Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 7/28/08
Meeting Opened at: 4:00pm
Select Board Members Present: Wayne Burkhart, Chairperson, Scott Jenssen and Jon Sylbert
The board met with the Director of Highways, Maynard Forbes and reviewed the following items:
1. Last week’s bid for the truck equipment: M. Forbes reviewed the 2 bids that were received and recommends that the Board accept the bid from H.P. Fairfield as Bart’s bid did not meet the specifications set forth by the Town of Monterey. A motion was made to accept the bid received from H.P. Fairfield, which was seconded and approved unanimously.
2. The steak roast on Saturday was a success. The Board complimented the cut of beef that was used this year stating it was very tender.
3. Fairview Rd: the bottom basin is getting plugged up. A vacuum truck is coming to clean up and clear out the pipe which is plugged. M. Forbes stated that hiring the truck is necessary but it is going to be costly. M. Forbes is reviewing the options available to prevent this from recurring and will report back to the Board withhis findings.
4. M. Forbes received a call from DEP that they received a complaint regarding the swimming hole on River Rd being dammed up by rocks. The complainant believes that someone is manually putting the rocks there. One Board member mentioned that while he was down there he noticed that it appeared someone was trying to make their own walk path from a property on Main Rd down to the swimming hole and that this may have been the cause of the extra appearance of rocks and debris causing a dam like effect.
5. Salt Shed: letters were sent to the Boston committee reps via fax, email and snail mail last week. J. Sylbert will follow up with the committee tomorrow (7/29/08).
The board met with Building Inspector, Donald Torrico and reviewed the following items:
1. D. Torrico will not have office hours on Monday, August 4th and Monday, August 11th. D. Torrico will be checking his phone messages and he will contact the Town’s alternate directly if necessary.
2. Letters were sent to Robert Gennari and Robert Krupski regarding the inspection performed by Gennari at KSA-MASS in early July (Gennari is not an appointed inspector for the Town of Monterey and therefore the Town is looking for a detailed response from both parties as to why Gennari was acting on behalf of the Town as our alternate inspector).
3. The Board discussed with D. Torrico the Electrical and Plumbing/Gas Inspector appointments. The Plumbing/Gas Inspector reappointment is pending the outcome of the investigation noted above. D. Torrico has given a qualified applicant’s resume for the Electrical Inspector to the Board. D. Torrico noted that he has never received a written complaint about the Electrical Inspector but he is aware of verbal complaints having been made. Several verbal complaints have been made to the Select Board regarding the Electrical Inspector. An advertisement will be placed in a local paper announcing that the Town is looking for interested
candidates for the Electrical Inspector and Alternate Electrical Inspector positions.
4. D. Torrico asked if the Town has adopted the MGL provision to allow part time inspectors to do work in the Town they are an inspector for. The Board did not believe that this provision (M.G.L. Chapter 142, section unknown) had been accepted but this would need to be researched with the Town Clerk.
5. D. Torrico stated that he doesn’t feel that any fees for Plumbing/Gas or Electrical Inspections should be received directly by the inspector, they should be sent directly to the Town. This would ensure that inspections would not be performed until a check and application have been received and it would eliminate the checks sitting at the inspector’s home for an unspecified amount of time. S. Jenssen asked how the inspector’s were paid and D. Torrico stated that it’s a flat monthly fee not on a per inspection/per permit basis.
6. D. Torrico suggested that re-inspection fees should be raised from $35.00 to $55.00. D. Torrico suggested that the inspector would then receive $35.00 (above and beyond the stipend already received) of the $55.00 to re-inspect. J. Sylbert didn’t have any objections to this since there would be a paper trail and the inspector would only be compensated if the money had been received. D. Torrico was asked to draw up these changes that he’d like to institute and give it to the Board.
7. P. Gelbard met with D. Torrico this morning regarding the Point Rd project he has concerns about. He is going to come next week to review the as-built that should be submitted by the engineer then.
8. A certificate of inspection was issued today for all of the residential structures at camp KSA-MASS. There is one Certificate of Occupancy still outstanding and the main structure still does not have a Certificate of Inspection. KSA plans to file another special permit this winter for more residential rooms and a field house. All of the fines issued under the bylaws for the campers parked on site have been paid. D. Torrico expressed his surprise at the ZBA granting their most recent special permit application since the conditions of the first special permit had not yet been met.
The board met with Police Chief, Gareth Backhaus to review the following items:
1. Abandoned 911 call on Woodland Dr
2. MVA on Main Rd
3. Alarm call to the Roadside Store (call came in at 6:30am) ; building appeared to be secure however all of the windows were left open, at 7am the manager of the Roadside called to state that while opening up this morning he noticed that money had been stolen. This is being investigated.
4. Several trees down over the weekend.
5. Complaint about bears fighting or possibly attacking a person on Art School Rd. An officer investigated the property but nothing was found.
The board met with Inter-Departmental Secretary, Melissa Noe to review the following items:
1. Weekly report was reviewed.
2. M. Noe informed the Board that Cynthia Weber, Chair of the ZBA has stated that the new ZBA Secretary beginning August 1st will be Maryellen Brown.
The board met with Town Accountant, Barbara Gauthier to review the following items:
1. Town warrants were signed.
4pm: The legal notice and bids received for the FY09 Heavy Equipment were opened:
· Tryon Construction: please see M. Forbes for a copy of the prices quoted
Since only one bid was received M. Forbes recommended that the Select Board move to accept it. A motion was made to accept the bid from Tryon Construction which was seconded and unanimously approved.
4:15pm: The legal notice for the FY09 Gravel Bid and bid received were read and opened:
· Tryon Construction: please see M. Forbes for a copy of the prices quoted
· Lane Construction: please see M. Forbes for a copy of the prices quoted
M. Forbes recommended that the Select Board accept the bid from Tryon Construction. W. Burkhart recused himself due to a conflict of interest. A motion was made to accept the bid from Tryon Construction which was seconded and approved.
Miscellaneous Select Board Items Reviewed:
1. The Board reappointed Nora Hayes as the ACO/Dog Officer for a 2 year term at the Board of Health’s recommendation.
2. Stanley Ross, Assessor came in to discuss the wire taxes to be assessed to Verizon. A number was received from the State for the proposed amount (approx $7000.00) owed by Verizon. Verizon has appealed the tax. Westborough is filing a counter appeal with the Appellate Tax Board. The Monterey Board of Assessors will discuss what Monterey plans to do at their next meeting.
3. Stanley Ross informed the Board that there is not a survey on file with the Assessors of the Town Hall.
4. The minutes from 7.21.08 were approved as written.
5. The Board sent a letter confirming the meeting on August 11th from 5-6 to the Interim Superintendent.
6. J. Sylbert will not be at the August 4th Select Board meeting.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 6:00pm
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Inter-Departmental Secretary
Approved by:
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