Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 7/24/06
Meeting Opened at: 8:30am
Select Board Members Present: Michael Storch, Chairperson, and Wayne Burkhart
Also in attendance:
8:30am – 9:00am The board met with Building Inspector, Donald Torrico and reviewed the following items:
1. D. Torrico will be meeting with Mr. Stencel on Hupi who still has an open permit and is living in the house without a CO. An as built is still required before the Building Inspector can issue the CO due to setback issues. D. Torrico will make the ZBA aware of this situation. The homeowner’s are amenable to resolving the situation either by speaking to the abutter about purchasing some of their land or by filing with the ZBA for a special permit that should have been done before the project was started.
2. Camps that we issue permits for: Building Department Inspection should be done first before the Board of Health permits are issued. Next year the building inspector inspection will need to be done at least one month earlier than it was this year. The building inspector’s approval and permit has not been issued to date and there are some things that still need to be remedied.
3. D. Torrico would like to have information and be informed when a sub-division plan comes into the Planning Board. As the Zoning Enforcement Officer, it’s important that he sees these plans prior to any meetings or approvals being made by any boards so he may review them with regards to the town’s zoning bylaws. D. Torrico will be added to the distribution list of ZBA applications and will be asked to give his findings for the hearing. W. Burkhart will ask M. Leonard to include D. Torrico more with cases presented to the Planning Board.
4. The reasons for the negative relationship between the Building Department and the Planning Board were reviewed and D. Torrico explained that he was only following orders from his superiors, the Select Board and going forward would like to have a productive, working relationship with the Planning Board and all boards.
5. D. Torrico will be on vacation next week. Gary Danko the alternate building official will be on call and Don will be checking his messages while on vacation.
9:00am – 9:13am The board met with Police Chief, Gareth Backhaus to review the following items:
1. 2 missing persons were reported at Gould Farm
2. Several false alarms around town
3. Town Beach: a town resident reported an older man hanging around and making the lifeguards uncomfortable, he has been asked to leave the beach in past years for the same complaints
4. There was a B&E on Main Rd, a laptop and some jewelry was taken. Crime scene services came to fingerprint everything they could.
5. Abandoned vehicle on River Rd
6. Reported gunshots around Laurel Banks area, police suspect it was firecrackers
7. Assisted the Fire Department
8. M. Storch will be turning over several police files from the 70’s that were found in the Select Board files that are being reviewed for retention/destruction.
9. W. Burkhart spoke with the clinical director at Gould Farm regarding the Chief of Police’s concerns and he spoke with administration about the phone troubles the Chief reported.
9:15am – 9:20am The board met with Parks Department Chair, Leroy Thorpe and reviewed the following items:
1. Date that the ball park light will be installed; M. Forbes is out of town returning tomorrow and M. Storch will speak with him tomorrow
2. L. Thorpe has informed his lifeguards that they should call 911 with any problems they have at the beach
9:30am – 10:00am The board met with Town Accountant, Barbara Gauthier and reviewed the following items:
1. May reports (not final)
2. Reserve fund transfers were signed
3. D. Mielke from the Finance Committee called and requested of the Town Accountant to do a reserve fund transfer instead of an appropriation transfer for the recent Assessor department purchases made so that they would not need Select Board’s approval
4. B. Gauthier will not be here next week for the audit review and just wanted to know how the Select Board was planning to respond
Misc items reviewed:
1. The minutes from the 7.17.06 meeting were approved as corrected
2. Corrections were made to the 7.17.06 Winter Maintenance Meeting Minutes and were approved.
3. M. Forbes’ highway report was reviewed.
4. A motion was made and seconded to reappoint Nora Hayes as Animal Control Officer for the period May 8, 2006 to June 30, 2007. (Original appointment was made on 5/8/06 but did not make it into the Select Board meeting minutes and Town Clerk never received a copy of the appointment letter.) A reappointment letter will be sent to Nora and the Town Clerk.
5. A letter from the Friends of the Wilson McLaughlin house requesting permission to sell a desk at their upcoming tag sale or auction that was owned by Edith Wilson was read and it was approved by a majority vote. Joe Baker will be notified.
6. Town Secretary, M. Noe requested to come late on 8/15/06 for a doctor appointment, to leave after the Select Board meeting on 8/28/06 and to use 4 vacation days from 8/29-9/1/06. The board approved this time off and contact information for all departments will be posted on the door and on the phone system for this time off since the Town Hall will be closed.
7. A letter of apology from the Board of Assessor’s regarding their recent purchase was read aloud and filed.
8. C. Mielke a member of the Education Committee is concerned with the time frame to provide the information the Select Board requested. There is difficulty getting together as an official committee to discuss and prepare these items. The flag pole at the Monterey School was asked to be fixed, was taken away and they are being told now by the school district that it won’t be returned. M. Storch spoke with Valerie Spriggs on 7/25/06 and amongst other things discussed was the Flag Pole at the Monterey School. She seems to remember C. Mielke asking that the pole be removed because of the danger it posed to the school children, and it was. She
wasn't aware that it hadn't been replaced or that it was supposed~to be. The person responsible for buildings is on vacation until the 28th and Valerie said she will make a note to ask him about what has and hasn't happened with regards to the poles replacement.
9. C. Mielke also inquired about a catch basin in front of his house that has never been cleaned since he’s been back in Monterey and it’s flowing into his well. M. Storch will speak with M. Forbes about this.
10. The one-day beer/wine and food permit was approved by the board and signed and will be given to the Fire Department. The board of health advised the select board that next year the fire department will need to show Serv-Safe Certification of at least one member working the Steak Roast, a copy of M. Forbes ServSafe Certification was provided on 7/26/06.
11. The Certificate of Appointment/Election for the Town Clerk was signed and mailed into the Secretary of the Commonwealth
12. Peter Chait a homeowner on Buckingham Lane got a call from the Building Inspector about removal of his “For Sale” sign according to the town’s bylaws that state these types of signs are only allowed on premises. Mr. Chait is inquiring about how he can get approval to put his sign back up. The Select Board suggested that if he gets written approval from a neighbor allowing him to put his sign on their lawn and not on town property, the board sees no problem with that.
13. The text for the postcards to be sent about the all boards meeting on September 18, 2006 was approved and the cards will go out this week.
14. Chapter 90 approval for Curtis Road was signed and will be given to M. Forbes
15. Town Counsel’s response regarding sole proprietor’s insurance requirements and the town using volunteers was read.
16. Pat Edelstein came in to update the board on draw down and the Friends of Lake Garfield
17. The warrants were signed.
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at: 12:01pm
Melissa Noe, Town Secretary
Town of Monterey
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