Month: January 2011

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on January 24, 2011 @ 7:00 PM

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

Guest: Janet Selby

A. Previous meeting minutes approved as read.

B. Janet Selby came to the meeting to discuss the State’s changes to the
Milfoil Program. The State has changed how the grant is to administered and
who may apply for it. The Select Board must apply for and be responsible for
administering the grant. After discussion, it was approved that members of the
Seymour Lake Association will continue to write the grant as they have the
history and familiarity with the program. The Select Board will review and
sign off on it, as the state is not allowing co-applications any more.

Thank you Janet.

C. A letter of introduction was received from Bruce A. Melendy. He is the new
Regional Emergency Planning Coordinator for the Northeastern Vermont
Development Association.

D. Notice was received that the standard mileage rate for 2011 will be $0.51
per mile. The IRS establishes this annually

D. The Derby Line Ambulance Service submitted their bill for service to the
town for 2011 for $6696.00

E. A notice was received from NRRA. They are sponsoring a meeting in Carroll
NH on a waste recovery and consolidation program.

E. A notice was received from the Association of Vermont Conservation
Commissions describing the availability of a “Tiny Grant Program” there are
grants available for the sum of $250 to $500 dollars to assist towns in the
formation of Conservation Commissions. This read and filed.

F. Penelope Thomas resigned as the “Towns Service Officer” We will be looking
for a volunteer for that position. Thank you Penny for your service to the
Town.

G. The budget and articles for the March Meeting warning were reviewed and
nearly finalized, with only the school budget remaining to be entered.

The Select Board approved the budget with the requested changes and reviewed
the proposed article and approved those also.

Orders were reviewed and signed for payment

Meeting Adjourned at 8:30 PM

Submitted by L.Labor

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on January 19, 2011 @ 6:00 PM

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

Guest: Tammy Morin –town clerk/treasurer

Shawn Austin Road Commissioner

Purpose: This meeting was called in addition to the regularly scheduled
meetings for the purpose of developing the 2011-2012 budgets and for preparing
for the March Town Meeting warning.

The animal control officer compensation was changed to reflect a flat rate of
$300.00 per year and a $20.00 payment per call/occurrence.

The school budget has yet to be turned in: this will have to be added at a
later time.

Several organizations have not turned in their requests for appropriations…the
deadline for submission is the 20th. If turned in by the deadline, they will
be added to the warning.

The roofing over the roll off at the transfer station was discussed. Shawn had
the dimensions and submitted them to Tammy. This small job will be put out to
bid, as it must be done by June as it is in this year’s budget.

Doug Garon submitted two quotes for fencing repairs to the cemeteries. One
(Cargill) is in this year’s budget and should be done prior to fiscal year
end. The second is for repairs to the (Beach cemetery) and will be on the
agenda for the select board meeting on the 24th.

Shawn presented the highway budget; it represents a $1,500.00 increase. He
also noted that he increased the budget for chloride spraying for dust control
in the summer.

The Town has not had an outside audit firm review our books and transactions
since 2002. Per recommendation of the audit committee, Tammy has been asked to
secure 2 quotes for this process. This will be put into the budget as soon as
we have a figure.

Note: under highways, Shawn noted that the town owns a John Deer backhoe that
sees very little use, and he is recommending disposing of it. Shawn will
obtain an estimated value and forward it to the Select Board for their review.

Tammy will put in town warning asking for permission to sell it.

Meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM

Submitted by L. Labor

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on January 10, 2011 @ 7:00 PM

Present: R. Miller
R. Guyer
L. Labor

A. Previous minutes accepted as read.

B. The following communications were read, reviewed and filed:

Thank you note from the Old Stone House Museum for appropriations received.

The listers’ presented a copy of their proposed budget for the 2011-2012 year.
This will be reviewed and incorporated into the budget process.

A notice was received on the availability of a hazard mitigation grant program

A notice of the 30th Annual Northeast Recycling Conference and Expo.

A copy of e-mail from Sara Davies on the Snyder property appeal.

Tammy distributed a copy of the proposed budget along with current and
previous budgets for the Board’s review.

Actions:

A request from the town clerk and assistant to go to a Town meeting workshop
sponsored by the VLCT was reviewed and approved. Registration is $80.00 per
person. This will be held on February 23, in Montpelier.

The annual Certificate of Highway Mileage was reviewed; there were no
additions or deletions. It was filled out and signed.

A copy of the proposed Town Meeting Warning was reviewed. Additional
information is to be added as not all of the information has come forward re:
school budget dollars etc.

A separate budget meeting was scheduled for January 19th at 6 PM at the town
office.

Orders 13 A, B, and C and Orders 14 were reviewed and signed for payment.

C. Meeting adjourned at 8:00 PM.

Submitted by L. Labor