MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on March 23, 2015 @ 6:00 PM
Select Board Draft Agenda/Meeting
March 23, 2015
The meeting was called to order at 6:08 p.m.
Present: Larry Labor; Chair, Robert Guyer, Thomas Bonneville, &
TammyLee Morin Clerk to the Board.
Others present: Sheriff Kirk Martin, Janet Selby & Shawn Austin.
* Minutes of meeting on March 9th to review and approve as written.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the minutes of March 9th 2015 as
written.
A motion was made and seconded to move the guests forward.
Shawn Austin asked the Board to review, approve and sign an Annual Financial
Plan for Town Highways and to certify that funds raised by municipal
taxes are equivalent to or greater then a sum of at least $300.00 per
mile for each mile of Class 1, 2, and 3 Town Highway in the municipality.
Shawn Austin also had a Certification of Compliance for Town Road & Bridge
Standards and Network Inventory. The Board certified that they have
reviewed, understand and comply with the Town Road & Bridge
Standards/Public Works Specifications and Standards passed and adopted by
the Select board/City Council/Village Board of Trustees on June 15, 2011
and that they further certify that the adopted standards do meet or
exceed the minimum requirements included in January 23, 2013 VTrans
template and that they do have an up-to-date highway network inventory
which identifies location, size, deficiencies/condition of roads,
bridges, causeways, culverts and highway-related retaining walls on class
1,2, and3 town highways, and estimated cost and repair.
Shawn also asked for the Board to choose a date for the AOT meeting of March
27, 2015 8:00a.m. to 10:00 a.m. or April 1st, 2015 from 8:00 a.m. to
10:00 a.m. and let him know.
The Board chose April 1st, 2105 and Larry Labor and Robert Guyer will
attend. (Tammy will let Shawn know.)
Janet Selby attended the meeting on behalf of a petition that was filed with
the Town Clerk’s office on the sale/not sale of the E. Taylor Hatton
School and asked the Board to withdraw the petition. A completed
proposition is still being negotiated. When completed and reviewed a
petition may then be submitted.
* The Sheriff’s department to sign contract of 2015-2016.
Captain Kirk Hardy asked the Board to sign the already approved contract,
which ws level funded from last year in the amount of $11,521.80 and that
the patrol time would continue as last year, being more summer patrol the
winter.
* Two (2) weight permits from Blue Flame Gas/Amerigas and United Natural;
Foods, Inc. to approve and sign.
A motion was made and seconded to approve and sign both weight permits.
* E-mail from Ecomaine on an upcoming Conference on the most critical facing
issues facing the solid waste industry.
A motion was made and seconded to pass a copy to Brian Gray and Bob Durgin.
(Tammy will send)
* Letter from Vermont Land Trust informing you of Richard and Helen Morin
working with the Vermont Land Trust to permanently conserve =/-155 acres
of land currently owned by Ann Ford.
Read & Reviewed.
* An email from State of Vermont Highway Division pertaining to center line
pavement markings on Class 1 and Class 2 highways.
Read & Reviewed
* An email from NEKWMD of Public notice and posting of the Ordinance for our
Town’s files. (TammyLee forwarded this to all 3 select board members.)
A motion was made and seconded to invite Bob Durgin, Brian Gray and Paul
Berube to a special meeting to get their input and form a committee.
A motion was made and seconded to invite and have a special meeting on April
20th at 6:00 p.m. at the Town of Morgan Clerk’s office.
Tammy will post the Ordinance at the Town Clerk’s office , The Morgan
Country Store and the Bulletin Board.
* A bill from Nadeau’s Fuels, Inc. in the amount of $920.43 minus the
discount of $37.34 a total of $883.09 to approve to pay.
A motion was made and seconded to approve to pay $ 883.09 to Nadeau’s Fuels
for the E. Taylor Hatton School.
* Request to purchase a new printer in the amount of $249.99 for the Town
Clerk’s Office due to a piece broken of the old printer and a Digital
recorder for $79.99 due to the old one not working very well anymore.
A motion was made and seconded to approve the purchase of a digital tape
recorder and a new printer in the amount shown above.
* Discussion of Fire extinguishers at school.
Larry Labor and Thomas Bonneville will do and inventory of fire
extinguishers at the school on Tuesday, March 24, 2015 and get back to
Robert Guyer who will then contact a company he knows through his work at
Metal Flex for inspection and dating them.
* A letter from Amy Nadeau requesting a “School Bus Stop Ahead” sign to be
put up above her driveway of 528 Vt. Route 111. There have been many
incidents of possible serious accidents. The bus driver has asked her
also to see what she could do about this for everyone’s safety.
Larry Labor will be attending a meeting with AOT on Friday April 1st, 2015
and will get the proper information to this matter. Tammy will let Mrs.
Nadeau know this and that the Town will get back to her as soon as they
have the information needed.
* Discussion of Petition submitted to the Town Clerk’s Office on March 17,
2015.
This was taken care of in the conversation with Janet Selby in the beginning
of the meeting.
* Orders #23 to review approve and sign.
A motion was made and seconded to approve and sign the orders in the amounts
of:
Payroll: $ 3,567.12
Account Payable: $11,012.01
Other Business:
A motion was made and seconded to approve two (2) more weight permits for
the following Companies: Calkin’s Inc., and Kelley View Farms.
Reviewed an e-mail from Kasey Kathan from Solid Waste Management Program
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation in reference to the
Closed Landfill 2014 reporting. Larry Labor make some phone calls.
Tabled to next meeting of April 13, 2015.
A motion was made and seconded to approve 2 bills for the E. Taylor Hatton
School:
Vt. Coop. $ 385.99
Lakefront Properties $ 900.00
A motion was made and seconded at the request of the Town Clerk/Treasurer to
have Gene Besaw & Assoc. PC Audit the year ending 2014-2015 fiscal year
for the Town of Morgan.
A motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting at 7:15 p.m.