MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on January 14th, 2013 @ 7:00 PM
Select Board Agenda/Minutes
January 14, 2013
Meeting called to order at 7:00 p.m.
Present: Larry Labor; Chair, Robert Guyer, Alan Wooley and TammyLee Morin;
Clerk.
Others Present: Kirk Martin; Sheriff’s Dept., Shawn Austin; Road
Commissioner, David Blittersdorf and Debra Sachs RE: Solar Panels.
Those attending meeting: Kirk Martin from the Orleans Sheriff’s Department
on Budget proposal.
Shawn Austin, Road Commissioner with Budget proposal.
David Blittersdorf and Debra Sachs with Solar Panel information.
1. Minutes to meeting of December 26, 2012 to review and approve.
Motion made and seconded to except the minutes of December 26, 2012 as
written.
2. Orleans County Sheriff’s Department request for 3.5% raise in budget.
Chair of the Board Larry Labor had 2 questions. 1. Why and what the 3.5%
raise is going towards and if there could be any kind of scheduling
flexibility of time when the Sheriff’s would patrol.
Sheriff Martin replied that the 3.5% increase was due to an increase in
insurance and gas inflation costs.
As for the patrolling he would try to have more patrolling on sunny days and
in late afternoon and evening if he can but really couldn’t promise a
scheduled time.
3. Shawn Austin with his 2013-2014-budget request.
Road Commissioner Shawn Austin came with a proposal of $223,700.00 for the
2013/2014 budget, an increase of $ 17,700.00. A motion made and seconded
to approve the highway department budget of $ 223.700.00.
4. David Blittersdorf and Debra Sachs on Solar Panel proposal.
After a lengthy discussion and exchange of information on the Solar Panels
and Town Street lights the board asked for a couple favors in helping get
some information fromVEC on privately owned street light owners, in which
Debra Sachs would kindly help with. Mr. Blittersdorf will check with
Endyne to be sure that this project will not effect the monitoring of the
wells at the landfill and also update the Certificate of Public Good and
CPG application and forward it back to the board for approval and
signatures and the board will move on from there.
5. Notice of Mileage increase from 55.5 cents per mile to 56.5cents starting
January 1, 2013.
Motion made and seconded to approve the mileage rate per mile from 55.5 to
56.5 cents as of January 1, 2013.
6. Signature request from Lister Diane Moore for detailed compliance plan
for the State of Vermont to William E Johnson, Director of Property
Valuation & Review and letter from William E. Johnson Re: Reappraisal
order- 32 V.S.A.$4041a received on January 14, 2013.
Motion made and seconded to sign.
7. 2013 Certificate of Highway Mileage for determination of Towns share of
State aid for highways for fiscal year 2014 to be signed and returned.
With no changes a motion was made and seconded to sign.
8. Memorandum of Procedure Addressing Completion of Post Closure Care for
Solid Waste Disposal Facilities from State of Vermont.
Read, Reviewed and Filed.
9. Corey Raymond dropped off an insignificant waste management event
approval application form for HHW/CEG Hazardous Waste Collection Events
to sign and return to him.
Motion made and seconded to sign. Tammy will mail back to Corey Raymond.
10. Copy of Orleans County Sheriff’s Department Patrol report for December
2012.
Read, Reviewed and Filed.
11. Appropriation request from RC&D of $100.00 for 2013-2014.
Motion made and seconded to approve for budget of $100.00.
12. Orders #14A: Payroll – $6,241.22 and AP – $2,898.32 to review, approve
and sign.
Motion made and seconded to approve and sign Order #14A in the amount of $
6.241.22 for Payroll and $ 2,898.32 for Accounts payable.
Order#15: Payroll – 4,811.74 and AP – 24,189.23 to review, approve and sign.
Motion made and seconded to approve and sign Order #15 in the amount of $
4,811.75 for Payroll and $ 24,189.23 for Accounts payable.
Other Business: Some discussion on expanding the vault and office space and
will bring back to next meeting.
Motion made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 9:20 p.m.