Select Board Minutes 6/19/19

Minutes of the meeting of 6/19/19

Meeting Opened at: 4pm

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

Also in attendance: Ben Krupka, Adam Chait, Peter Chait, Mary McGurn, John Krazinski, Cliff Weiss, George Cain, Rebecca Wolin, Jon Sylbert, Linda Thorpe,

Miscellaneous Items Reviewed:

• Don made a motion to approve the Memorandum of Understanding with Town Counsel.  Steve seconded the motion and it was unanimously approved.
• Don made a motion to approve the following reappointments.  The motion was seconded and approved unanimously.

1 year terms

2 years

3 year terms

• A motion was made to approve the 2 special event theatrical permit requests for the Bidwell House.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.
• The Berkshire Hills Regional School District sent a letter requesting that the Board consider a motion to allow them to issue a written request to each of its member towns, the SBRSD School Committee and each of its member towns to form a Regional School District Planning Board pursuant to MGL Chapter 71, Section 14.  A motion was made to send a letter of support.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.  Jon Sylbert expressed interest in representing Monterey.
• Kenn proposed that in order to move forward with plans for the former Monterey School Building that the Board seek interested parties to serve on a committee to present the possibilities for the future of the building.  All agreed this was the best way to move forward and an article will be placed in the June Monterey News seeking volunteers.
• Broadband: Kenn met with Adam Chait of Fiber Connect and began negotiations with regard to issues that relate to the town and contract (nothing monetary), there will be an additional meeting next week.  Don will be meeting with the MBI representative tomorrow.  Both will report back the progress at the next meeting.
• Police Chief Contract: A motion was made to approve the contract for FY20.  The motion was seconded and unanimously approved.  It was proposed and unanimously agree to meet with the Chief to discuss future training of the officers seeing as how the town will now be paying the firefighters for training.  The Board wholeheartedly supports providing our officers as much paid training as possible. 
• At 4:45pm the Board opened the public hearing to act on the application of the William J Gould Association, Inc of 100 Gould Rd for a license for keeping, storage of crude petroleum or any of its products or explosives or flammable fluids or compounds in accordance with Chapter 148 sections 9 and 13 of the MA General Laws.  Abutter Linda Thorpe was present and had questions as to where the upgraded tanks were going which was not noted on the application nor was anyone from Gould Farm present to clarify.  This will be continued to the next meeting.
• The Board held their monthly meeting with the Finance Committee.  The Finance Committee adjourned to a separate room to sign the reserve fund transfers.
• The Board approved the Town Clerk’s request to use $204.00 from the Temporary Employee line item (as the Assistant Town Clerk line item has been depleted) to pay the Assistant Town Clerk to open the office while she is on vacation.
• Discussion ensued around the 3 proposals from the Director of Operations to prevent cars from parking on the edge of the town hall parking lot paving and the neighbor’s property.  The Board would like Shawn to look into some additional temporary barrier options prior to making a final decision.
• The Board altered the future Select Board meeting schedule to 6:30pm on the 1^st Wed of each month and 9am on the 3^rd Wednesday of each month beginning in July.
• The Board discussed our IT Consultant’s proposal to replace the town server for $3,500 plus setup fees or to transition to a cloud storage which will be free for now but eventually would cost $25/year.  The Board agreed to move to a cloud based storage.
• The Board approved carrying forward 4 special articles; Broadband Consulting for $35,646.94, GASB75 study for $2,750, Monterey School Expenses for $7,512.62 and the Highway Garage Siding & Painting for $32,900.
• Warrants were signed.

A motion was made and unanimously approved to adjourn the meeting at: 5:45pm

Submitted by:

Melissa Noe, Administrative Assistant

Approved by:

Monterey Select Board

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