Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 12/20/10
Meeting Opened at: 6:58pm
Select Board Members Present: Jonathan Sylbert, Chairperson, Wayne Burkhart, and Scott Jenssen
Also in attendance for parts of the meeting: Michael Storch, and Maggie Leonard, Planning Board Chair
The board reviewed Director of Operations, Maynard Forbes’ weekly report for the week ending 12/18/10 which included:
1. Cleaning out the plugged culvert on Fairview Rd.
2. Salting and sanding roads on Sunday.
3. Repair and replace blade on Osh Kish wing, repair application sensor and change blades on plow.
4. Plow and salt on Monday night and Tuesday am. Plow, salt and sand on Thursday.
5. 4500 taken to Richard Chevrolet for repair.
6. New tires mounted on 550.
The board reviewed Police Chief, Gareth Backhaus’ weekly report for 12/13-12/18/10 which included:
Calls:
1. Suspicious activity on Sandisfield Rd. (calls received)
2. Assisted GBPD with a MVA on Rt 23 near Eagleton School.
3. Assisted a citizen on Main Rd.
4. Suspicious activity on Blue Hill Rd.; police investigate and nothing was found.
5. Domestic disturbance on Fairview Rd.
Traffic stops: 10
Miscellaneous Select Board Items Reviewed:
1. The minutes from 12.13.10 were approved as written.
2. Warrants were signed.
3. Inter-Departmental Secretary’s weekly report reviewed.
4. Reminder: The Select Board will not meet on Monday, December 27th.
5. The Board agreed that they are not going to formally create a committee to review information and suggestions from Mark Bobrowski regarding our bylaws. The Board would like them gather information and when they meet it should be during a Select Board meeting.
6. The ZBA let the Board know that they do not have a recommendation to fill the vacant seat on their Board. The Board instructed M. Noe to advertise the vacant seat in the January Monterey News. The Board would like the letters of interest to go to the ZBA to interview interested applicants and make a recommendation to the Select Board.
7. The Board received copies of recommendations from Mark Bobrowski regarding our bylaws which they will take home and review.
8. The Board suggested to Michael Storch that the Finance Committee come in to the next Select Board meeting to discuss the town insurance policies and other vendors that may be able to offer a better price. It was confirmed that the soliciting of insurance is exempt from Chapter 30B (exemption IB.12 of appendix A). It does not need to go out to bid, soliciting quotes is acceptable. The Board asked M. Noe to investigate how long contracts can be for. As per MGL C. 30B s. 12(b): Unless authorized by majority vote, a procurement officer shall not award a contract for a term exceeding three years, including any renewal, extension, or option. Such authorization may apply to a single contract or to any number or types of contracts, and may specify a uniform limit or different limits on
the duration of any such contracts.
The Board also asked M. Noe to update the surrounding towns’ salary and compensation packages survey for the Finance Committee and Select Board to use when they prepare the FY12 budget. At this point no one felt strongly about changing the employee/town contribution for health insurance but wanted to have the information about what it would save the town and cost the employee were it to change. The Board discussed figuring out what the percentage of the total budget is for salaries.
9. Maggie Leonard, Planning Board Chair came in to speak to the Board regarding the following:
a. Draft cell tower bylaw; copies will be available once town counsel reviews them, then informational meetings will be scheduled where copies will be publically available. The Planning Board will have an informational meeting in January (TBD).
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 8:04pm
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Inter-Departmental Secretary via audio recording
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
Select Board Members
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