Town of North Stonington
Board of Selectmen
October 2, 2012
New Town Hall Conference Room
7:00 PM
MINUTES
Call to Order -7:01 PM with Selectmen Mullane, Murphy and Donahue present.
Public Comments and Questions-None presented
Minutes-A motion was made by Selectman Donahue and seconded by Selectman Murphy to approve the minutes of September 25, 2012, carrying. 3-0
Correspondence
Old Business-
1. Tribal Issues-Acknowledgement Issues-No new issues
2. Subdivision Review and Planning and Zoning Issues
Affordable Housing/Incentive Housing regulations No new information
Milltown Commons
3. Permanent School Building Project Committee
A. Permanent School Planning and Building Committee Project-Contract to seal Gymatorium, phase III, has been executed
4. 96/96A Button Road- formerly -YMCA Property-No report
5. Kingswood/Meadow Wood drainage-Arbitration to start later this month or early November
6. Hewitt property
A. Committee Report-Fencing for Greene Gables was discussed
B. Dam Repairs-Re-Engineering-Will request Representative Urban and Senator Maynard to pursue mitigation
funding for the dam repairs.
7. Boombridge Road Bridge- Design
8. Grant applications/administration
Water Study Ex. 92 X I95
Rec Area Basketball, Tennis Courts/Volleyball Courts No reports
2012-13 STEAP Grant
9. Board and Commission appointment
Permanent School Planning and Building Committee
Water Pollution Control Authority
Cable TV Advisory Committee No action
Economic Development Commission
Eastern Regional Mental Health Board, Inc.
Inland Wetlands Commission
10. Flood Damage Status Report/Repairs Update/ Action Items
Main Street Bridges-Work is progressing, traffic over the bridge is anticipated by October 15, 2012
Village Green Bridge-Waiting for DEEP Permit approval
11. Budget 2011-12 Year End Transfers and Additional Appropriations-Audit has been completed, some minor follow-up next
week, draft is expected at November, BOF meeting.
12. Budget 2012-13-Budget Revisions-General discussion on wages for town hall, highway foreman, and assistant foreman.
No consensus on town hall hours, will attend BOF meeting tomorrow and meet again on Thursday morning to
finalize call for special town meeting and referendum.
New Business-
1. Tax Refund(s)-None presented
2. Resolution of support for the Lawrence and Memorial Hospital purchase of Westerly Hospital-A motion was made to approve the following resolution by Selectman Mullane and seconded by Selectman Donahue, carrying. 3-0
RESOLUTION URGING SWIFT REVIEW BY STATE REGULATORS OF THE WESTERLY HOSPITAL CONVERSION APPLICATION
WHEREAS, the Westerly Hospital is a critically important provider of high quality, easily accessible health care to the residents of and visitors to the area it has traditionally served; and
WHEREAS, the Westerly Hospital is also critically important to the economic vitality of the area it has traditionally served; and
WHEREAS, since December 7, 2011, the Westerly Hospital has been operating under a court-ordered Special Mastership; and
WHEREAS, the Special Master has negotiated an Asset Purchase Agreement with respect to the assets of Westerly Hospital with LMW Healthcare, Inc. and LMW Physicians, Inc. as guaranteed by Lawrence & Memorial Hospital Corporation which Agreement assures the ability of the Westerly Hospital to continue to provide such high quality, easily accessible health care services including its existence as a financially stable acute-care community hospital and steady contributor to the area’s economic vitality; and
WHEREAS, the Rhode Island Superior Court has approved said Asset Purchase Agreement, subject, in part, to the successful completion of the Rhode Island Hospital Conversion Act process; now therefore, be it hereby
RESOLVED: That the Board of Selectmen of the Town of North Stonington, CT, hereby requests that those departments, agencies and officers of the State of Rhode Island charged with the responsibility to administer the Rhode Island Hospital Conversion Act, do so on an expedited basis and as quickly as possible, consistent with the objectives of the Act and mindful of the importance of said sale approval to the health care needs of the area traditionally served by the Westerly Hospital and its important contribution to the area’s economic vitality.
Public Comments and Questions-None
Adjournment-9:02 PM
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