Month: May 2015

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on May 26, 2015 @ 6:00 PM

May 26, 2015

The meeting was called to order at 6:05 p.m.

Present: Larry Labor, Chair; Robert Guyer, Thomas Bonneville and TammyLee
Morin Clerk to the Select Board

Draft Agenda/Meeting

Others present: N/A

1. Minutes to meeting of May 11, 2015 to review and approve as written.

A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes as written.

2. To let any guests attending to speak.

N/A

3. A request from Jessica Judd to use the school for herself by signing a
release of Liability and wants a key.

A motion was made and seconded to be sure that anyone using the school would
have to have and prove Liability Insurance and sign a key out and return
after each session.

4. Tabled from last meeting #10 contract rates and equipment rental from
Casella.

After waiting more than 2 weeks for a bid from Austin’s Rubbish and Rolloff and
hearing nothing, a motion was made and seconded to approve and sign the
contracted rates and Equipment rental from Casella.

5. A copy of an email from Stephen P Lisauskas of WasteZero.

Read and reviewed. Jim Hinton informed Tammy that there were quite a few bags
at the Recycling Center. Larry will go the Recycling Center and check the
quantity.

6. A reminder of the Local Emergency Operations Plans are Due May 1st. (emailed
to all board members on 5-18-15.

Registration was completed and signed and returned to Bruce Melendy at NVDA.

7. Letter of agreement for Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) Cost Tables
Service’s to review and sign.

This is a yearly contract. A motion was made and seconded to approve to pay
the $238.81 for the CAMA program for the Lister’s Office.

8. A proposal from Juddy for the portable toilets at the beach parking lot.

A motion was made and seconded to approve the Portable Toilets from Juddy’s
Septic Tank Service in the amount of $120.00 per month.

9. Orders #29 to review, approve and sign.

A motion was made and seconded to approve and sign Order #29 in the amount of:

Payroll $ 3,846.09
Accounts Payable $ 548,488.43

Other Business:

Sara Davies Coe informed the Board that the court appeal with the Warners was
finalized in the Warner’s favor.

Larry Labor met with Bill Davies on Thursday May 21st, 2015 at approximately
2:30 p.m. and Larry walked Attorney Davies through the changes that were
made at the meeting with Chuck Myers from NFI on May 11th 2015. Attorney
Davies contacted the attorney for NFI (Whit) and as of this date 05-26-2015
have not heard back from NFI or their Attorneys.

*Any delays are not on the Town’s part.

The Board had some discussion on the recycling issue and changes coming and Act
148. A motion was made and seconded that the Board should have an
informational meeting.

A motion was made and seconded to set a date and time and to send this out with
a copy of the Civil Ordinance Variable Rate Pricing by Volume for Municipal
Solid Waste Collection.

The date and time were set at June 22, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. at the E. Taylor
Hatton School for the purpose of answering questions.

Mike Desena is interested in using the school for some church functions. A
motion was made and seconded that he shall do so in the same rules of
proving Liability Insurance.

Tammy asked for permission to pay bills for the E. Taylor Hatton School.

1. Nedeau’s $ 1,116.50 with a discount of $45.23 = $ 1,071.27.
2. Fair Point $ 81.77
3. Vermont Coop $ 389.53

A motion was made and seconded to approve to pay.

The school mowing was awarded to Norman Fortin in the amount of $45.00 per
mowing.

Martin Davis informed Larry Labor that the heat seemed to staying at a
temperature in the 80’s. Tammy will contact Neadeau’s Jeremy to come and
shut down the system.

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 6:50 p.m.

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on April 13, 2015 at 6:00 PM

Selectmen’s Draft Agenda/Meeting
April 13, 2015

The meeting was called to order at 6:00 p.m.

Present: Larry Labor, Chair, Thomas Bonneville and TammyLee Morin,
Clerk to the Board.

Others Present: Attorney William Davies.

* Minutes to meeting of March 23, 2015 to review and approve as written.

A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of March 23, 2015 as
written.

A motion was made and seconded to move all to the end so that Attorney Bill
Davies was not held up.

Mr. Davies and the Board went over the proposal written up from NFI and their
Lawyer. After reviewing proposal there were a lot of things to reconsider
and change or disregard. Attorney Davies suggested that the Board and NFI
sit down and discuss each parties needs and put this in writing, then give
to the Lawyers to be able to make a finalized agreement. Mr. Davies felt
that the communication between both parties and their Lawyers needed to be
better.

Chuck Myers from NFI, phoned during the meeting and the suggestion from
Attorney Davies was brought to Mr. Myers attention and he agreed to meet
for the purpose suggested above. This meeting will take place at the
regular scheduled Select Board meeting of May 11, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. at the
Town Clerk’s office.

* Tabled from meeting of March 23rd, 2015 #11 request of School Bus Stop ahead
sign from Amy Nadeau. Larry was to look into it at the meeting with AOT on
April 1st. 2015 and bring back information to this meeting.

On April 1st 2015, Larry met with the AOT and questioned how to go about
getting a sign for the request of Amy Nadeau’ s letter. Shane Morin and
Bruce Nyquist are working on this and more information is to follow in the
near future. A copy of the Letter from Amy Nadeau was sent to both
parties. Tammy will update Mrs. Nadeau.

* Tabled from meeting of March 23rd, 2015 under other business, an e-mail from
Kasey Kathan from Solid Waste management. Larry was to make phone calls
and bring back to this meeting.

Larry has been doing a lot of work to this matter and will give a presentation
at the meeting of April 20th, 2015.

* Over Weight permit from Cardinal Logistics Management Corp. to review,
approve and sign.

A motion was made and seconded to approve and sign the Uniform Municipal
Excess Weight permit for Cardinal Logistics Management Corporation.

* Request for any BCA to attend workshop on Effective Property tax Appeals in
the amount of $60.00 per person on May 5th 2015 in Lake Morey on Wednesday
May 12, 2015 in Montpelier?

A motion was made and seconded to allow up to two (2) members of the BCA to
attend the Property Tax appeals workshop in the amount of $60.00 per
person.

* Request for Delinquent Tax Collector James Judd and TC & Treas. TammyLee
Morin to attend Delinquent Tax Collector workshop in Randolph on May 20th,
2105, in the amount of $60.00 per person?

A motion was made and seconded to approve for both James Judd and TammyLee
Morin to attend the meeting of Effective Property Tax appeals workshop on
Tuesday, May 5, 2015 in Randolph, Vermont, in the amount of $60.00 per
person.

* Orders #25 were pre-approved and signed on April 2nd, 2015 by Thomas
Bonneville and Larry Labor, in the amount of: AP. $842.07 and PR.
$2,528.27.

* Orders #26 to review, approve and sign in the amount of AP – $ 17,487.55.

A motion was made and seconded to approve and sign.

* Copies of Revenue reports and Budget Status report.

FYI for review.

Other Business:

In reference to a letter from Dr. Poole back in September of 2014 requesting a
speed limit decrease from 50 mph to 35 mph beginning at the Sportsman Lodge
extending to Trails End Road.

This appears to be a seasonal issue so Traffic Operations will conduct a
traffic engineering study, as required by law, and will forward the
recommendation to the Vermont traffic Committee, who will make the final
decision.

The Engineering study will be scheduled in the spring/early summer months when
camps are most active. A speed cart will be set up when available for a
rental price billed to the Town.

An E-mail from Shane Morin, Re: Beaver Dam.

Tammy will send a copy of e-mail to all abutting property owners of the Beaver
dam.

A letter from the State of Vermont Department of Taxes in regards to Towns
owning a solar plant having a nameplate capacity greater than 10 kW.

Tammy will call to find out if we are exempt or not.

There are 5 bills for the Select Board to review and approve for payment for
the E. Taylor Hatton School:

Nadeau’s Fuels, Inc. $ 1,515.73
Martin Davis (Custodian) $ 208.00
Fair Point Communications $ 81.63
Lakefront Properties Mgt. $ 80.00
TammyLee Morin, Riemb. Keys $ 5.69
Total: $ 1,891.05

A motion was made and seconded to approve to pay the 5 bills in the total
amount of $ 1,891.05.

TammyLee requested a money transfer to the school for bills and that the
balance at this time was only $ 310.20.

A motion was made and seconded to approve for a transfer from the Town
checking to the School checking in the amount of $ 5,000.00.

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 7:50 p.m.

MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on May 11, 2015 @ 6:00 PM

Select Board Minutes
May 11, 2015

Chuck Myers from NFI will be attending the meeting.
The meeting was called to order at 6:05pm
Present: Larry Labor, Chair; Robert Guyer, Thomas Bonneville and TammyLee
Morin, Clerk to the Board

1. Minutes to meeting of April 27th 2015 to review and approve as written.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of April 27, 2015.

2. To let any guests present to speak.
Brian Judd questioned portable toilet situation this year and the Board
asked him to get a quote in for the next meeting of May 26, 2015.

3. Status of Warner’s Tax appeal case.
Larry informed the rest of the Board of the appeal going back to the judge
to review more for the reason of some new evidence.

4. Emergency Lighting at the school. (Battery replacement)
Tabled from the last meeting of April 25, 2015 in other business, letter B,
VT Fire Extinguisher Company will come and replace the expired batteries,
exit lights and auxiliary lighting fixtures when they return with the
hydro tested extinguisher.

5. Ordinance Draft on Solid Waste & discussion with Paul Tomasi.
Larry handed out a copy of the draft ordinance for Act 148 he had been
working on with an attachment. A motion was made and seconded to approve
the Act 148 ordinance and will be posted in the local paper, the Morgan
Country Store, Inside and outside of the Town Clerk’s Office and on the
Town Website.

6. NFI discussion with Chuck Myers.
After a lengthy discussion and some concerns a few things were changed to
the unfinished lease agreement and will be submitted to NFI’S lawyer.
Chuck Myers will contact Chairman Larry Labor once Mr. Myers has spoken
to NFI’s lawyer.

7. An E-mail from Stephen P. Lisauskas from WasteZero offering help with the
implementation of Act 148. (Tammy forwarded this to the Board on 05-06-
15)
Read and Reviewed

8. Request for Town Clerk/Treasure to attend the Government Accounting and
Auditing Symposium on June 16, 2015 in Montpelier for the amount of
$60.00.
A motion was made and seconded and approved

9. Change request of Town Clerk’s Assistant Town Clerk & Treasurer Vacation
Policy.
A motion was made and seconded to approve and sign as written

10. Tabled from last meeting letter G under other business on contract rates
and equipment rental from Casella.
Tabled until the next meeting pending more information and quotes

11. 2 Bills for the School to review and approve for payment:

Vermont Fire Extinguisher $ 204.55
Martin Davis (custodian) $ 208.00
Motion made and seconded to approve for payment

12. Orders # 28 & 28A to review, approve and sign.

Order #28 AP $ 16,472.53
Order #28 PR $ 522.45
Order #28A AP $ 147.75
Order#28A PR $ 236.64
A motion was made and seconded to approve and sign orders #28 & 28A in the
amount of : #28AP – $16,472.53 & #28PR – $522.45
#28AAP – $147.75 & #28APR – $236.64

Other Business:
An e-mail from Waste Zero wanting to work with us on the changes to waste
management. A motion was made and seconded to review.

A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 7:25 pm