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Select Board
Minutes of the working meeting of 4/11/18
Meeting Opened at: 9am
Select Board Members Present: Steve Weisz, Chairperson, Carol Edelman and Kenneth Basler
Miscellaneous Items Reviewed:
- Minutes from 3/29 & 4/4/18 were approved.
- The Board made a final review of the annual town meeting warrant. A motion was made to sign the town meeting warrant and have the Constable post it. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously. The Board also approved the letter to be sent with the warrants.
- The Board reviewed and approved the informational letter to be sent to landowners on the Konkapot regarding the Konkapot River Stream Assessment that the Housatonic Valley Association will be performing.
- The Board agreed to sign the letter of intent to participate in the FY19 Household Hazardous Waste Program.
- A motion was made to accept and sign the Memorandum of Understanding with the Berkshire Regional Planning Commission. The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.
- Carol recused herself from the following discussion. Kenn presented the estimate from Baystate Municipal Accounting Group to complete the MBI requested review of a private vendor. The estimate was accepted with a note that it is not to exceed the estimated amount without written permission from the Select Board. The monies to pay for this special project will come from the Broadband Consultant account.
- A letter was signed that will be given to Tryon Construction and Berkshire Geo-Technologies regarding the communication procedure for any highway projects with regards to their direct relation to the Director of Operations.
- The Board discussed the suggested agenda for the roundtable with the Lt. Governor on April 26th. It was agreed that the following topics should be on the agenda: broadband, cell service, state roads and Chapter 90, school finance, loosening procurement regulations for towns under 3,000 in population, and large amounts of untaxed properties. The Board was concerned about getting stuck on one topic so it was suggested for each member to take a topic above and keep it brief. We will be sending her as much information as possible prior to the meeting.
- Carol provided an update on the recent school committee meetings she has attended. There was also a discussion on the relationship between the district and the child care program at the Sheffield campus; the district is working with Representative Pignatelli to address this issue.
- Accountant and Treasurer town hall office hours: The Board revisited the office hours for the Acct/Treas and agreed that after a 3month trial period of only having office hours in town hall once a month that we are going to go back to the contracted amount of twice a month. M. Noe will let BMA know and will post the revised hours as soon as possible. M. Noe is working with Justin on a memo that is going to clarify who the main contact is for any accounting and treasurer business.
- The Board approved M. Noe’s request to attend the MMPA Fall Conference in September.
- Warrants were signed.
- Steve suggested looking into a tax moratorium for the purchasers of the General Store. We will research this for discussion next week.
A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 10:10am
Submitted by:
Melissa Noe, Administrative Assistant
Approved by:
Monterey Select Board
Select Board Members
Minutes Book
Town Clerk
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