Select Board Meeting Minutes 11/6/19

Minutes of the meeting of 11/6/19

Meeting Opened at: 5:30pm

Select Board Members Present: Kenneth Basler, Chairperson, Donald Coburn and Steven Weisz

Also in attendance: Rebecca Wolin, Gareth Backhaus, Nate Sermini, Dennis Lynch, George Cain, Jon Sylbert, Chris Blair,

Miscellaneous Items Reviewed:

1. The Board interviewed part time officer candidate Nate Sermini.  The Chief explained that recently there have been difficulties filling some shifts due to our current part time officers other police jobs and family commitments and having another officer in the rotation would help.  A motion was made to appoint Nate Sermini as a part time reserve intermittent officer.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
2. The Board met with Dennis Lynch, grant writer to continue the discussion on the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness grant application he is working on.  The Board was made aware of some incorrect assumptions about the purpose of the Old Stone Dam and it was suggested that rather than submitting a grant to repair it which could be very costly that we may want to consider removing it and consider an underground water storage tank for fire suppression.  A motion was made to amend the current application to include this new aspect of the proposal which was seconded and unanimously approved.
3. The Board met with the Finance Committee to discuss the following (the Finance Committee did not vote or deliberate as a meeting was not posted for the Finance Committee, they will post a meeting for Saturday meeting).
   1. Review of the special town meeting warrant and the letter to go with the warrant clarifying some of the articles.
4. Jon Sylbert reported on the most recent 8 town school committee meeting.
5. Chris Blair came in to ask questions about the broadband process and the signed action plan signed previously with Fiber Connect.  Chris inquired if additional contracts would be necessary; yes Fiber Connect would need to enter into two separate contracts, one with the Massachusetts Broadband Institute (MBI) and one with the town.  The Board confirmed that the progress of the project moving forward is waiting on Fiber Connect and MBI coming to an agreement.
6. The Board approved the warrant for the December 5^th special town meeting and the informational letter to be sent with the warrant.
7. The Board reviewed the legal update from town counsel and would like to discuss this further at the next meeting.
8. The Board approved the one day special event/all alcohol permit for the Bidwell House’s Fall Fundraising party on 11/16/19 from 4-7pm.
9. A motion was made to approve and accept the contracts with the treasurer and accountant.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
10. The Board reviewed the information from the Fire Company to satisfy the amendment to the new lease, they have additional questions and would like to meet with Shawn at a later date.  A motion was made to allow the Accountant to release the $30k approved by a special article at the town meeting for capital improvements already made in monthly payments.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
11. Minutes from 10/30 & 11/4 were approved.
12. Mail was reviewed.

A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 7:45pm

Submitted by:

Melissa Noe, Administrative Assistant

Approved by:

Monterey Select Board

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