Accepted as Corrected_________
Accepted
as Printed_______
MEETING
MEMBERS PRESENT: OTHERS PRESENT:
Chris Howe Sally Brassor
Mike Ball Sandy Harris
Robert Miller Fred Sage
Mike Courtemanche
Len Howard David Andrews
OTHERS PRESENT: Mike Coughlin
Tom Fox David Walker
Seth Deyo Marylynn Scherlin
Phyllis Newton
WELCOME AND PLEDGE OF
At
Len Howard made the motion to move to New/Old Business
Cemetery Deeds with Sandy Harris. Robert Miller seconded the motion. The motion
carried.
Cemetery Deeds-
Len Howard made the motion to approve and sign
cemetery deeds for Lot 257-258 north,
The Board continued back in order on the agenda.
PUBLIC COMMENT
No Public comment at this time.
MINUTE APPROVAL
Chris Howe made the motion to accept the October 4th,
2010 minutes with corrections to omit on page 3 Bills and Warrants which are
shown on page one already. Robert Miller seconded the motion. The motion
carried with 3 ayes and 2 abstentions.
David Andrews stated that he received five bids and needs to go over
each one. The Board will revisit the bids at the next meeting. David will
provide a summary of all of the bids to the board prior to the next meeting.
BILLS AND WARRANTS
Robert Miller made the motion to approve
warrants
8S/G for $67,652.27 accounts payable,
41S for $11,041.16 for payroll and
42S for $10,794.49 for payroll.
Chris Howe seconded the motion. The motion
carried.
Credit Card Policy-
The Board already approved the policy and will sign off on the policy.
Town Treasurer Sally Brassor stated that the credit card statement may
come in at a time when the Board has not met to sign warrants and asked what was the Board’s pleasure?
Mike Ball made the motion to allow Sally to get
approval via e-mail to pay the credit card statement. Chris Howe seconded the
motion. The motion carried.
Sally stated that she received a letter from Martin Towing in reference
to an Environmental Hazard to the property were the abandoned car was recovered.
The Board had turned that issue over to the Town Attorney and Mike Courtemanche
will follow up on that.
Sally also stated that Vermont Yankee has not reimbursed the town for
the Fireworks as of yet. Mike Courtemanche stated he would contract Larry Smith.
PD/IBPO-
Hold until Police Chief arrives.
Sally has had a brief conversation with the Richards Group about short
term Disability Insurance.
Doc Send-
With much discussion about maybe getting quotes to hire out the task of
scanning documents and the extent of the paperwork needed to be done. The Board
continued on.
DEPARTMENT HEAD COMMITTEE
Goals and
Expectations-
It was determined that the Department Head meetings needed to move
forward with what the Board expectations were. The problem stems from lack of
communication between the Board and the Department Heads. Some goals would be to improve communications
between the Board and Department Heads and to set some goals together.
Moving Forward-
The Board would like to have updates from Department Heads on a monthly
basis.
Job Descriptions issues need to be brought to the Selectboard.
Budgets-
No official statement has come out about COLA as of yet.
The Board requested that the Department Heads level fund their budgets.
All budgets need to be turned in to Sally
The Board thanked all the Department heads that attended.
Parking Lot Lighting
Update-
Mike Coughlin stated that he has talked with David Walker about
changing the light bulbs. The problem would be if the balis or repairs need to
be done David would not be able to do that. Mike Coughlin stated that he hires
someone to do that already and they were just there replacing some bulbs.
The Board thanked Mike Coughlin.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
Chris Howe made the motion to go into executive
session on a contractual matter with Town Treasurer Sally Brassor and Police
Chief Marybeth Hebert which the disclosure of at this time may be detrimental
to the Town and/or individuals involved. Len Howard seconded the motion. The
motion carried.
Mike Courtemanche stated that the Board went into executive session at
Marybeth updated the Board about the computers and radios. The radios
are in and working great, also the computers are currently being installed.
Also the Explorers program is starting up with much success.
Policy on care of Dog and Cats-
Mike Ball made the motion to abolish the policy on
Maintenance of Dog House and Care of Dogs. Chris Howe seconded the motion. The
motion carried.
Policy on the handling of injured Cats and Dogs-
Len Howard made the motion to abolish the Handling of
Injured Cats and Dogs. Mike Ball seconded the motion. The motion carried.
The Board thanked Marybeth.
CEMETERY COMMITTEE-
Caretaker job will be put to bid since it was extended an extra year
last year.
The painting of the fence will also be put out to bid in accordance to
the bid policy.
HUCKLE HILL
HOUSING-
After some discussion about sharing the cost of a generator the Board
felt that it was not the Towns responsibility.
NEW/OLD
Foyer Update-
Jeremy Coleman offered to present the plans at the next town meeting.
It was the consensus of the Board to use the plans that they already have and
do the presentation themselves.
Mike Ball made the motion to purchase the Lockbox for
the Town Office for $150.00 to come out of the Town Office maintenance
budget. Robert Miller seconded the
motion. The motion carried.
The Forest Fire Warden has resigned the Board will discuss this with
the Fire Chief.
Personnel Policies-
The Board liked the level of detail that the Town of
BCTV-
Mike Ball stated that the sound issues might be from Comcast. Mike Courtemanche
stated that according to BCTV it is a Comcast issue. The issue should be
brought to Comcast attention.
Rescue Contract-
Mike Ball will scan and send to all the Board members to review.
Cell Phone Numbers-
Chris will get a listing from Sally on cell phone numbers that are
currently being paid for by the town. It
is the opinion of the Selectboard that in the event someone needs to be
contacted a list of numbers be available.
Chris Howe made the motion to go into executive
session on a contractual matter, which the disclosure of at this time may be
detrimental to the Town and/or individuals involved. Mike Ball seconded the
motion. The motion carried.
Mike Courtemanche stated that the Board went into executive session at
No Media at this time.
Mike Ball made the motion to adjourn. Len Howard
seconded the motion. The motion carried.
Adjourned @
Respectfully submitted by Elaine Howard