Meeting Minutes
March 12, 2007
Open Meeting
Quorum present: Curt Wilton (CW), Tina Skorput Cooper (TSC). Michael
Kirchner (MK) unable to attend. Also present: Administrative Assistant
(AA). No press present.
BOS reviews and approves previous meeting minutes.
BOS reviews and signs weekly warrants.
Resident Josh Morse makes a presentation to the Board for an Eagle Scout
project. Josh recites a very detailed proposal to beautify and improve three
areas with plantings: the War Memorial at Village School; the cannon at
the intersection of Albany and State Line Rd and; a new area around the
sign at the Village School. The Board commends Josh for his professional
report and looks forward to supporting and assisting him in his project.
Bob Powell, Parks and Recreation Committee Chair, addresses the Board
regarding the Committee's capital plans and their FY '08 budget request.
The operating budget will remain the same and he wishes to add an
additional $5,000 towards capital projects planned at the Village School
including: resurfacing the tennis courts, re-construction of the little league
diamond and a walking path:around the Village School grounds. The
Board agrees to sponsor the $5,000 capital improvement appropriation at
Town Meeting.
Bob inquires whether the existing playground equipment would be
eliminated if the Senior Center project receives funding and goes forward.
The Board answers that, yes, it would have to be removed.
Bob offers a list of five new members that he would like the Board to
appoint to the Parks and Recreation Committee: Tina Bardwell; Michaela
Thierling, Curtis Thierling: Michael Brex and Ed Robbins. Board agrees
and appoints the new members who are instructed to visit the Town Clerk
to be sworn in.
Other Items: The Board reviews a letter from Town Treasurer Karen Williams asking to
appoint Bruce Turner as Assistant Town Treasurer. Bruce would be asked
to fill in if Karen wasn't available. TSC makes a motion to approve the
request. CW seconds the motion. Vote taken, 2-0 in favor.
Board reviews and approves two engineering services proposals for
additional services at the Village School: furniture and fixtures design and
specifications and design and solicitation of bids for additional work to be
done in the gymnasium and additional site work. Board approves both
proposals.
Board will attend a FinCom joint meeting this Friday at 4:30 PM.
Board wiIl attend a ConsCom hearing this Thursday at 7:00 PM. The
hearing is a continuation of a Public Hearing opened approximately two
years ago to seek ConsCom approval for aquatic weed removal at Mill
Pond. The delay was caused by the DEP Natural Heritage Endangered
Species office that ordered the Town to hire a botanist to conduct a survey
to find two endangered weeds thought to exist around the Mill Pond. The
study was done last summer. A letter just came from DEP confirming that
the endangered weeds don't exist so don't need to be protected. Now the
project can go forward.
Board reviews a letter sent to resident Wayne Cooper by the Board of
Health instructing him to cease using a coal-heating furnace that has been
causing noxious odors in the neighborhood. Several residents have voiced
complaints.
Board announces a payment to the Town of $2,831 from the MERF for
recyclables sent to the State authorized recycling facility in Springfield.
When added to a previous payment, the Town has received approximately
$6,000 this year from its recyclables.
8:00 PM: There being no additional business to discuss, CW makes.a motion to
adjourn the meeting. TSC seconds the motion. Vote taken, 2-0 in favor.
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