Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 10/30/06
Meeting Opened at: 8:30am
Select Board Members Present: Jonathan Sylbert, and Wayne Burkhart (arrived at 9:30am)
The board met with the Director of Highways, Maynard Forbes and reviewed the following items:
1. One tree on Royal Hemlock came down and the power company was called and immediately responded.
The board met with Building Inspector, Donald Torrico and reviewed the following items:
1. Reviewed issued building permits.
2. Pedersen farm stand has been removed.
3. D. Torrico brought plans to the attention of the board that contains a retaining wall in the setback of a non-conforming lot. It has a lot of similarities to a previous case in Monterey that resulted in a lawsuit against the Town. D. Torrico will be added to the signoff process on Board of Health applications and D. Torrico will informally call the engineer for this application to make him aware of potential issues concerning these plans.
4. Gould Farm: the CI for the area above the offices needs to be located to determine the use group that was originally assigned to this building.
The board met with Police Chief, Gareth Backhaus to review the following items:
1. A local contractor filed a report that he was assaulted by another contractor and that the situation continues to escalate.
2. Tree on wires on Sandisfield Rd.
3. Mark Amstead reported that he found 2 brand new windows on Mt. Hunger Rd. They were gone by the time the police arrived to investigate.
4. Alarm at North Cove
5. Unregistered MV
6. Lockout at the Transfer Station
The board met with Inter-Departmental Secretary, Melissa Noe to review the following items:
1. Needs to come in late tomorrow – will ask M. Forbes to be available to open the Town Hall for the BP Clinic.
The board met with Town Accountant, Barbara Gauthier to review the following items:
1. A bill was received from Andrus power solutions for the electrical work performed to hook up the generator and B. Gauthier wanted to know what amount should be deducted from the amount owed to Cardan. A message was left for M. Forbes to find out about the ballpark light status so that the payment to Cardan could be determined.
2. B. Gauthier mentioned that the lease states that the Town is paying for the water and it should’ve been the tenant’s responsibility. T. Lovett is going to correct and submit a new one.
Miscellaneous Select Board Items Reviewed:
1. School Committee met regarding the Regional School Buildings Evaluation, Jonathan attended a meeting last Thursday and reviewed the items discussed, such as installing elevators, ADA compliance and safety issues and gave copies of the reports to M. Forbes and D. Torrico.
2. Holly Montgomery of Fairview Rd came into discuss the work to be done there. Ms. Montgomery states that the elevation in front of her driveway has come up a couple of feet and she is wondering what the plans are for the work to be done and would like to request that the elevation return to what it once was. W. Burkhart will be meeting with Tryon Construction and M. Forbes once the work will be started. Ms. Montgomery would like to know what the final elevations would be so they can determine whether or not a culvert can be placed on their driveway.
3. Janet Cathcart came in to discuss the NOI for the lake draw down and wanted to know when the board was going to decide on a vendor to prepare this for the town. The select board agreed to do this on November 20th at 10am.
4. D. Mielke came in representing Dinah Mielke asking for the Select Board’s support to the music department at Mt. Everett. The Select Board agreed to purchase 2 wreaths for the Town Hall doors.
5. At the Select Board’s request, M. Noe will look for blinds to purchase to hang in the meeting room.
6. T. Lovett came in to discuss the Bally Gally rental and to give the board a copy of the signed lease and to let them know that the checks have been received and deposited and the tenants will be moving in on Nov. 1st. B. Gauthier was asked who should sign the lease as a representative for the Town and it was determined that one member of the Select Board should sign.
7. The phone system quotes were discussed. The select board questioned whether there was enough money in the town office account to cover purchasing the phones outright or if we should lease them. B. Gauthier said that there was enough and the Select Board agreed to fund it through that account. Both companies can meet the needs of the town and the only major differences between the quotes are one offers a 5yr warranty and the other offers a 1yr warranty. The company with the smaller warranty will be contacted to see if they can match the warranty.
8. Abolishing the Procurement Officer position was discussed and the advice received from Town Counsel was reviewed. J. Sylbert recommended removing the appointment position from the appointment list and this was seconded by Wayne Burkhart. The position will be removed from the appointment list and a memo will be sent to all departments.
9. Wayne Burkhart was appointed for a 1 year term as the Transportation Advisory Committee (Berkshire MPO)
10. The minutes from 10.23.06 were approved as written.
The meeting adjourned at: 12:03pm
Melissa Noe
Inter-Departmental Secretary
Town of Monterey
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