Board of Selectmen
Town of Tolland
MINUTES OF SELECTMEN MEETING – July 23, 2012 5:00 PM
Selectmen Present: Steven DellaGiustina and Thomas Paine
Also Present: Wayne Carr
Joanne Duval
Susan Voudren
Wayne presented the board with the location of each streetlight listed on the streetlight inventory. WMECO will be notified to tape up the lamps.
Chapter 90 monies have been place on hold per Mass Highway. The approval of the monies has not been completed by the state. Fiscal 2012 Chapter 90’s monies will be expended for the chip sealing of Clark, Covell and Beetle Road. The chip sealing will be scheduled for sometime in mid-August.
Monday, August 20th has been scheduled for the opening of paving bids.
Kathy Cowles on behalf of the Planning Board presented the Selectboard with a copy of a proposed bylaw (Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations). The board will review the bylaw and has scheduled a tentative public hearing date of September 10th with a Special Town Meeting of October 9th.
Shawn Shaw was appointed as an alternate member of the Planning Board.
Joanne Duval:
Joanne will move forward with the purchase of two roll off bins for the transfer station. An open bin will be scheduled to be available at the transfer station for permit holders. A fee will be charge for items placed into the bin.
Transfer Station permit holders are required to place their permit on the side window of their vehicle. Joanne received a compliant stating that it is illegal and was refusing to follow the requirement. The Tolland Police were asked for a clarification. Mass General Law Chapter 90 Section 2D states “No person shall operate any motor vehicle upon any public way or upon any way to which the public shall have the right of access with any of the following affixed thereto 1) a sign, poster or sticker on the front windshield, the side windows immediately adjacent to the operator’s seat and the front passenger seat, the side windows immediately to the rear of the operator’s seat and the front passenger seat and the rear window in such a manner so as to obstruct, impede or distort the vision of the operator.” A letter
will be written to the permit holder that states the law and the Transfer Station requirements. If the Transfer Station requirements are not followed privileges will be revoked.
Joanne, Animal Control Officer received a complaint in regards to a late fee that is being charged for a dog license. Sue Voudren, Town Clerk met with the Board of Selectmen in April and discussed dog licensing. Dog Licenses expire on May 1st with a $5.00 fee. A $10 per dog late fee was added after June 1st and a $25 per dog late fee was added after July 1st. In April it was unclear if the late fee was per dog or per household. Joanne’s concern is with getting rabies information. If the board is concerned with collecting of fees and pursuing legal steps all paperwork and notifications will have to be available to be presented to the courts. With the change in the rabies clinic and the mailing of notifications of licensing Joanne, Susan and the Board of Selectmen agreed that the late fee will be $25 per household.
Any household that has paid additional late fees will be reimbursed.
Joanne and Susan will discuss and agree upon a dog licensing procedure for next year.
Valerie Nickerson Bird, Board of Health Agent submitted her Transfer Station Inspection Report. The report was also submitted to the state.
The Board of Selectmen made the following appointments:
Animal Control Officer |
Joanne Duval |
Animal Inspector |
Joanne Duval |
Assistant Town Clerk |
Margaret McClellan |
Assistant Treasurer |
Susan Voudren |
Building Inspector |
Eric R. Munson, Jr. |
Building Insp. Asst. |
Robert Sullivan |
Building Insp. Asst. |
Dominic Urbinati |
Cemetery Committee |
Mira Munson |
|
Jean Jinks |
|
Roy Jinks |
|
Jeffrey LaCasse |
Constable |
Eric R. Munson, Jr. |
Conservation Commission |
Alan Binder |
|
Valerie Nickerson-Bird |
|
David Spidal |
Council on Aging |
Jean Armitage |
|
Jennifer Clark |
|
Gert McKay |
|
Mira Munson |
|
David Spidal |
|
E. Patrick Storey |
|
Ruth Buchanan |
Cultural Council |
Shirley Warner |
|
Heidi Cowles |
|
Linda Guyette |
|
Margee O'Meara |
|
Julie Barney |
|
Rebecca Greene |
Electrical/Wire Inspector |
Alan Daigneau |
Election Warden |
Theodore Locke, III |
Election Worker |
Jean Armitage |
|
Shirley Warner |
|
Margaret McClellan |
|
Heidi Cowles |
|
Patricia Pezzillo |
|
Howard Kleinberg |
|
Kirsten Kelmelis |
|
Jennifer Clark |
|
Margee O'Meara |
|
Gert McKay |
|
Janice Greene |
Emergency Mgmt Director |
Theodore Locke, III |
Finance Committee |
Ralph Ledger |
|
Mira Munson |
|
Theodore Locke, III |
|
Cathy Parzych |
|
Margaret McClellan |
Fire Chief |
Vacant |
Forest Fire Warden |
Vacant |
Gas/Plumbing Inspector |
Brian Middleton |
Gas/Plumbing Inspector Asst. |
Vacant |
Grant Writer |
Philip Grannan |
Board of Health, Agent |
Valerie Nickerson-Bird |
Highland Valley Board of Directors |
Jean Armitage |
Highway Superintendent |
Wayne Carr |
Highway Foreman |
Robert Littlefield |
Highway Equipment Operator |
Steven Messenger |
Historical Commission |
Eric R. Munson, Jr. |
|
Thomas Paine |
|
Vacant |
Legal Counsel |
Jeremia A. Pollard |
Pioneer Valley Planning Commission |
James Deming |
Planning Board Alternate |
Shawn Shaw |
|
Vacant |
Police Chief |
Eric R. Munson, III |
Police Sergeant |
Edwin Deming |
Police Officer |
Lester Walker |
Police Officer |
Charles Whiting |
Recreation |
Margaret McClellan |
|
Steven DellaGiustina |
|
Vacant |
Registrar of Voters |
Patricia Baceski |
|
Jessica Kelmelis |
|
Carolyn Locke |
|
Susan Voudren |
Southwick Tolland Granville Regional School Committee |
Theodore Locke, III |
Special Police Officers |
Resario Messina |
|
Michael Morrison |
Tattler Editor |
Jean Jinks |
Transfer Station Administrator |
Joanne Duval |
Transfer Station Attendant |
Jeffrey Messenger |
Tree Warden & Pest Control Agent |
Wayne Carr |
Unemployment Insurance Agent |
Margaret McClellan |
Website Director |
Gloria Gery |
Wired West |
Kevin Donovan |
|
Gloria Gery |
|
Vacant |
Worker's Compensation Agent |
M.I.I.A. |
Zoning Board of Appeals |
David Barney |
|
Billy Walker |
|
E. Patrick Storey |
Zoning Board of Appeals, Alternate |
Steve Bartels |
Meeting adjourned at 7:30PM
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret McClellan
Steven DellaGiustina
Thomas Paine
Board of Selectmen
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