Month: July 2011

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on July 25th, 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——Approved as read.

IV. Guests: Mr. Dave Blittersdorf, Bryon Gray, Connie Knaggs, Debra Blier

V. Chairperson’s report: Richard Miller read the following communications:

A copy of the solid waste transfer station report was read and filed.

Brian Gray brought a copy of the Plan E-Waste Memorandum of Understanding.
This was reviewed and signed. It outlined the scope of work, and
responsibilities of NRRA.

The covered devices are computers, computer monitors, any device containing
a CRT, printers, televisions and computer peripherals.

Banned devices may be collected, however collection locations may charge
for their collection and must segregate from those collected under the
plan. They may not dispose of them in landfills or scrap metal.

Banned devices are as follows: PDAs. MP3 Player, + personal electronics.
Game consoles, fax machines, wireless phones, telephones and answering
machines. VCR’s DVD players Digital converter boxes, stereo equipment,
electronic device power cords and chargers.

An application for human services and educational facilities grant was
forwarded to the historical society.

A request for local support for energy committee was reviewed and filed

A notice was received from VLCT regarding a “Town Fair” to be held Oct. 6th in
Killington, Vt. was read and filed.

The Worth Lease land agreement quit claim deed was reviewed by R. Chimileski,
and approved as submitted by attorney Paul Gillies on behalf of Mrs. Worth.
Notarized signatures pending.

Mr. J. Hinton, came to the meeting to present a tire-recycling proposal from
KNS Tire. The proposal would compensate the town at $2.00/tire.

The board asks Tammy to call them at 802-755-9278 and make arrangements for
pickup of the tires.

Connie Knaggs, delivered brochure and information describing the services
offered by the Frontier Animal Society. She also recommended a review of the
Town’s animal control ordinance.

Deborah Blier a resident and property owner came to the meeting seeking
information and assistance from the town regarding flood damage from the May
storm. She described the gravel and potential damage to some of her trees.
Roby will look into her issue for possible remediation.

Mr. Dave Blittersdorf came to the meeting to present a solar power alternative
to the town. This will be subject to an in-depth review and reported out at a
later date. Mr. Blittersdorf distributed descriptive materials and a sample
proposal.

VII Orders 1A and 2 were reviewed and approved for payment.

Revenue and Expenditure reports for period # 1 were reviewed and filed.

VIII Next meeting is August 8, 2011

IX Meeting adjourned at 8:30 PM

X Submitted by L.Labor

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on July 1, 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——-Approved as read.

IV. Guests: Homer Tinker, Del Green, Steve Matson, Robert and Laurie Cain and
Shawn Austin.

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

A contract was received from Gene Besaw and Associates for the purpose of
performing a financial municipal audit. This was signed and approved. monies
had been approved for this purpose in the town budget.

An accounting of the repayment assignment for the duplicate overpayment of
delinquent tax collector fees was reviewed and accepted with the request of
minor changes to the form. Tammy will return the form to Donna Young for
reprinting.

A request for the Town to become a member of the Vermont Conservation
Commission was read and reviewed and filed.

A request was received from Jim Judd, Deanna Keenan and Diane Moore to attend
a Vt. Listers and Assessors Association Training Seminar. This was approved.

A letter from the Vt. Dept. of Taxes was received stating the new 2012
Education tax rate. The new Homestead education tax rate will be $1.2462 and
for non resident property it will be $1.3315.

A bill was received for the use of the Marshal and Swift Cost Tables for the
Listers Office. This was approved for payment.

Pamela Fecteau, senior underwriter for the VLCT sent revised valuations for
the two town properties insured by them After discussion it was moved to seek
commercial bids for comparison as this represented a significant increase in
our insurance costs. Tammy will call local insurance providers.

Guests: Homer Tinker requested information on what the town required for
permits to establish a retail stand for selling produce and crafts such as
jams etc. Proposal is for 1 day per week, location to be determined.

Del Green came to ask if town permits were needed to establish a gravel pit,
and also register his concerns about possible State requirements for an Act
250 permit. This will be looked into. He also wanted to give a report on the
activity occurring on neighboring lands regarding junk clean up and the lack
of activity in lieu of our junkyard ordinance. Richard Miller will compose a
letter and send it to the landowner per our ordinance.

Steve Matson: came to discuss the junkyard ordinance and support Dels’ request
to initiate action, as he has not been able to obtain a satisfactory response
from the landowner.

Bob and Laurie Cain came to the meeting to request that the residual oil (5
yrs. old) in the community house be pumped out before there is leakage. This
was referred to the Community House Committee, however the Board does approve
of this action.

Notice had been received from FEMA that they will be here at the Town Clerk’s
Office on July 18th, at 8:00 AM to review the Town’s documentation of costs
incurred for road restoration and future costs that may be anticipated for the
completion of culvert and ditch work etc. Shawn Austin, Robert Guyer and
Richard Miller will attend. L.Labor will be out of town.

Shawn asked if there was a form available from FEMA for tracking the costs
associated with debris removal such as trees and stumps, culverts etc. Shawn
Reviewed the “Kick off Packet” of information and did find a suitable form.

Line two of the application for the additional two and a half (2.5%) coverage
if a town has regulations developed for flood hazards was discussed and it was
moved to forward this to the Town’s Planning Commission to develop. The Select
Board approved the filling out of the NFIP application, Tammy was asked to
fill out and Richard will sign this form.

VII
Orders # 26 were reviewed covering the previous year ending June 30th.

Orders #1 starting July 1st, 2011 both were reviewed and approved with one
modification.

VIII Next meeting is July 25th, 2011 at 7 PM.

IX. Meeting adjourned at 8:20 PM.

X. Submitted by L. Labor