Accepted as Printed______________
Accepted as Corrected __10/5/09__
MEETING
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
PUBLIC COMMENT
No comments at this time.
MINUTE APPROVAL
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.
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
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
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
MEDIA
No media
present at this time.
Bob miller made the motion to adjourn. LYNDa STARORYPINSKI seconded the
motion. THE motion carried.
Adjourned @
NEXT MEETING WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING
Respectfully
submitted by ________________
Elaine
Howard
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