Board of Selectmen
Meeting Minutes
February 7, 2007
6:30 PM: Open Meeting; St. Patrick's Parish Center
Quorum present: Michael Kirchner (MK), Curt Wilton (CW). Tina Skorput Cooper (TSC) attending a conference. Also present: Administrative Assistant (AA). No press present.
Board reviews and approves previous meeting minutes.
Board reviews and approves weekly warrants.
6:50 PM: Board of Assessors members Amy Butterworth and Jennifer Wilton address the Board about filling the current vacancy on the Board of Assessors. A joint vote of Boards of Assessors and Selectmen is required to fill a vacancy until the next scheduled election.
Amy Butterworth nominates Irene Skorput to fill the vacancy. Jennifer Wilton seconds nomination. Joint vote taken, 4-0 in favor.
Other Items: Board discusses joint budget meeting with the Finance Committee to review the FY 2008 budget. Two dates were discussed: February 28 and March 20. Following a discussion, it is decided to hold the meeting on March 20 because the budget process will not likely be far enough along to have a meaningful meeting at the end of February.
New Town Treasurer Karen Williams has voiced concerns about getting caught up the monthly bank reconciliations. Former Treasurer Bruce Turner has not reconciled accounts since June 30, 2006. Karen will do her best to get caught up in the next several weeks. However, a back-up plan to have the Town's auditing firm on stand by to fix the problem is put in place.
The Senior Center grant will be submitted on February 16. AA has been working with program administrator Tom Webb to complete the application. Everything is in order.
Board reviews the criteria for a heavy truck exclusion on Swamp Road. One of the criteria - an available and acceptable alternative route - seems to be in place (State Highway Rte. 41). However, it seems unlikely that Swamp Road will meet the heavy commercial truck threshold of 5%-8% (total vehicle volume) required for a truck ban. A truck count has been formally requested for traffic count in the spring. Berkshire Regional Planning Commission conducts the traffic counts. A second count will be done on Main St. and will be utilized as the Town moves forward in securing funding for a Main St. reconstruction project.
Board asks AA to schedule a joint meeting for the end of February with the Technology Consultant, project architects and the project owner's agent to discuss needs and layouts for the Village School project.
7:20 PM: There being no additional business to come before the Board, CW makes a motion to adjourn the meeting. MK seconds. Vote taken, 2-0 in favor.
Meeting minutes approved by:
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Michael Kirchner, Chair Curt Wilton
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