MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on January 19, 2011 @ 6:00 PM
Present: R. Miller chair
R. Guyer
L. Labor
Guest: Tammy Morin –town clerk/treasurer
Shawn Austin Road Commissioner
Purpose: This meeting was called in addition to the regularly scheduled
meetings for the purpose of developing the 2011-2012 budgets and for preparing
for the March Town Meeting warning.
The animal control officer compensation was changed to reflect a flat rate of
$300.00 per year and a $20.00 payment per call/occurrence.
The school budget has yet to be turned in: this will have to be added at a
later time.
Several organizations have not turned in their requests for appropriations…the
deadline for submission is the 20th. If turned in by the deadline, they will
be added to the warning.
The roofing over the roll off at the transfer station was discussed. Shawn had
the dimensions and submitted them to Tammy. This small job will be put out to
bid, as it must be done by June as it is in this year’s budget.
Doug Garon submitted two quotes for fencing repairs to the cemeteries. One
(Cargill) is in this year’s budget and should be done prior to fiscal year
end. The second is for repairs to the (Beach cemetery) and will be on the
agenda for the select board meeting on the 24th.
Shawn presented the highway budget; it represents a $1,500.00 increase. He
also noted that he increased the budget for chloride spraying for dust control
in the summer.
The Town has not had an outside audit firm review our books and transactions
since 2002. Per recommendation of the audit committee, Tammy has been asked to
secure 2 quotes for this process. This will be put into the budget as soon as
we have a figure.
Note: under highways, Shawn noted that the town owns a John Deer backhoe that
sees very little use, and he is recommending disposing of it. Shawn will
obtain an estimated value and forward it to the Select Board for their review.
Tammy will put in town warning asking for permission to sell it.
Meeting adjourned at 7:00 PM
Submitted by L. Labor