MINUTES OF MEETING OF SELECTMEN/SEWER COMMISSIONERS
Date of Meeting: January 3, 2006
Date of Transcription: January 4, 2006
Transcribed by: Kelly Barrasso
I. CALL MEETING TO ORDER
Mary Jane Pillsbury, Chairman Pro Tem, called the meeting to order at 7:04 P.M.
MOTION: Selectman Parola moved that Selectman Fernandes-Abbott be Clerk Pro Tem for this meeting. Selectman Eckstrom seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
A. Roll Call
Selectmen Present: Mary Jane Pillsbury, Chairman Pro Tem
Renee Fernandes-Abbott, Clerk Pro Tem
Cindy Parola
Brenda Eckstrom
Selectman absent: Bruce Sauvageau
Present: Michael Hartman, Town Administrator
II. CITIZENS PARTICIPATION
(NONE)
III. CONSENT AGENDA
A. Approve minutes of previous Regular Session meetings: 12/6/05.
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board approve the Regular Session meeting minutes of 12/6/05. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
B. Appointment to Community Preservation Committee.
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board appoint Pamela Sequeira as a member (Wareham Housing Authority Delegate) to the Community Preservation Committee to a term to expire 5/1/06. Selectman Parola seconded for discussion.
NOTE: Selectman Parola stated that the Community Preservation Committee make-up Statewide is required to have members from four basic areas. A member of the Committee is not returning until the spring. As an interim appointment is required for the Committee to conduct specific business, the term for this appointment runs until 5/1/06. She briefly discussed the Committee’s re-vamping of procedures.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
C. Authorization to sign bills, documents, etc.
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board approve & authorize the Chair to sign Pay Estimate #1 from Albanese Bros., Inc. in the amount of $141,683.43 re: the Rose Point sewer project. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board approve invoice #80216120/40 from Camp, Dresser & McKee in the amount of $5,100.48 re: engineering service to provide construction & O&M services for the Wareham WPCF upgrade resident project. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board approve invoice #80216121/55 from Camp, Dresser & McKee in the amount of $10,888.03 re: engineering services to provide construction & O&M services for the Wareham WPCF upgrade project basic services portion of bidding. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board approve invoice #80216117/3 from Camp, Dresser & McKee for $2,243.00 re: engineering services for general services during sewer construction in the Briarwood Beach area. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board approve invoice #80216118/4 from Camp, Dresser & McKee re: engineering general services during sewer construction in the Rose Point area. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
IV. TOWN ADMINISTRATOR’S REPORT
1. Surplus Vehicles & Equipment. Asking the Board to declare the property as surplus so the town can dispose of it through auction. All the property is obsolete or no longer needed.
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board declare as surplus the vehicles & equipment on the attached list, as per the Town’s By-laws. Selectman Parola seconded.
NOTE: Selectman Eckstrom asked if the final three pieces of equipment on the list were replaced. The Administrator stated “yes” as well as the police cruisers.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
2. Herring Regulations. Asked the Board to approve the new herring regulations per the report from Michael Parola, Harbormaster/Shellfish Constable. The Division of Marine Fisheries is requiring all municipalities to enact regulations to prohibit the sale of river herring until 1/09, as there has been a severe population decline over the past few years.
The Administrator stated that the Town’s regulations would change to go along w/ the State regulations.
Selectman Fernandes-Abbott inquired re: enforcement of these new regulations. The Administrator stated that the current two Herring Officers are going to be deputized to enforce the new regulations & there will be a need for public education on the new regulations.
Selectman Pillsbury read a portion of the Harbormaster’s memorandum into the record relative to the herring population decline & other states that have instituted these moratoriums.
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved that pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 130, Section 94, & Commonwealth of MA Regulations 322/ 6.17, the Board of Selectmen for the Town of Wareham, do hereby adopt the State’s three-year moratorium on the harvest, possession, & sale of river herring effective 1/1/06 through 12/31/08. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
V. LICENSES & PERMITS
(NONE)
VI. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. The next meeting of the Board of Selectmen/Sewer Commissioners is 1/17/06.
B. A Town Department Summit on 1/19/06 will involve land-use boards to discuss processes & other related issues.
C. There will be a meeting held on 1/25/06 at 7:00 P.M. between the Board, the Wareham Fire District and the Police Feasibility Study Committee.
VII. BUSINESS
A. Set Town Meeting Dates.
Selectman Fernandes-Abbott read the Annual Spring Town Meeting dates into the record (Attached as reference).
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved the Board approve the dates for the 2006 Annual Spring Town Meeting as read into the record. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
Brief discussion ensued re: when the dates for the Special Town Meeting will be established. The Administrator stated this would be done on 1/17/06 & he is unaware of any Special Town Meeting articles at this time.
B. Any other business.
(NONE)
SELECTMEN’S REPORTS
C. Selectman Pillsbury – Received a letter from Barbara Ford, Administrative Assistant dated 12/22/05 asking if the Board had approved a letter to go into the 40B packet. She feels the Board never saw a letter. The other Board members concurred. Selectman Pillsbury stated she would speak to Ms. Ford & place this matter on the 1/17/06 agenda.
Selectman Pillsbury stated that a new National Guard Recruitment Center would be opening at the Jordan Plaza 3119 Cranberry Highway in Wareham on 1/6/06. She asked if any Board members would be attending. Selectman Fernandes-Abbott stated she will not be attending & Selectman Parola stated she would try.
Selectman Pillsbury stated there would be a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new McDonald’s on 1/5/06 at 10:00 A.M. McDonald's is donating to Damien’s Food Pantry.
VIII. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Selectman Fernandes-Abbott moved to adjourn the meeting at 7:26 P.M. Selectman Parola seconded.
VOTE: Unanimous (4-0-0)
Respectfully submitted and transcribed,
Kelly Barrasso
Kelly Barrasso
The Board of Selectmen/Sewer Commissioners approved the foregoing minutes on January 17, 2006.
Attest: R. Renée Fernandes-Abbott
Renee Fernandes-Abbott, Clerk Pro Tem
BOARD OF SELECTMEN/SEWER COMMISSIONERS
Date signed: January 17, 2006
Date copy sent to Wareham Free Library: January 24, 2006
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