Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 6/29/09
Meeting Opened at: 4:00pm
Select Board Members Present: Scott Jenssen, Chairperson, Jon Sylbert (arrived at 4:45pm) and Wayne Burkhart
Also in attendance for parts of the meeting: Sue Protheroe for the Monterey News
The board met with Police Chief, Gareth Backhaus to review the following items:
1. Abandoned 911 call on Gould Rd; ended up being a bad fax line causing the problem.
2. Report of suspicious activity on Cronk Rd; ending up being door to door salesman which were not permitted in Monterey.
3. Medical calls on Main Rd, Lime Rock Lane.
4. Complaint on Beartown Mtn Rd of a shed door pushed in.
5. Complaint at the Lake Buel boat ramp; people waiting on the boat ramp.
6. Call for assistance on Hupi Rd to remove a snake in the house.
7. False alarms on Eaton Rd and Mt Hunger Rd.
8. Lockout on Main Rd.
9. Call regarding an assault on River Rd. State Police dog was brought in to look for the assailant who was later arrested and charged.
10. Assistance at Gould Farm.
Miscellaneous Select Board Items Reviewed:
1. The following re-appointments were made and letters were sent and carbon copied to the Town Clerk:
Berkshire Regional Planning Commission Alternate Delegate |
1 year |
Wayne Burkhart |
Conservation Commission |
3 years |
Richard Andrus |
Conservation Commission |
3 years |
David Dempsey |
Director of Operations for Highways Buildings and Town Property |
1 year |
Maynard Forbes |
Harbormaster, Lake Buel |
3 years |
Christopher Cobb |
Harbormaster, Lake Garfield |
3 years |
Gareth Backhaus |
Harbormaster, Lake Garfield, Deputy |
3 years |
Dean Amidon |
Hearings Officer |
1 year |
Mr. Burdick |
"I Love Monterey Day" Committee |
3 years |
Wayne Burkhart |
Inter-Departmental Secretary |
1 year |
Melissa Noe |
Network Administrator |
1 year |
Tom Roy |
Sanitary Inspector |
2 years |
Peter Kolodziej |
Southern Berkshire Solid Waste Mgmt District |
1 year |
Wayne Burkhart |
Town Counsel |
1 year |
Jeramiah Pollard, Esq |
Town Report Committee |
3 years |
Melissa Noe |
2. Warrants for two weeks were signed.
3. Mail was reviewed.
4. The Board reviewed information regarding the drainage on Main Rd that a resident of Steven’s Lake is complaining about. Town Counsel is responding to the complainant through their attorney.
5. David Quisenberry was present to review the Board’s concerns regarding the proposed location of the new basketball court. The piece of lawn where the basketball court was supposed to go doesn’t belong to the town as originally thought. The group proposing the new court has spoken with Attorney Vallianos and they are looking for permission from the Board to speak to the owner of the property about a possible easement (which would come with liability issues) or donation of the land so that the court could go in the originally proposed location. Zoning setbacks and associated issues were discussed. Since this is a sport court it, zoning setbacks will apply when being constructed. If the Board doesn’t want to pursue the option of speaking with the neighbor about
donating the land, the application will need to go before the ZBA to request a variance. The Board agreed to have someone approach the neighbor first. Jon suggested that a driveway be put in off of Fox Hill Rd which would open up the 10 acres the Town has and allow for more parking and solve the long range plans and expansion of the Town. Jon noted that he does not agree with the court’s proposed location because of the large use of the baseball field and parking issues. Scott suggested looking at the spot over the culverts next to the Town Beach for a possible court location. David Quisenberry thought it would be a well received idea since a lot of the current basketball players live on Sylvan Rd and Jamie Bogdanoff who the court is being dedicated to lived on Sylvan Rd as well. David Quisenberry explained that the project is confusing because his group is donating the money to make it happen but it’s the Town’s land.
Town Counsel will be asked for his opinion on “what if a private entity wants to pay for construction of a basketball court on municipal property and give it to us, can they do it and how do they do it? David left the meeting and went to speak with the neighbor and returned to the meeting to let the Board know that the neighbor is open to gifting it to the Town.
6. Shaylan Burkhart, the new Tree Warden came in to introduce himself and go over the following with the Board:
a. The Board suggested the tree warden make a survey/map of where recently planted trees are located, what shape they are in and how to make them grow and prosper. The Board would like to see the current trees prosper before more are planted.
b. They reviewed that any work done will be paid to hired consultants but the Board would like Shaylan over the year to determine a reasonable salary to be paid to the Tree Warden which would be presented at Town Meeting.
c. They discussed the responsibilities under the M.G.L. for a tree warden.
7. The minutes from last week were approved as amended.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 6:00pm
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Inter-Departmental Secretary (minutes taken from tape recording)
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
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