Town of Princeton, Mass., Selectboard Meeting Minutes
– February 1, 2019 – 11:00 AM – Town Hall Annex
Present: Chair Richard Bisk, Edith Morgan, & Karen Cruise and TA Nina Nazarian.
11:01 AM Richy opened the meeting to discuss Increasing Selectboard focus on long-term strategic thinking.
Review FY19 Goals – The Board reviewed the status of goals to date. Karen questioned the status of the long-term financial plan and expressed concern that it might not be done in time for annual town meeting. The Board agreed to take up a discussion of priorities at a later date since this item is considered to be very important. The Board discussed the Medical Response item and agreed to discuss this further in the future.
11:16 Discuss long term financial strategies (possible Building Committee) – The Board discussed a long-standing recommendation by Steve Mirick and elaborated upon by Edie of a Building Committee modelled somewhat after the Road Advisory Committee. One specific point of discussion was funding for buildings. The Board agreed that the model seemed appropriate but were concerned about the timing given other informal advisor groups and the FSC phase 2. The Board discussed the possible timing of a new committee and also the option of keeping it as a more ad-hoc group. The Board agreed to give it more thought.
11:30 Discussion of status of Annex and Public Safety stabilization – As it related to the above conversation, Nina informed the Board that the structural engineer involved with the Annex and Public Safety stabilization project expressed concern about the floor of the police garage and mentioned that more might need to be done there than expected. The Board expressed concern about pouring more money into a structure that will hopefully be replaced by a new Public Safety complex. Given that the item was not on the agenda, the Selectboard agreed to discuss the subject in greater detail at the Wednesday evening meeting.
Meeting Adjourned 11:50 AM
Respectfully submitted, Karen Cruise, selectwoman
S.B. Referenced Documents: Update on goals by Nina Nazarian; Strategy Ideas by Edie Morgan; Buildings Advisory Committee Charge by Edie Morgan
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