Month: May 2009

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on May 26, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

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Present: R. Miller chair, R. Guyer and L.Labor

Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM.

1. Previous minutes reviewed, 2 spelling errors corrected, otherwise, the
content was approved.

Communications and notices:

The following communications were received and reviewed by the board as
presented by R. Miller:

A. A letter was received from Comcast extending an invitation to meet with the
board to discuss Comcast’s plans for our area, specifically their line
extensions and services that they are able to offer our residents. This will
be filed for future reference.

B. A copy of Waste Age Magazine was received and forwarded to Brian
Gray.

C. A letter and brochure was received from the Department of Forests, Parks
and Recreation and will be forwarded to our school principal for distribution
to students and teachers. This is a new program called Venture Vermont and
it is hoped that it will stimulate outdoor activities that result in reward
points that can be used for a VIP Silver Coin that will give the recipient a
free admission to state park day areas for 2009-2010!

D. A letter was received from Taplin’s offering port-a-potties service at the
beach parking lot. It was received too late as the service was already awarded
to Juddy’s.

E. The State of Vt. Department of Public Safety sent a reminder notice to the
board. This in regards to the storage of hazardous materials by the town.
Since we do not engage in this activity, it was filed.

F. A fax was received from Brian Hanson, State Emergency Preparedness
Coordinator submitting information on the Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
Filed for future reference.

G. A notice of a workshop series to be presented by the Vermont Local Roads
Program was received and referred to Shawn Austin. Registration enclosed,
this would be training for disaster response and recovery for road crews.

Old business:

Mr. Miller, will refer the vendor seeking permission to put in a food stand at
the State Fishing access or the public beach to Mr. S. Matson for review of
the zoning laws and regs etc. It was determined that different towns have
different approaches to this process.

The railing for the access entrance to the town office has been repaired.

ACTIONS TAKEN

1. An estimate to repair or replace the Community House door, side entrance
clapboards and railing was received, reviewed and approved. This work will
cost the town approximately $600.00

2. A registration request from Diane Moore to attend a Vt. Dept. of Taxes
Property Valuation and Review was approved for payment

3. Warrant order # 25; the bills were reviewed and approved for payment

Meeting Adjourned at 7:45 PM.
Submitted by L.Labor

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on May 11th, 2009 @ 7:00 PM

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Present: R. Miller chair, R. Guyer and L.Labor

Guest: Shawn Austin

Meeting called to order at 7:00 PM.

1. Previous minutes reviewed and accepted as read.

2. Shawn Austin came to discuss the budget overage in operations. It was
agreed by the select board to shift unused funds from the repair budget to
sustain the operations budget. It is anticipated that about $2900.00 will be
needed. Tammy will be instructed to transfer the monies needed from the
equipment repair budget to operations, as there is $5000.00 in that line item
available.

3. Shawn has agreed to come to 1 meeting monthly to keep the select board
abreast of activity and budget needs.

Communications and notices:

The following communications were received and reviewed by the board as
presented by R. Miller.

A: NEKWMD waste and fee comparison report was reviewed and filed.

B: Letter from G. Stone referring to heavy equipment repair or purchase

C: Letter from Knight Consulting Engineers Inc. describing the services they
offer,- referred to S. Austin. To be filed.

D: The State appraiser’s actions on the Taylor Moore property tax appeal was
discussed. The assessment recommendations were made to the property listing
and to the grand list.

E: A letter was received from Jan Selby regarding the milfoil grant from the
State. This year’s grant will be for $6899.00

F: Robert Cain met with R. Miller to express the need for some maintenance and
repair work that he feels is needed on the Community House. This would entail
work on the door, railing and cleaning out of the basement. R. Miller said he
would so note and get together a work group to address the needs.

Old Business:

1. Alan Wooley’s request for mailbox placement. This was discussed with the
parties involved including S. Austin and Mr. Piette, the rural carrier.
Permission was granted to move it across the road.

2. The town is still without an animal control officer. It was proposed to
investigate outsourcing this to Derby. Their select board will be contacted to
discuss our issue.

3. The Orleans County Sheriffs dept. contract for services was signed.

ACTIONS TAKEN:

A: A request from UVM to purchase the Town parcel data from Russell Graphics
was received, and signed. The town must sign off in order for them to release
the data.

B: A letter was received from a party interested in setting up a hot dog/food
concession cart at the public beach or the fishing access. A letter will be
sent out to this party explaining that the fishing access is State owned land
and that we are unable to grant permission and that she should contact the
State Fish and Game Dept.

C: Doyon logging submitted an excess weight permit; this was signed and filed.

D: A bill was received from Paul Hannon for work performed for the town, this
was approved for payment.

E: Orders: # 24 reviewed and approved for payment.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:30 PM.
Submitted by L. Labor