Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 10/1/12
Meeting Opened at: 9am
Select Board Members Present: Scott Jenssen, Chairperson, Muriel Lazzarini and Wayne Burkhart
Also in attendance for parts of the meeting: Susan Gallant for the Monterey News, Maria Rundell, Robert Lazzarini, Emily Kramer, Berkshire Record reporter, Andy Mather and Monica Webb
Miscellaneous Select Board Items Reviewed:
1. The Board was reminded that next week is a Holiday and the Town Hall is closed and that the following Monday, Scott will not be here.
2. Maria Rundell came in to introduce herself to the Board; she is running for the elected School Committee position for Monterey. The Board thanked her for running and suggested that she should talk to Deborah Mielke if she has any questions about the position. The Board gave a summary of where they stand on current sub-committees and their position in trying to save the Monterey School. The New Marlborough Innovative proposal and how it will affect Monterey was discussed. Maria agreed to keep the Board up to speed every few months either in person or via email.
3. Bob summarized the following values for Monterey: Residential: $483million, Commercial: $10million Industrial $172 Personal Property: $7.9million total value is $501million. This hearing was advertised in the paper. The Board needs to sign off on the single tax rate (if they agree) and the paperwork will then be sent into the State so that we can receive our tax rate. A motion was made to accept the numbers as presented by the Assessors and agreed to a single tax rate. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
4. Monica Webb of Wired West reminded the Board that there is a support card campaign going on and there is currently a 34% response rate from Monterey. They have been trying to drum up responses by campaigning on the weekends in front of the store. There have also been mailings and door to door drop offs of the card. E deadline to respond to this survey is October 31st. She is requesting that in the next mailing the Select Board include a letter urging people to respond and to have it mailed in a Town of Monterey addressed envelope; the Board didn’t have any issue with this.
5. Andy Mather of Hume Christian Lake Camps came in at the Board’s request and the following was discussed:
a. Andy provided a history of Hume and the transfer (purchase) from Keswick to Hume.
b. Andy summarized the intent and future for the property and their plans to be very community oriented.
6. The minutes from 9.24.12 were approved as amended.
7. The Board reviewed the lease for Bally Gally which is up next month. They voted to keep the rent the same. M. Noe will put in the new expire dates and will send it to the tenants to sign.
8. Mail was reviewed which included:
a. Letter to AT&T from the Building Commissioner informing them that their building permit for construction of a tower on Chestnut Hill has expired and if a new building permit is not applied for prior to the December 2012 expiration of their special permit the whole process will need to occur again.
b. Notification of the upcoming NOI hearing with the Conservation Commission for the repaving of RT 23.
c. Capital expense plan for the Fire Department.
9. Warrants for 2 weeks (due to next week’s holiday) were signed.
10. The Board asked that the Highway Crew remove the a/c unit from the meeting room.
11. The Board discussed the hiring of the Attorney for the ECAC to review employee benefits, contracts, updating our handbook and any other items that arise along this line that are not areas of expertise of our Town Counsel. It was agreed that the fees would/could be paid out of the town counsel expense line item which was created for just such a purpose.
12. Inter-Departmental Secretary’s weekly report reviewed.
a. Muriel had a question on a catering permit issued. M. Noe explained that the Board of Health requires a catering permit application be filled out for any established or non-established business that will be catering food into Monterey. These permits are valid for one calendar year.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 10:51am
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Inter-Departmental Secretary
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
Select Board Members
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