Month: June 2011

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on June 27, 2011 @ 7:00 PM
Town Office

I. Call to Order—————-7:00 PM

II Roll Call—————–R. Miller, Chair, R. Guyer, L. Labor

III Approval of minutes—-Accepted as read.

IV Guests: Pamela Fecteau Senior underwriter for the VLCT
Richard Creaser—reporter for the Chronicle

V. Chairpersons report: Richard Miller read the following communications:

VTrans noted that Park and Ride funding was available; it was so noted that
there are 2 sites in town, that are being used on an infrequent basis and that
the need was not there. This was read and filed.

The Vermont Assessors and Listers Association are having a meeting at Randolph
Tech on August 12th. Diane Moore’s request to attend was granted.

The Charleston Fire Department submitted a bill for 6 months coverage. This
came to $1006.43 x 14.66 mi. for a total of $14,754.31 this was approved for
payment.

FEMA has set a date of July 7th, at 0900 hours at the Elks lodge for the
review of the road repairs due to the flood damage. Robby Guyer and Larry
Labor will attend with Shawn Austin.

Tammy Morin, will ask Shawn for the building specs that he has for the cover
over the roll off at the recycle transfer station. Once she has those in hand,
we will ask her to publish the request for bidding on the construction.

VI Guests: Pamela Fecteau the Senior Underwriter for the VLCT came to explain
significant increase in the 2 town properties that they insure.
Several Discrepancies were noted in the buildings square footage,
lack of cellars etc. She will return with revised values and costs
for coverage.

Richard Creaser a reporter attended the meeting on behalf of the Chronicle.

VII Orders 26 were reviewed and approved for payment.
Expenditure and revenue reports were also distributed and
reviewed.

VIII Next meeting is July 11th at 7 PM

IX Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM

X Submitted by L.Labor

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on June 13, 2011 @ 7:00 PM, Town Office

Agenda

I. Call to Order——————7:00 PM

II. Roll Call———————–R. Miller, Chair, R. Guyer, and L.Labor

III. Approval of May 23, minutes——–accepted as read

IV. Guests——-Peggy Barter, Jim Judd, and Rick Pare

V. Chairpersons report: R. Miller read the following communications:

Brian Judd will be reducing his charge to $75.00 vs. $95.00 for the portable
toilet service. It was noted that this is a $25.00 reduction and is much
appreciated. Thank you Brian.

Shawn Austin submitted documentation on the repairs to the roads etc. that
have occurred to date. It should be noted that the work is appreciated and the
roads are now passable. The present costs are $117,003.95 and there will be
more. Shawn is awaiting notification of a future meeting with the town, FEMA
and VTDOT. If we (the town) are qualified and approved for reimbursement the
expenses will be shared by FEMA (75%), and the state and town each at 12.5%.
We will keep you informed as this effort progresses.

Tammy sent a notice that monies have not been paid on a bill sent to the
property owner responsible for the animal control costs incurred at his Toad
Pond Road rental. Legal recourse will be pursued.

A letter of compliance for “Town road and bridges was received from VTDOT”
this was reviewed and filed.

A model lake Shore land Protection Bylaws and Technical paper was received
from VLCT. This document can provide the framework for developing town
regulations for the environmental protection of our shore land.

A request by Tammy to attend a seminar on Governmental Accounting and Auditing
to be held June 21, in Montpelier was approved.

Two emails were received regarding municipal and regional planning and
development and FY 2012 Planning Grants were received and forwarded to Jim
Jordan

An update on our insurance coverage based on a revised town property valuation
was received. After a brief discussion it was felt that the replacement values
were too high and this was sent back to VLCT.

A notice of an increase in our solid waste and recycling fees was received
from Casella. The new Haul rate is $225.00 an increase of $52.00 and the
disposal rate has increased to $107.50 up by $8.00 this will have a negative
impact on our budget.

VI. New business:

Peggy Barter came to the meeting and gave and informative talk on the efforts
of the LSA to restore and improve the water quality of the lake. She also gave
a brief history of the monitoring and trending. A brief discussion on the
source of phosphates and how reforestation of beach front properties with
native vegetation can help.

Peggy also volunteered to write a Better Back Roads Grant should the town
decide to apply.

Thank You Peggy.

Jim Judd came to remind the Board of the impending property tax sale to be
held on the 14th at 0900AM. He also requested a board member attend if
possible. Richard volunteered.

Rick Pare came to the meeting and resigned as the “public Beach caretaker” for
19 years he has volunteered to spend his time and money cleaning and mowing
the public beach area. That is a long-term commitment to the town.

Thank you Rick for all you have done.

VII. Orders # 24 and 25 were reviewed and signed for payment.

VIII. Next meeting is June 27th at 7PM.

IX. Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM

X. Submitted by Larry Labor