MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on January 27, 2014 @ 7:00 PM
Selectmen’s Agenda/Meeting
January 27, 2014
Meeting called to order at 7:0 P.M.
Present: Larry Labor, Chair, Robert Guyer, Allan Wooley and TammyLee Morin,
Clerk.
Others Present: N/A
1. Minutes from January 13, 2014 and minutes of January 20th 2014 to review
and approve as written.
Motion made and seconded to approve minutes of January 13th, 2014 and
January 20th, 2014 as written.
2. Medical Service agreement from Lyndon Rescue that has already been
approved but needs to be signed and returned.
After some review of the contract a motion was made and seconded to contact
Lyndon Rescue and ask for clarification of B2 $6,000.00 per month and to
send a copy to Attorney Bill Davies for review and professional advice.
Tabled until next meeting of February 10th, 2014.
3. Annual Appropriation request from Derby Line Ambulance to review and
approve/not approve.
A motion was made and seconded to table until next meeting of February 14th,
2014 after review of Lyndon Rescue contract by Attorney Bill Davies.
4. Letter of agreement for Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA) Cost
Tables Services. For Lister’s office ending June 30th 2013 and beginning
for July 1st 2014 billing in the amount of $238.81. This is an annual
bill.
Motion made and seconded to approve payment of $238.81 for license of CAMA
program for Lister’s office ending June 30th, 2014.
5. Request for Town Clerk to attend To Town Meeting Tune up on February 11,
2014 at Capital Plaza Hotel and Conference Center, Montpelier.
A motion was made and seconded to approve for Town Clerk TammyLee Morin to
attend Town Meeting Tune Up on February 11, 2014 in Montpelier for the
amount of $60.00.
6. Groundwater Monitoring Report from Verterre Group.
A motion was made and seconded to send to send to Attorney Bill Davies for
his Legal advice as to whether we should continue or not or if we can
discontinue at all and what our consequence’s might be.
Tabled until next meeting of February 10, 2014.
7. Request for financial support, Vermont Dry Hydrant Program.
Read and reviewed previously and filed.
8. Tabled from last meeting #4 of an e-mail from Karen Horn, VLCT on
Temporary rights of way to remove timber. Larry Labor was going to
respond to her email and return to the Board on this date and time.
Larry Labor responded to Karen Horn’s e-mail from last meeting of January
13th, 2014 #4. As of today’s date January 27th, 2014 there has been no
response from Karen Horn. A motion was made and seconded to leave
decision up to Lawyers.
9. Tabled from last meeting of January 13, 2014 #5a. Larry Labor was going
to contact Attorney Bill Davies on question about liability of Phil
Whites events held on Seymour.
Response from Attorney Bill Davies was that there is no liability to the
Town as long as we do not endorse any agreement. The property is State
water and State Highway, not Town.
10. Discussion of any articles to be added to warning by Select Board.
(School Board has given their articles to be added to warning. If none
by Select Board, review and approve the warning as written with School
Board Articles.
A motion was made and seconded to skip to #11 in which an article will be
written up if so needed.
11. Report from Allan Wooley regarding where we stand with Efficiency
Vermont.
Allan Wooley reported that he had spoken to Andrew Rushop and that the Town
would be credited $100.00 for each fixture and $100.00 for each light
removed. The Town is paying $305.92 per month now and with changes the
bill would be $151.96 per month with the removal of 8 light.
A motion was made and seconded to add to the warning and article to read:
“Shall the Town of Morgan vote to have VEC change the Sodium Lighting to LED
Lights at a cost of $475.00, removing 8 of the current lights as proposed
at the July 18th, 2013 informational meeting with the School?”
12. Letter from Lister Diane Moore requesting going from an hourly pay rate
to salary pay of $18,000.00 changing the Lister’s budget to $21,568.00.
After some discussion and review of the past 5 years, taking the last 5
years total and dividing it by 5 the Select Board could not justify the
$18,000.00, but did feel that a pay raise was deserved. A motion was
made and seconded to give Lister Diane Moore a pay raise from $16.97 per
hour to $20.00.
13. Review, approve and sign Payroll and salary pay for July 1, 2014 through
June 30, 2015.
A Motion was made and seconded to approve the hourly /salary pay rates for
July 1st 2014 to June 30th, 2014, with the acceptation of #12 and Lister
Diane Moore’s pay. Will bring back to next meeting with rate change of
$16.97 to $20.00.
14. Review, approve and sign orders # 17:
AP $ 6,230.84
PR $ 2,012.66
A motion was made and seconded to approve orders #17 as written above.
OTHER BUSINESS: A motion was made and seconded to approve a budget of
$591,153.65 pending the Ambulance Service.
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 8:45 P.M.