Monterey Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 11/8/13
Working Meeting Opened at: 11:30 am
Select Board Members Present: Muriel Lazzarini, Chairperson and Scott Jenssen
Also in attendance for parts of the meeting: Susan Gallant for the Monterey News and Maynard Forbes
Miscellaneous Select Board Items Reviewed:
1. Maynard Forbes brought in the Chapter 90 reimbursement paperwork to be signed for the work done on Beartown Mtn Rd.
2. The Board discussed potential questions for a survey to be sent out to determine if there is enough support for building a new Monterey School or renovating the current Monterey School which would be paid for by Monterey. It was agreed that a short paragraph with the history of the school and the proposal should be included. This will be discussed further at future meetings.
3. The Board discussed the articles to be included on the Special Town Meeting warrant:
a. Maynard will be providing the article wording for the necessary easement for the RT 23 project.
b. Amendments to the firemen tax exemption bylaw were discussed.
c. Retiree health insurance bylaw amendment. Muriel reviewed the history of the MGL’s that were accepted with regards to retiree health insurance benefits. More information is needed before this is put on the warrant. The Board asked M. Noe to call the Medicare Office to determine if part B is required for municipal employees that do not pay into Social Security and what costs are associated with part B if any.
d. The FY13 $2,800 COA error: Muriel is going to follow up with Mike Johnson to be reminded of the details of this error. The Board needs to confer with the Finance Committee to determine which fund should be used for this expense.
e. $5,000 septic loan –the program was terminated at the annual town meeting but there is still an outstanding loan that needs to be paid off. Melissa was asked to check with the Town Treasurer as to the status of the remaining loans.
f. M. Noe will follow up with Mark Makuc to find out if the Library Trustees want to place their article on this warrant for the grant they are looking to apply for.
g. The Planning Board has been informed that they will need to get their bylaw changes to M. Noe no later than the 15th.
h. M. Noe informed the Board that the Town Clerk may also have an amendment to the dog licensing bylaw to reflect changes made to the MGL’s.
4. The Board set an additional meeting date for Wednesday, November 13th at 4pm since Monday is a holiday.
5. The Board approved the minutes from 10.28.13.
6. Mail was reviewed which included:
a. The Beacon Newsletter.
b. WMH quarterly report.
7. Warrants were signed.
8. Executive Secretary’s weekly report reviewed.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 12:38pm
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Executive Secretary
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
Select Board Members
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