MINUTES
Morgan Select Board Meeting
Held on March 8, 2010 @ 7:00 PM
Present: R. Miller Chair
R. Guyer
L.Labor
Guest: Ken Mason
Previous minutes: reviewed and accepted as read.
Guest: Ken Mason came to the board to express his intent to run for VEC
director for this district. Ken expressed his views on energy use, the future
of energy sources such as wind, hydro, solar etc. The board endorsed Ken’s
candidacy and signed his petitions, for which he needs 25 signatures.
Communications and notices:
2 requests were received from Diane Moore to attend seminars; 1 for Annual
Town Officers Education Conference and a Grand list Seminar. Total
registration fees of $160.00. were approved by the board.
NEKWMD board of Supervisors meeting to be held March 9th. Reviewed and filed.
NE Business Equipment sent a copier contract for review. The board approved
and signed for another year.
A notice was received from the State of Vt. Dept. of Economic, Housing and
Community Development regarding the availability of Municipal Planning Grants.
These grants are to be used for updating municipal bylaws, municipal planning
concerns, growth center planning etc.
This was reviewed and filed.
A letter was received from Fairpoint Communications regarding the presence of
toxic or hazardous waste materials (batteries etc.) at the switching station.
This was reviewed and filed.
The 2010 Boundary Validation Program was forwarded to Diane then to Richard
Miller for his signature. This was reviewed and signed.
A notice was received from VLCT of an Interactive television seminar on land
use and planning and development coordination was received. This was reviewed
and filed.
A letter from Dale Perron from the Operations Division District 9 was
forwarded to Shawn Austin.
Pike Industries submitted a weight permit application. This was reviewed and
signed.
There was a review of select board appointed positions:
A; Charles Wood’s name was added to the planning commission committee.
B; Greg Smith’s name was removed from the fence viewers committee, there were
3 remaining persons, so there was not a replacement for Greg’s position.
C; Roland Besaw resigned from both the emergency management and civil defense
positions. Sean Selby accepted the positions.
D; All other positions stay as listed in the Town Report.
A notice was received that the Town of Morgan and the Town of Charleston are
to be the recipients of a Revocable Trust left by a Mr. John E. Bly. 75% of
this trust is to be divided equally between the towns for use by their school
districts.
The trust is currently valued at $107,000.00. The towns will receive the trust
earnings (interest/dividends) annually.
Orders 19A and 19 were reviewed and approved for payment.
Meeting adjourned at 8:15 PM
Submitted by L.Labor