriation of $6000 for a new drawdown permit application for the annual drawdown of Lake Garfield and for the continued seasonal testing necessary to refine the dates and depths of drawdown as permitted to accommodate weather and other environmental factors each year
· Ray Tryon met with the Board to discuss the office of Emergency Management Director and the time commitment required of that official by the Massachusetts Emergency Management Administration (MEMA) for meetings and planning.
· It was moved by Miller, seconded by Sylbert, and unanimously voted that all Annual Town Meeting Warrant Articles will be considered and all voting will take place on the same day, to wit, the first Saturday in May. If the Moderator and/or Town Clerk want to change that procedure, a bylaw to that effect will be required.
· The Board announced the following deadlines for the Annual Town Meeting:
o March 31: Submission of citizen petitions to Board of Registrars
o April 3: Submission of Warrant articles to Town Counsel
o April 10: Signing of Warrant
o April 17: Ballots should be in the mail in time for the Informational Meeting on April 28
· The Board met with Debra B. Mielke of the Finance Committee and Town Accountant Barbara Gauthier to discuss budget items and capital expenditures. The meeting will be continued at 7 p.m. with all members of the Finance Committee in attendance.
· It was moved by Miller, seconded by Storch, and unanimously voted to appoint Shirley Olds to the Council on Aging for a term ending June 30, 2009.
· Highway and Treasury Warrants were signed.
· The clerk was given instructions regarding correspondence.
· The Minutes of February 13, 2006, were approved as written.
· It was unanimously voted that the meeting be adjourned (12:15 p.m.).
Judith Kales, Clerk
Monterey Select Board
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