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Select Board
Minutes of the meeting of 1/11/17
Meeting Opened at: 1pm
Select Board Members Present: Kenn Basler, Chairperson, Steve Weisz and Carol Edelman
Also in attendance: Willie Morales, Ray Tryon, Shawn Tryon, Dave Gilmore, Beth Parks
Town Administrator Items:
- DEP Quarterly Report: The first quarterly report which simply states we now have a consultant WRS was submitted.
- Transfer Station:
- Willie will be working with the Master Garbologist on a charge incurred for damage to a bin that was removed; Dave reported that over the last 6 months the condition of the equipment provided to us has gone down.
- Willie is also in talks with the Master Garbologist about an extended agreement to rent their compactors.
- Willie asked for any clarity on a recycling bin that Master Garbologist states is theirs but we are asserting is owned by the town.
- Credit Card System for the Transfer Station: Training for the system should occur within the next week or 2.
- Transfer Station Attendants: Willie reiterated that the attendants should be reporting directly to Shawn Tryon, Director of Operations and stressed that when possible information will disseminated by Shawn to the attendants as soon as possible.
- It was agreed that 1 or 2 outside outlets will be added to the swap shack; all agreed it was a good idea.
- Lake Garfield Working Group: A letter was constructed but not sent regarding said groups structure and function. Steve reported that the group is working on costs associated with remediation efforts that do not include herbicides.
- Special Town Meeting: Willie recommends holding a special town meeting to transfer funds to cover the cost of (1) creation of Town Administrator office, (2) establishment of a Town Administrator expense account, (3) police study and (4) contingency fund for the submission of a CDBG grant. It was agreed to discuss possible dates in late Feb or early March once the Board has a chance to confirm the Clerk’s availability and to discuss with the Finance Committee the proposal to transfer funds from leftover special articles, and line items and/or free cash to cover these costs (all options will have no impact on the tax rate).
- A response to the Select Board’s request for information on the history of the reserve fund was answered by one member of the finance committee; Kenn requested that this request (and any future requests) should be discussed by the entire Finance Committee at a posted meeting and the opinion should be a consensus of the entire committee.
- TA Temporary office space: The Board informed Willie that room can be made in the front meeting room for temporary office space if need be until funds are approved to construct one.
- Records: The Board has agreed to come in 1 – 2 times a week to begin sorting the records to make room for the new TA office.
- Town Clerk’s Salary: The Town Clerk has requested additional monies. The Board discussed this and stated that it is a temporary job and Terry is doing a great job however she accepted the job with the understanding that until town meeting when it will be determined if this position is to remain elected or become appointed that it was for 10 hours/week at $22/hour. All agreed that it was bad practice to make changes such as this one mid-fiscal year.
Director of Operations:
- The next dry day the highway crew will take care of leveling the swap shack.
- Snow brakes: Shawn is waiting on a layout to approve and install
- Wiring for the compactors is scheduled
- Signage has been ordered and should be in this week
- Compactor chutes: Shawn will be working on this on the next good weather day.
- Compactors and sheet metal surrounds: once delivered it will take approximately 2 weeks to set them up. Willie will look into extending the agreement with the Master Garbologist for their compactors.
- The Board commended Shawn and his crew for a job well done on the road during the last few storms.
Miscellaneous Items Reviewed:
- Warrants were signed.
- Broadband Committee: A motion was made to appoint Kenn Basler to the Broadband Committee. The motion was seconded and approved. A motion was also made to temporarily appoint Larry Klein to the Broadband Committee and to seek a legal opinion on Larry being able to serve on the committee as his is a WiredWest delegate for the town. This motion was also seconded and approved.
- The Town Administrator questioned why we are still loosely part of WiredWest – the Board explained that WiredWest was a catalyst to where we are now and it doesn’t cost us anything to remain until we are 100% sure of the direction we’ll be moving in deference to all of the volunteer efforts that our townspeople have committed.
- Curtis Rd: There is a situation where DOT has posted the bridge (lowered the amount of weight the bridge can handle); this posting will allow our empty trucks to travel over but not loaded trucks. It has been suggested to turn Gould Rd (past the transfer station) into a one way which would allow loaded trucks to go that way. Traffic lights are not an option as it would be $8,000/month to rent them. Willie and Kenn will be meeting on Friday to discuss this further.
- Minutes from 1/3/17 were approved.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 3:15pm
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Administrative Assistant
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
Select Board Members
Minutes Book
Town Clerk
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