Morgan Select Board Meeting 4/27/15

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on April 27, 2015 @ 6:00 PM

Selectmen’s Draft Agenda/Meeting
April 27, 2015

The meeting was called to order at 6:03 p.m.

The Town Auditors will be attending the meeting.

Present: Larry Labor, Chair, Robert Guyer, Thomas Bonneville and TammyLee
Morin, Clerk to the Board.

Others present: Allan Wooley, Susan Maginniss, Patrick Austin.

1. To let the Town Auditors speak.

Susan and Allan just gave an explanation as to what as Auditors for the Town
they would be doing.

2. To let any other guest’s speak.

Patrick Austin from Austin’s Rubbish & Rolloff came to go over a few things
with the Board concerning the July 1, 2015 changes in Waste Management etc…

3. Minutes to meeting of April 13, 2015 to review and approve as written.

A motion was made and seconded to approve as written.

4. A letter from a concerned tax payer to the Board of Selectmen. (FYI)

Read and filed.

5. Tire situation at the Landfill. (Bob Durgin)

Robert Durgin expressed his concerns about the tire removal at the recycling
center and that Casellas was giving him a hard time in getting the tires
removed for the reason of not having a tractor trailer load and the tires
being Inside a building. Robert Durgin called Gates Salvage and got a
quote of &70.00 per ton opposed to $120.00 from Waste Management a year
ago.

A motion was made and seconded to have Gates come and remove the tires.

6. Larry Labor wanted to discuss paper shredding idea.

After some discussion this idea was scratched.

7. Discussion of Zoning Violation order for the Warner property.

Sara Davie’s Coe was representing the Town at a court hearing on April 27,
2015. No word of the outcome at this time.

8. Orders #27 to review approve and sign.

A motion was made and seconded to approve and sign Order #27 AP & PR in the
amounts of:

Payroll: $ 1,931.56 Accounts Payable: $ 3,447.70.

Other Business: April 27, 2015 (attach to the minutes of 4-27-15)

A) MSW special meeting discussion.

A motion was made and seconded to approve the ordinance and are in
compliance with Act 148.

B) School fire extinguishers report and lease discussion.

Larry and Vt. Fire Extinguisher Company from Barre went through the school
and checked all the fire extinguisher for inspection. All passed
inspection except 1 and another was outdated. They also checked the exit
lights and found that all the batteries were dead and obsolete.

C) Closed landfill monitoring discussion.

There are 5 years of reports that need to be found. The Town wishes to amend
the present certificate and go to a Custodial Care Certificate, which
requires once a year monitoring.

D) A sample bag that the Recycling Center has and a list of bag vendors and
contact information from Brian.

Read and reviewed.

E) A copy of an e-mail from Morgaine Bell for the stream alteration
Authorization for the Bear Mountain Road culvert project. (This was passed
onto Shawn Austin) He picked up at office).

Read, reviewed and filed.

F) An e-mail from Kim Conarecci for Public Assistance Information for Vermont
Towns for potential or current public assistance applicant’s for the
February 3, 2015 DR-4207 disaster. (FYI) Forwarded to Shawn Austin by e-
mail.

Read & reviewed.

G) A contract dropped off from Gary Levine, sales consultant for Casella on
the compactors at the Recycling Center because the old one cannot be
repaired.

A motion was made and seconded to table pending further information/other
quotes.

H) Two (2) bills for the school to review and approve for payment in the
amounts of $ 81.75 for Fair Point Communications and $ 420.54 for Vermont
Electric Coop. Inc.

A motion was made and seconded to approve to pay the two (2) bills stated
above.

I) A copy of Summery of Legal Counsel to Chuck Myers.

Read & reviewed.

J) Copies of Revenue/Expenditure reports for review.

Kept for review.

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 7:55 p.m.