Select Board Meeting

MONTEREY SELECT BOARD AMENDED MEETING AGENDAWednesday, September 16, 2020

Meeting will be held at 9am

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9am: Administrative Items

1. COVID-19 updates/items (if any)
2. Police officer probationary appointment: Alan Havil
3. Select Board policy on adding items to agenda
4. Special town meeting
5. Special event notifications (DC)
6. Library loan
7. Lake Garfield Working Group bid recommendation - DASH
8. Highway Department bid recommendation – Sandisfield Rd
9. Fiber Connect shelter request
10. Open Meeting Law complaint filed by John Weingold
11. Grant proposal
12. School building insurance renewal
13. Report on invitation to MBI
14. Administrative Assistant items
    1. Bill submittal deadline
    2. IT Health Check report
    3. Draft Council on Aging drug and alcohol policy
    4. Draft Payroll Policies and Procedures
15. Approve 9/2/20 minutes
16. Review mail and correspondence to be sent/signed
    1. Complaint about transfer station and stickers not being properly displayed
17. Town Beach signage in downtown Monterey Rt 23 (JW)
18. Town Beach Access restrictions via dump stickers (JW)
19. Discussion of a Noise Ordinance (JW)
20. Exploring Hiring K&P as town counsel, cost analysis, and K&P letter dated July 15, 2020. (JW)
21. Lack of Continuity in Select Board decisions concerning hiring a Town Administrator (JW)  
22. Placing items on Town Warrants w/o required signatures for a Citizens Petition but labeling it a "Citizens Petition" on the warrant.  (JW) 
23. Collins Center report & 12 recommendations, an update, and an explanation of what items the town has implemented of the 12 recommendations to date and request to publish the first draft of the Collins Center's report. (JW)
24. Status of the Finance Committee and Select Board logjam over the town budget process, and the Select Board's rationale for this dispute and how this dispute benefits the town (JW)
25. Code of Conduct Bylaw discussion (JW)
26. Status of drafting and adopting Financial Policies for the Town that were recommended back in 2016 by DLS (JW)
27. Recommendations made by the 2015 Citizens Restructuring Committee in their Working White Paper, including but not limited to a TA, legal counsel and SB, and AA (JW)
28. Town website - professional management, administration, and redesign for user friendly access and accuracy.  recent citizen complaint about not finding any email addresses for SB (JW)
29. New Business - reserved for topics that the chair did not reasonably anticipate would be discussed
30. Opportunity for public questions and comments

 

9:30am: Cultural Council

1. Approve choice to change process for disbursing grantees funds by changing to the option offered by the Mass Cultural Council called “Direct Grants”.

9:45am: Town Counsel

1. Broadband

10:15am: Caroline Mass, BRPC

1. RT23 Culvert options; vote on final option

***All agendas are subject to change***

The listings of matters are those reasonably anticipated by the Chair which may be discussed at the meeting. Not all items listed may in fact be discussed and other items not listed may also be brought up for discussion to the extent permitted by law.

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The Board of Selectmen shall post all meetings in compliance with Open Meeting Law and pursuant to the regulations of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office 940 CMR 29.03(4). Please visit our website for all meeting information. All approved meeting minutes of the Board are posted on the town’s website under minutes and agendas.