Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 4/14/08
Meeting Opened at: 8:30am
Select Board Members Present: Jonathan Sylbert, Chairperson, Wayne Burkhart and Scott Jenssen
Also in attendance for parts of the meeting: Sue Protheroe for the Monterey News, Robert Gauthier, Dean Amidon, Michael Storch, Chief Backhaus, Officer Joseph Dondey, and Barbara Swann
The board met with the Director of Highways, Maynard Forbes and reviewed the following items:
1. M. Forbes gave a copy of the Curtis Road Paving Bid documents to the Board. The Board questioned a smaller road like Curtis Rd would be done a larger/longer road that may be in worse shape. M. Forbes stated that there are plans to repave a larger road later in the season and that Curtis Road is in poor shape with many drainage issues.
2. W. Burkhart asked about the placement of fences on private property that abuts Town property/roads; M. Forbes stated that any fences should be placed out of the Town right of way.
3. The Board and M. Forbes discussed the State Tip Sheet and Strap Grant items and the processes, specifications, requirements and timeframes involved for both.
a. The Board and M. Forbes discussed the Transfer Station fees and collection process. A motion was made to raise the sticker price for households to $50 and keep the business rate at $100. The motion was not seconded.
b. A motion was made to drop the additional fees collected to $0 for large items (effective July 1st), which was seconded and approved by 2/3 of the Board. The sticker fees will remain the same ($35 for households – 2 stickers, $100 for businesses and $10 for each replacement/additional and temporary sticker).
The board met with Fire Chief, Ray Tryon and reviewed the following items:
1. Raymond Tryon came in to ask the Board if they had received any paperwork from MIIA regarding the emergency driving credits course. The Board did not recall seeing any paperwork and stated that it would have probably gone to the Town Treasurer as she handles most Town Insurance matters.
The board met with Inter-Departmental Secretary, Melissa Noe to review the following items:
1. The file for Memorial Day activities that was previously handled by L. Smyle was given to M. Noe.
The board met with Town Accountant, Barbara Gauthier to review the following items:
1. The Board discussed the warrant article item requesting to close the school and what will happen if the Town were to vote to close it. The deeds and agreement are still being researched.
Miscellaneous Select Board Items Reviewed:
1. Deeds (dated back to the 1800’s) for the Monterey School were reviewed with Robert Gauthier of the Board of Assessors. The Assessors provided the Board with an updated field card for the property.
2. Dean Amidon came in to discuss the following with the Board:
a. Veteran Service Officer: He is going to call the Veteran’s Agent to find out the responsibilities involved for this position.
b. Memorial Day: Dean wanted to confirm that there will still be a parade at 1pm. (there will) Dean suggested that Stephanie Grotz may be interested in helping to organize the parade. B. Rausch of Gould Farm has stated that he is no longer interested in organizing a group of volunteers to cook, set up and clean up the food activities that are held immediately after the parade. The Board is going to ask K. Basler of the Monterey General Store if he can do the cooking in addition to providing the food. The Board also still needs to find someone to move the PA equipment.
c. Deputy Harbormaster duties at Lake Garfield. Dean has been in discussion with the Police Chief and Harbormaster about things that would be allowed and prohibited. The Board mentioned that some of the proposed suggestions had already been made by the Boat Ramp Committee and were supposed to be speaking with the Parks Commission about it.
3. At 9:50am a motion was made by Wayne Burkhart to go into Executive Session which was seconded by Scott Jenssen and approved unanimously. The Board will return to their regular session following the Executive Session. A roll call was taken and all members were present. The Board returned to open meeting at 11:55am.
4. The Board reviewed the Draft copy of the FY09 Town Meeting Warrant and finalized it. The Town Clerk was called in to witness the Board signing the warrant. A copy of the insert regarding the Informational Meeting was also given to the Town Clerk to be included when they are mailed. Raymond Tryon was also present to sign as the Constable.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 12:25pm
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Inter-Departmental Secretary
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
Select Board Members
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