MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on February 11, 2013 @ 7:00 PM
Select Board Agenda/Meeting
February 11, 2013
Meeting was called to order @ 6:59 p.m.
Present: Larry Labor, Allan Wooley, Robert Guyer & TammyLee Morin
Others Present: Brian Gray.
Brian Gray will be attending the meeting in reference to Waste Management
Act #148.
Brian Gray handed out recent changes to State Law from NEKWMD that by July
1st 2015 municipality’s shall implement a variable rate pricing system
for household garbage. (See attached) Brian will also set up a meeting
with Paul Tomasi from Waste Management sometime in May or June to let us
know our options.
1. Minutes to meeting of January 28, 2013 to review, approve and sign.
Motion made and seconded to approve minutes with a spelling correction of
the word exhisting to existing. In #2 4th paragraph. So moved.
2. Minutes to Special Select Board meeting of February 4, 2013 to review,
approve and sign.
Motion made and seconded to approve minutes of Special Select Board meeting
on February 4, 2013.
3. Review and make any changes to Estimated Valuation of Assets for June
30, 2012 for Town report.
By changing the Community House Equipment from #38,000.00 to $20,000.00 a
motion was made and seconded to except the Estimated Valuation of Assets
for June 30, 2012 for Town Report.
4. Request for approval for Town Clerk to attend VTGFOA workshop on
February 12, 2013 in Burlington for the amount $65.00.
Motion made and seconded to approve for Town Clerk to attend meeting in
Burlington for the amount of $65.00.
5. E-mail from Deb Sachs on Morgan Street Lighting up date.
Deb Sachs thinks that the Town should push to switch to LED lighting by
summer, but Kevin Perry from VEC disagrees and I looking @ recovery
costs.
6. E-mail from David Blittersdorf on Morgan, Street Lighting Re-fixturing
Project.
Tammy will contact Waste Management to find out when post closure started.
Chris Kaufman.
7. Copy of coverage documents for 2013: Property & Casualty, Worker’s
Compensation, and Supplemental Accident Coverage for Volunteers.
Read, Reviewed and filed.
8. Discussion of Unemployment request of Select Board Allen Wooley.
a) The Town Select Board is willing to go half and half with SLA providing
they are willing to pick up the unemployment which the town has been
paying. The overall cost has been $30,000.00 a little over $10,000.00
for each milfoil inspector in wages and over $11,000.00 for
unemployment; the state has granted $10,000.00 and town and SLA have
each granted somewhat over $5,000.00 (town $7,500.00 a year in the past)
and this paid wages, but not the unemployment, which the Town has paid.
b) If SLA does not want to pay the unemployment, then it has 3 options:
i) Have the town to put the job out to lowest bid (several problems: state
may still unemployment with court costs; lowest bid may be higher then
$20,000.00; any coverage would be SLA’s responsibility).
ii) Hire people who would not collect unemployment (those in school or
college)
iii) Town writes SLA a check for same amount as the state grant, and SLA
can also petition for a grant from the town (Charleston gives Echo
Assoc. ca. $800.00).
9. Discussion on Select Board report request from Chairman Larry Labor.
Motion was made and seconded to except the Slect Board report for Town
report book. So moved.
10. Orders# 16, 17, & 18 to review approve and sign.
#16 Payroll $2,400.00 AP $779.02
#17 Payroll $3,245.77 AP $12,551.16
#18 Payroll $ 0.00 AP $17,951.00
Motion made and seconded to approve orders # 16,17 & 18. So approved and
signed.
Meeting adjourned @ 7:55 p.m.