Morgan Select Board Meeting 9/27/10

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on September 27, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

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

Guest: Steve Matson Zoning Officer

A. Previous meeting minutes accepted as read.

B. Steve Matson came to the board with a draft of a junkyard ordinance. This
was reviewed and worked on by the 4 present to modify the VLCT version to
meet the town’s needs.

After modest remodeling of the draft it will be developed into draft #2 and
sent to VLCT for their input. A copy is also sent to be to James Jordan,
planning commission chair.

C. The following notices were read, reviewed and filed for reference:

1. A thank you note from Linda Bordeau for the prompt attention to the road
sign replacements

2. VLCT sent two issue papers #4 and #5 related to public safety re: cost of
corrections and cost of public employee health insurance.

3. VLCT also sent the 2010 – 2011 Calendar of training and events.

4. E-mail was received from Peter Comeau re the disposition of the town’s land
known as the rountop parcels.

5. Copy of Land Use permit was received from Kevin Fries. This was also
recorded in the Land records.

6. A proposed amendment for the Solid Waste Management was received from
NEKWM.

D. Actions taken:

1. E-mail sent in reply to Peter Comeau’s inquiry.

2. The invoice received from Vermont Coalition of Municipalities was reviewed
and denied.

3. The invoice from Oasis Enterprises Inc. (Kennel cost) was discussed and
approved for payment. Since the property is a rental and not the
responsibility of the town, the bill will be forwarded to the property
owner for payment to the town.

4. A letter was received from Lou Lertola requesting the town to increase the
veterans with disabilities > 50% to $40K. This was referred to Diane Moore
for computation of the cost to the town. This will have to be a warned
article at town meeting.

5. Warrants # 7 & 7A were reviewed and approved for payment.

6. R. Guyer requested permission to have a small plaque made and attached to a
stone in the public beach area in memory of Elijah Goss. This was voted on
and approved by the select board. R. Guyer abstained from the vote.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:15 PM.

Submitted by L.Labor

Morgan Select Board Meeting 9/13/10

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on September 13, 2010 @ 7:00 PM

Present: R. Guyer
L. Labor
R. Miller excused

Guests: Del and Nancy Green

A. Previous meetings minutes—not available

B. Request for permission to purchase reflective 911 sign for office.
Discussed and approved.

C. A request was received from NEMRC asking the town to provide annual grand
list data to CoreLogic; this was presented to the board via the listers.
This was discussed and approved.

The following notices were read, reviewed and filed for reference:

1. A notice of the 13th Annual Terry and Ben Classen Memorial Northeast
Kingdom Bike Tour was received and filed.

2. A notice of Fred Murphy’s appeal to the State re: property appraisal

3. A letter from Linda Bourdeau on missing 911 signs. This was so noted.
Vandals have removed many signs. As the calls come in to the town clerks
office these are forwarded to S. Austin. Shawn orders the replacement
signs. These do take some time for the mfg. process and we ask the
residents for patience with and to continue to report any missing signs to
the town clerk’s office.

4. A letter from Terry Lynn and Karen Wilkens on obesity was received and
filed.

5. The bill received from Oasis Kennel was tabled until there can be a
discussion when all board members are present.

New Business:

Nancy and Del Green expressed their concerns about the lack of a town
ordinance concerning the location of junkyards in the town and stated that it
is time that this matter be given due consideration

Discussion followed. The select board will look into the issue and get back to
them in a timely manner.

Expense and revenue reports were received and orders number 5 and 6 were
reviewed and signed off for payment.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:30PM.

Submitted by L.Labor