Vernon Selectboard Mtg.                                                                 9/21/09          

              

  Accepted as Printed______________

                                                              Accepted as Corrected __10/5/09__

 

 

VERNON SELECTBOARD

 

 MEETING

 

 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009                                                       6:30 PM

 

MEMBERS PRESENT:                     OTHERS PRESENT:                                                

Mike Courtemanche                            Bruce Gauld                                       

Robert Miller, Jr.                                 Sally Brassor                                                              

Lynda Starorypinski                           Mary Miller

                                                            Sandy Harris                          

MEMBERS ABSENT:                       Chris Howe

Mike Ball                                           

Len Howard                                                                           

                                               

                                                                       

WELCOME AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

At 6:33 pm Acting Chair Mike Courtemanche called the meeting to order, welcomed those present and led the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

PUBLIC COMMENT

No comments at this time.

 

MINUTE APPROVAL

            September 8, 2009

 

         Corrections to be made to Other Members present add Sara Deyo and Stanley Sage.

LYNDA STARORYPINSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APRROVE THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 8TH WITH CORRECTIONS. ROBERT MILLER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

            September 14, 2009

 

LYNDA STARORYPINSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APRROVE THE MINUTES OF SEPTEMBER 14TH AS PRESENTED. ROBERT MILLER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

OPEN MEETING MINUTES HANDLING

As stated in an article from the Secretary of State Deb Markowitz meeting minutes must be posted within five days after a meeting and draft should be stamped on each page. Minutes should be made available to the public for inspection and copying within the five days of a meeting. Minutes are not a transcript of the proceedings but a clear summary of the action taken for future reference.  It is the board’s pleasure to not post the minutes on the website until they are approved. The draft minutes would still be available for review.

 

LYNDA STARORYPINSKI MADE THE MOTION TO ADOPT THE HANDLING OF THE MINUTES AS STATED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE DEB MARKOWITZ’S OPINIONS NEWSLETTER. ROBERT MILLER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

WARRANTS

 

LYNDA STARORYPINSKI MADE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE PAYROLLS, 36S, 37S AND 38S ALONG WITH WARRANT 5SG. ROBERT MILLER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

LYNDA STARORYPINSKI MADE THE MOTION TO GO OUT OF ORDER TO WELLINESS POLICIES ON THE AGENDA. ROBERT MILLER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

WELLINESS POLICIES

It was the consensus of the board to tablet this to October 5, 2009 meeting due to the fact that some of the items mentioned in the policies had not been created yet.

The board thanked Sally.

 

RERP ANNUAL BUDGET

Annette Roydon presented the board with the financial reports from the Department of Public Safety to be signed by the board.  Also to be signed the Vermont RERP Program Application Form along with the Radiological Emergency Funding Agreement as well as the job description of the EMD. 

 

ROBERT MILLER MADE THE MOTION TO ALLOW ACTING CHAIR MIKE COURTEMANCHE TO SIGN THE AGREEMENTS ALONG WITH ANNETTE ROYDON’S JOB DESCRIPTION. LYNDA STARORYPINSKI SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

The board thanked Annette.

 

CEMETERY COMMITTEE

 

ROBERT MILLER MADE THE MOTION TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO SIGN THE DEED FOR TYLER CEMETERY LOT 378 A & B. LYNDA STARORYPINSKI SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

LYNDA STARORYPINSKI MADE THE MOTION TO ACCEPT THE CONTRACT OF HOWE LANDSCAPING TO CONTINUE FOR 2009 AT THE SAME RATE AS LAST YEAR. ROBERT MILLER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

Chris Howe presented the board with an estimate of repairs to headstones in all of the Vernon Cemeteries. The cost to fix all the tablets, upright stones and markers would be around $66,000.00. The repairs have never been done and once this was done the upkeep would be minimal. It was the recommendation of the board to put this in as an article for Town Meeting.

The board thanked Chris Howe.

 

 

POLICE DEPARTMENT UPDATE

Bruce Gauld reported that trainings are in process.

The Windham County Sheriff’s Department is still on duty on weekends.

The Police Department would like to continue with acquiring a new cruiser.

The board will check with Mike Ball to see how the process is going.

The board thanked Bruce. 

 

NEW/UNFINISHED BUSINESS

            Survey Update- The board reviewed of the questions that were submitted.  The survey will appear in the next Vernon Newspaper.

 

            Speakerphone-

LYNDA STARORYPINSKI MADE THE MOTION TO PURCHASE THE SPEAKERPHONE FROM CONSULT TECH’S FOR $399.00 PLUS SHIPPING AND HANDLINGS OF $30.00. AS WELL AS INSTALLATION FEES. ROBERT MILLER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

LYNDA STARORYPINSKI MADE THE MOTION TO ALLOW THE HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT TO PARTICIPATE IN THE BMH TOUCH A TRUCK FUND RAISER WITH THE TOWN GRADER. ROBERT MILLER SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

EOC BUS

The deadline for getting any usable equipment off the EOS bus has ended. The board will inform David Walker to dispose of it.

 

            Update            Finance Committee

            The Finance committee has had three meetings. It was discussed to have a binder or notebook with items unfinished or investigated projects to spare the future boards from starting from scratch on projects that may have already been looked at by previous boards. The board secretary would be the keeper of such binder, 

 

ROBERT MILLER MADE THE MOTION TO PAY CHIEF TURNLEY AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF $3391.59 SUBJECT TO WITHHOLDING TAX TO COMPENSATE FOR EXTRA ORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES OCCURRING BETWEEN JULY 26, 2009 AND AUGUST 9, 2009. THIS IS AVOLUNTARY ONE TIME PAYMENT DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND HIS CONTROL. The town still regards CHIEF TURNLEY as AN EXEMPTED EMPLOYEE PAID ON A SALARY BASIS. LYNDA STARORYPINSKI SECONDED THE MOTION. THE MOTION CARRIED.

 

 

MEDIA

No media present at this time.

 

Bob miller made the motion to adjourn. LYNDa STARORYPINSKI seconded the motion. THE motion carried.

 

 Adjourned @ 8:01 PM.

NEXT MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING September 28, 2009 @ 5:30 PM.

 

Respectfully submitted by ________________

Elaine Howard

 

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