MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on September 9, 2013 @ 7:00 PM
Select Boards Agenda/Minutes
September 9, 2013
Present: Larry Labor, Chair, Allan Wooley, Robert Guyer, & TammyLee Morin,
Clerk
Others Present: Steve Matson, Miriam Benson, Barbara Mason
1. Minutes to meeting of August 26, 2013 to review and approve.
Motion made and seconded to approve the minutes of August 26, 2013 as
written. So Moved.
2. Steve Matson would like to present a petition for Turning Points.
The Board took this under advisement, and said until the proper paper
work has been done and transferred no action can be taken.
3. Copy of School Board minutes from Special Meeting of August 27, 2013 vote.
Read and Reviewed
4. Copy of Special vote on Morgan Town School to review and approve.
The Board had a couple punctuation corrections and amended some of the
wording,
5. Allan would like to present proposal for Community House improvements from
Stella Samuels. (SLA)
This was an e-mail from Stella Samuels that her family would like to make
a donation to the Seymour Lake Association, perhaps to improve the Community
House.
6. Allan Wooley would like to discuss State education Tax rates.
Allan gave out some information from Campaign for Vermont and the
Vermount Ethan Allen Institute on the narrowing differential between
state’s educational residetial and non-residential tax rates.
Read & reviewed.
7. Allan Wooley requested discussion on Community Center Construction (See
attached # 2,3,4 & 5.)
A motion was made and seconded to table pending ownership. So moved.
8. Information from Department of the Army US Army Corps of Engineers:
Regulations as they pertain to work in waterways and wetlands, and their
permitting process after Natural Disasters, and notification of office
moved.
Read & Reviewed.
9. Larry Labor asked to have Town Lawyer put on the agenda.
Larry handed out a memorandum with names of Attorney’s to handle the Town
in the transferring of the School property. After review of the list, a
motion was made and seconded for Larry Labor to contact Attorney Bill
Davies to represent the Town with Legal advice and paper work.
10. Notice of Fall Select Board Institute Seminar on October 19, 2013 in
Killington or November 2, 2013 in South Burlington.
Read & reviewed.
11. Notice of Fall Auditors Workshop for October 17, 2013 in Lake Morey
Resort in Fairlee or October 22, 2013 in Middlebury Inn, Middlebury.
TammyLee sent a copy to each Town Auditor.
A motion was made and seconded to approve each auditor to attend this
workshop of choice in the amount of $60.00 per person.
12. Zoning Notice to Warners for Non-Compliance.
Notice from Steve Matson to Select Board to give them heads up. The
Warners have to either remove the deck in non-compliance or an alternate
method would be considered if any.
13. Orders#4B, #6 & 6A to review, approve and sign.
#4B Accounts Payable $ 460.00
#6 Accounts Payable $ 3,288.20
#6 Payroll $ 7,120.28
#6A Accounts Payable $17,980.20
A motion was made and seconded to approve & sign Orders #4B-AP ($460.00) #6-
PR ($7,120.28) #6-AP ($3,288.20) & #6A-AP ($17,980.20) So moved.
Other Business:
1.) A Letter from Lynn Berry was read by Larry Labor on her wishes for the
Elizabeth Taylor Hatton building. (Read & Reviewed)
2.) TammyLee Morin Clerk of the Select Board asked Allan Wooley to take her
place and take minutes for the next meeting dated September 23, 2013, she
will be out of town. Mr. Wooley graciously accepted. Thank you Allen.
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 P.m. So moved.