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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 1-6-1993t E BOARD OF SELECTMEN AGENDA January 6, 1993 1. 7:00 P.M. Meeting Called To Order /Salute the Flag 6. Old Business 7. New Business 8. Adjournment a) Town Manager - FY -94 Budget Message b) Selectmen - Fish & Game /schedule site walk a) Town Manager - Personnel complaint response - No Through Trucking /Winter Street b) Selectmen Board & Committee Appointments 2. 7:30 P.M. Finance Committee Interviews - then appointments will be made 3. 8:00 P.M. Constable appointments 4. 8:10 P.M. Questions & Comments 5. 8:20 P.M. a) Minutes of Dec. 16 & 23, 1992 b) Warrant #28 & #29 c) Licenses & Permits d) Correspondence 6. Old Business 7. New Business 8. Adjournment a) Town Manager - FY -94 Budget Message b) Selectmen - Fish & Game /schedule site walk a) Town Manager - Personnel complaint response - No Through Trucking /Winter Street b) Selectmen BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING ( JANUARY 6, 1993 PRESENT: Chairman Tartufo; Selectmen Penney, Pasquale, Colella, Robinson; Town Manager 1. The meeting was called to order at 7:15 P.M. and the Flag saluted, after which Chairman Tartufo announced that some of the Greg Watkins Pack 13 members were present to observe; they are working towards their citizen- ship badge. Chairman Tartufo also announced there will be a Together We Can meeting January 7th at 7:30 P.M. in the Jordan - Jackson School; everyone is welcome. 2. Board & Committee Appointments Airport Commission - Jeffrey Siena and Robert Andrews re- appointed for three -year terms. Board of Assessors - Walter Main re- appointed for a three -year term. Conservation Commission - Paul Sadowski and Gerard Cormier appointed for four -year terms. Council on Aging - Elizabeth A. Wood and Frank G. Nilson re- appointed for three -year terms. Library Trustees - Jeffrey Ptaschnik re- appointed for a three -year term. Planning Board - William Madan and Michael McClanahan re- appointed for five -year terms. John Sullivan, Jr. appointed to fill a one -year vacant term. Board of Health - Henry Austin re- appointed for a three -year term. Carol Sosman appointed for a three -year term. Zoning Board of Appeals - Eric Butler re- appointed for a three -year term; Peter DeTrolio, Jr. re- appointed for a three - year term, as an Associate. Municipal Building Committee - Richard Feeley appointed for three -years to fill a vacant term. Recreation Commission - Raymond K. Martin appointed for a two -year term to fill a vacant term. Finance Committee - Philip Smith and Gordon Penman re- appointed for a three -year term. Andres Gazzolo and Robert Thompson appointed for two - year terms to fill two vacant terms. Registrars of Voters - Jacqueline Barclift re- appointed for a three -year term. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING JANUARY 6, 1993 PAGE 2 World War II Scholarship Fund Committee - Mary Ann DeTrolio re- appointed for a five -year term. William Flannery and Phyllis Krupka appointed for five -year terms. Constables - George Mather, Michael Bombas and James Carey re- appointed, all for one -year terms. Special Constable To Conservation Land - Charles Meszoely re- appointed for a one -year term. 3. Ouestions & Comments a) Karl Clemmey questioned the zoning article to be put on the Special Town Meeting Warrant when it had only ten signatures. He claimed it should have one hundred signatures according to the way he read the Charter. Chairman Tartufo referred to the Charter and advised that if it was wrong for them to accept the Article, it will be withdrawn by Town Counsel instructions. Karl then questioned the area included and not included in the pro- posed Moratorium area, pointing out 61 acres which are not included and stated 2 acres are owned by Chairman Tartufo. 4. Minutes of December 16, 1992 and December 23, 1992 * MOTION: To approve the Minutes of December 16, 1992. Penney /Pasquale VOTED: 5 -0 * MOTION: To approve the Mintues of December 23, 1992. Pasquale /Robinson Selectman Penney pointed out the vote at the top of Page 5 should read FAILED: 2 -2. VOTED: "As amended ": 5 -0 5. Warrant #28 and #29 * MOTION: To approve Warrant #28 in the amount of $1,597,049.70, dated December 29, 1992, broken down as follows: General Fund - $1,284,341.30 School Lunch - 7,331.35 Special Revenue - 15,661.58 Capital Projects - 2,479.50 Sewer Expense - 14,438.29 Water Expense - 10,526.03 Electric Enterprise - 262,271.65 Penney /Pasquale VOTED: 5 -0 BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING ( JANUARY 6, 1993 PAGE 3 * MOTION: To approve Warrant #29 in the amount of $702,724.14, dated January 5, 1993, broken down as follows: General Fund - $406,262.34 School Lunch - 6,419.89 Special Revenue - 3,406.64 Capital Projects - 78,317.81 Sewer Expense - 10,011.75 Water Expense - 28,838.65 Electric Enterprise - 164,467.06 Penney /Robinson VOTED: 5 -0 6. Licenses & Permi a) Application for a Common Victuallers License renewal by Frank Mylonas d /b /a COUSIN'S PIZZA & SUBS, 660 East Street. * MOTION: To approve the Common Victuallers License renewal. Pasquale /Penney VOTED: 5 -0 b) Application for a Vendor's Permit renewal by HDL Operations d /b /a Dandi -Lyons at 242 Chauncy Street. * MOTION: To approve the Vendor's License renewal. Pasquale /Robinson VOTED: 5 -0 7. Correspondence a) Memorandum to the Board from Executive Director and Chairperson of the Bristol County Training Consortium re: Bristol Regional Employment Board Blueprint. b) Letter to the Board from Leonard Kopelman of Kopelman & Paige of Boston re: Invitation to several special events his firm will be sponsoring at the MMA Annual Meeting January 8 -9. c) Notice of Tri -Town Chamber of Commerce 'Business After Hours' at Merckens Chocolate Co. January 14th. d) Copy of Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission Regulation re: Prohibits discrimination by club licensees, other than by clubs that are dis- tinctly private. e) Letter to the Board from Bristol County Retirement Board re: Appro- priation for Fiscal Year 1994. f) Copy of letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from Linda ( D'Amore, Acting Regional Hearing Clerk, re: Administrative Complaint /Industrial Pretreatment. - Will be discussed next week. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING JANUARY 6, 1993 PAGE 4 g) Mass. Dept. of Revenue, Division of Local Services Informational Guideline Release re: Revised Municipal Borrowing Procedures. h) Letter to the Board from Robert Scott Button re: Resignation from the Mansfield Cable Access Corp. Board of Directors. * MOTION: To accept the resignation with regret. Robinson /Pasquale VOTED: 5 -0 Selectman Pasquale said he has done an exceptional job. i) Letter of resignation from Emil Giordano re: Municipal Building Com- mittee member. * MOTION: To accept the resignation reluctantly. Pasquale /Robinson VOTED: 5 -0 j) Invitation to Board members from Officer Thomas McGuire /D.A.R.E. re: Fifth Grade D.A.R.E. culmination activity Wednesday, January 20th at 1:00 P.M. in the Jordan - Jackson multi - purpose room. k) Letter to Municipal Official from Regional Account Executive of Blue ( Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts re: Invitation to join their senior management at the President's Reception Saturday evening, January 9th at the MMA Annual Meeting. 1) Notice of the second in a series of forums at the Joseph W. Martin, Jr. Institute, Stonehill College January 28th, 7 -9 P.M. m) Memorandum from Executive Director, Stephen Smith of SRPEDD re: Report summarizing SRPEDD activities pertaining to Mansfield for 1992. n) Letter to the Board from Carrie Lynn O'Dell of Hatchville, MA re: Her fall and injury at the River Street commuter parking lot, and her concern over the safety there. o) Letter to the Board from Police Chief, Jesse Earls, re: Violation of his "due process and /or constitutional rights ". Selectman Colella asked to have the letter read, then referring to the contents, he said he was doing his job as a Selectman, and he feels the Board does have the jurisdiction. Chairman Tartufo said he could not agree with him and the Board vote indicated it did not; the Board should apologize for anything it did that was out of order. The Tom Manager read a report on this issue copies of which had been previously given to each Selectman. He said he had first heard of the incident at a late hour on Christmas Eve. He considers himself a visionary and goal directed person; cited the Police &`Fire Chief BOARD OF SELECTMEN �- MINUTES OF MEETING JANUARY 6, 1993 PAGE 5 as Civil Service. He advised he has discussed the entire incident with Labor Counsel, and stated use of a public session for allegations of employees is wrong. The matter should have been called to the Town Manager's attention first. The jeep has been removed from the Police Department and returned to the DPW. He has issued a written reprimand to the Police Chief. Selectman Colella inquired about the location of the jeep; it is at the DPW garage and it may be sold. The DPW has the keys. Selectman Colella stated he felt disposition for one employee should be for all. 8. Old Business a) The Town Manager stated he presented the Budget he then read the Budget Message which states he the Operating Budget within the Prop. 221 limit. Capital Improvement budget outside of Prop. 21. is meeting January 16th and 30th at 8:00 A.M. couraged all Board members to attend. December 21, 1992; has chosen to support He is proposing the The Finance Committee selectman Pasquale en- b) The Town Manager commented on the letters of commendation to Dan Clifford from Foxboro's Town Planner, and Mansfield's Planning Board Chairman regarding Dan Clifford's assistance on construction matters within the Beaumonts Pond subdivision. c) The Town Manager reported he had attended a regional collaborative meeting this morning at Stonehill College concerning establishing centralized purchasing. 9. Old Business - Selectmen a) Chairman Tartufo mentioned a site walk of the Fish & Game property, saying he will coordinate it with the other Board members. b) Selectman Penney reported Lincoln Environmental feels the North Street property, next to the Fire Station, may be a priority. c) Selectman Pasquale reported that the Cable TV license negotiations are very close to agreement; they should have something for review within two weeks. d) Selectman Robinson inquired about the completion date for the East Mansfield sewer. The Town Manager said it is functioning but is not totally finished. He is going on a site visit with Town Engineer, Bob Swanson, tomorrow. Selectman Robinson said he wants Bay State Gas to plant trees on Mill Street by March. e) Chairman Tartufo said he would like a letter to go to the Jaycees in appreciation of their work in collecting leaves for senior citizens. Selectman Penney suggested they make it an annual project. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING JANUARY 6, 1993 PAGE 6 10. New Business a) The Town Manager commended Town departments for the emergency handl- ing during the recent snow storm, saying this includes Bob Button and his volunteers. b) The Town Manager reported that the Recreation Department needs coaches for youth basketball on Saturdays. Anyone interested should contact the Recreation Director, Lorilee Fish. c) Each Selectman had received copy of a Memorandum from Bob Swanson, Town Engineer, concerning the Maple /Bird /Winter Streets intersection. The base course is completed. Bob requested the Road Commissioners to designate Winter Street for "No Thru Trucking" as certain sections of that street are of insufficient width to allow safe truck traffic. * MOTION: To make Winter Street "No Thru Trucking ". Colella /Robinson VOTED: 5 -0 d) Selectman Pasquale reported he has talked with Bruce Montgomery, Great Woods Manager, who is anxious to begin preparations for the ( 1993 season. He asked Board members to submit issues for discussion to him (Selectman Pasquale). Chairman Tartufo suggested a workshop first. Selectman Penney suggested soliciting comments from the public who are concerned about the decibel level. e) Selectman Penney questioned the All Night Parking ban, and also asked if some "No Turn on Red" signs could be removed. - The Town Manager will have these items looked into. 11. Adjournment * MOTION: To adjourn (at 9:40 P.M.) Pasquale /Penney VOTED: 5 -0 MINUTES APPROVED: Clerk Date signed