Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 4/5/10
Meeting Opened at: 4:00pm
Select Board Members Present: Jon Sylbert, Acting Chair and Wayne Burkhart
Also in attendance for parts of the meeting: Sue Protheroe for the Monterey News, Daniel Moriarity (Finance Committee), Stanley Ross (Finance Committee) and Linda Thorpe (Town Clerk)
4:00: Bid Opening, Salt Shed. The legal notice was read into record. Bids were received from:
- Kurtz Inc. of Westfield: Lump Sum Bid: $437,436.00 and Alternate Bid #2: $431,736.00
- Park Lane Construction and Development of Clyde, New York: Lump Sum Bid: $297,858.00 and Alternate #2 bid: $293,658.00
- Gardner Construction & Industrial Services of Chicopee: Lump Sum Bid: $343,215.00 and Alternate Bid #2: no change
M. Forbes will review the bids received and will make a decision within the allotted 30 days.
The board met with Director of Operations, Maynard Forbes to review the following items:
1. Weekly report was reviewed.
2. The crew has been picking up trees and will start grading the roads later this week.
3. M. Forbes and the Board discussed the letter received from Mr. Jaffee regarding what he felt was mis-information in the Monterey News. M. Forbes told Mr. Jaffee that any issues with stories in the Monterey News would have to be taken up with them directly as they are not affiliated with the Town. M. Forbes stated that he explained to Mr. Jaffee what happened while trying to get the truck fixed and he feels that the issue has been cleared up on his end with Mr. Jaffee.
4. M. Forbes reported that there was about a foot more snow this year than last and about 40% less salt and sand was used.
The board met with Inter-Departmental Secretary, Melissa Noe to review the following items:
1. Weekly report was reviewed.
Miscellaneous Select Board Items Reviewed:
1. The minutes from 3.29.10 were approved as written.
2. Warrants were signed.
3. Stan Ross and Dan Moriarity came in to discuss the following:
a. Adding $900 to the Building Inspector’s salary instead of creating a revolving account (and instead of the $300 agreed upon last week) to continue to pay Don for the camp inspections that must be done yearly. For the last 5 years Don collected fees from the camps ($300 per camp from 2004-2008 and $350 in 2009 of which $50 was kept by the town for administrative items). These fees were paid to the town and then Don was paid $300 per camp for the time it took to perform these inspections which Don has stated took more time that the hours allotted to work for Monterey each week. The Board and Finance Committee asked M. Noe to research the Select Board meeting minutes from 2004 and 2005 to find out how this practice started and who approved the additional
compensation.
b. D. Moriarity may need an additional $500 for the Lake Buel article. The Board stated if that’s the case he can amend it on the floor of town meeting.
4. Linda Thorpe, Town Clerk came in to witness the Board sign the special town meeting and annual town meeting warrants. They will now go to the Constable to sign and then the printer to have copies made and be mailed out as per the Town Bylaws.
5. Wayne Burkhart offered to be the Monterey representative for the Long Range Capital Planning Committee to draft a 5 year capital improvement plan.
6. The Board agreed that M. Noe should send out the certified letters to the 5 people that have not renewed their 2010 alarm permits. M. Noe will confirm the list with the Police Chief tomorrow. As per our bylaws the 5 homeowners will be assessed a fine of $100 for operating an alarm system without a permit (Article XIII. Section 8).
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 5:10pm
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Inter-Departmental Secretary
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
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