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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSELECTMENminutes06302010 Town of Mansfield Board of Selectmen Minutes of June 30, 2010 Present: Chairman Moran, Vice Chairman George Dentino, Clerk Douglas Annino, Selectman Jess Aptowitz, Selectman Olivier Kozlowski, William Ross, Town Manager Absent: Housing Corp. Board of Directors appt. Gregory Joynt, School St. resident is interested in being on the Housing Corp. as he is working as an architect and is interested in being involved in community/affordable housing. Selectman Kozlowski asked Mr. Joynt why he is interested in this committee and what he knows about there work. Mr. Joynt stated he was looking to give back to the community and receive experience in this field of work as well. Selectman Aptowitz welcomed Mr. Joynt and stated that this is an important board and he was glad to see his interest. He mentioned how Steve McCaffrie was a big supporter and how important it is to the community. Selectman Annino is excited to see young architects involved in such efforts, as he is an architect himself. Selectman Dentino and Chairman Moran also thanked Mr. Joynt for coming in to meet them and volunteer for the board. Motion: To appoint Mr. Joynt to the Mansfield Housing Corp. Board of Directors. (Kozlowski/ Annino) 5:0 passes Police Safety Award - Chief O'Neill Chief O'Neill and Officer Lawson are present for this award. Joint program between MA EOPSS, Highway Safety Division, MA Chiefs of Police Association. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security. (EOPSS) 2010 MA Law Enforcement Challenge, award of excellent "Gold" category. Boord of Selectmen Minutes of June 30, 2010 This is the second year in a row to receive the GOLD award level of achievement. Selectman Dentino commended Officer Lawson for his years of hard work in traffic enforcement. Selectman Annino is also proud of our police force and thanked Officer Lawson for his traffic enforcement and planning work. Selectman Aptowitz stated that Mansfield is blessed to have such an active and well prepared police department. The Board of Selectmen often utilizes the expertise of the dept. and appreciates them. Selectman Kozlowski and Chairman Moran also thanked Chief O'Neill and Office Lawson for all their hard work. Q&C None Weekly Business Warrant No. 10052T in the amount of $222,843.19 Motion: To approve. (Aptowitz/Dentino) 5:0 passes Warrant No. 10052E in the amount of $157,674.72 Motion: To approve. (Kozlowskil Aptowitz) 5:0 passes Warrant No. 10052S in the amount of $671,302.82 Motion: To approve. (Dentinol Annino) 2:3:0 fails. Motion: To reconsider vote. (Anninol Aptowitz) 5:0 passes Motion: To approve again. ((Dentinol Annino) 3:2 passes Discussion: Selectman Aptowitz stated that he noticed many school dept. bills are high (for the end of the school year) and was unsettled by this trend. Selectman Kozlowski and Selectman Dentino were also looking at the bills and noticed that there where some large expenditures in the warrant as well. Mr. Ross noticed as well and will be discussing this with Supt. Hodges. He has been very careful to instruct municipal staff to only spend where absolutely necessary. Unfortunately he cannot control what or where the school spends money on. Board of Selectmen Minutes of June 30, 2010 2 Selectman Aptowitz stated that they are trying to change the mindset of depts. to only spend where necessary, not just because the money is in your budget. Warrant No. 10052PT in the amount of $377,103.26 Motion: To approve. (Kozlowski/ Aptowitz) 5:0 passes Warrant No. 10052TV in the amount of $106,107.05 Motion: To approve. (Kozlowski/ Annino) 5:0 passes . Minutes from June 2nd, Board of Selectmen meeting Motion: To approve. (Annino/ Aptowitz) 5:0 passes . Minutes from June 9th, Board of Selectmen meeting Motion: To approve. (Annino/Kozlowski) 5:0 passes . Minutes from June 16th Board of Selectmen meeting Motion: To approve. (Annino/Kozlowski) 5:0 passes . Minutes from June 18th bos meeting with dept. heads. Motion: To approve. (Annino/Kozlowski) 4:0:2 passes (Dentino/Moran) Correspondence . Memo from Town Clerk Helen Christian regarding the changes to the open meeting law. . Proclamations for Joan Crotty and Rudy Sibilia. They are both retiring this week after 20 plus years with the town. Joan Crotty, proclamation of service. Mrs. Crotty has worked for the town for over 30 years and is retiring tomorrow from the building dept. Motion: To sign proclamation and wish Joan well in retirement. (Aptowitz/ Annino) 5:0 passes The board praised Joan for all her hard work and years of dedicated service. All the Board of Selectmen members have worked with her in some way or another and will miss her. Rudolph Sibilia, proclamation of service. Mr. Sibilia has been an Assistant Electrical Inspector for 17 years and is retiring from the Building Dept. as well. Motion: To sign proclamation and wish Rudy well. (Aptowitz/ Annino) 5:0 passes Board of Selectmen Minutes of June 30. 2010 3 Town Managers Report · MBTA will be upgrading and computerizing their parking system of payment by the end of July and Mr. Ross has requested that the town lot be included in this upgrade. . Attended Smith and Nephew hearing this morning in Boston for their economic development incentive package. It was approve by the state and Mansfield was thought of very highly by the business broker. · He has had staff review the Fales Oil property for building demolition (and turn the property into a parking lot). It will cost about 40 thousand dollars to remove the building. The lot would provide about 40-50 spaces for down town business utilization. Selectman Dentino has reservations about spending money on turning this property into a parking lot. Both are due to the fact that we have a tight budget and the property was contaminated in the past. Selectman Aptowitz had asked Mr. Ross to look into the possibility of using this property for another use. He has heard several times that there is not enough downtown parking and to see if the lot could be used. Now that he has done the research it will be up to the board to figure out if they want to do anything else with it. Both Selectmen Dentino and Annino feel there is adequate parking in the downtown area, residents and businesses need to be made aware of where it is available. . According to Town Accountant John Stanbrook, budget numbers for the end of the current fiscal year are on target. . Mr. Ross and Mark Cook, Highway Dept. Manager went out and spoke with north end business's that use the train rails in the area of last weeks train derailment. The businesses will be paying for the rail spur and has asked the town to pave the area. Mr. Cook stated that paving costs would be minimal and the town has done it before to promote business growth in the area. · Mr. Ross and Jeff Collins, Animal Control Officer, have met with the parties that are involved with the dog complaint from last week. He is attempting to work with them on resolving this issue. Boord of Selectmen Minutes of June 30, 2010 4 BOS Old and New · Selectman Kozlowski: Questions about the light conservation program. Mr. Ross and Mr. Azinheira follow the requests for lights to be turned back on and treat the requests on a case by case basis. . Selectman Aptowitz: Questions about Main St. lights that are out. Mr. Ross will follow up. Various questions on legal expenses, town counsel, canopy expenses. Thank you to Mr. Ross for his diligent efforts in getting back to the board with their concerns. Asked for update on Comcast concert violation last week. Mr. Ross has not heard back from them yet. · Selectman Annino: He asked if any Selectmen are planning on going to Asia Grill for the ribbon cutting. Unfortunately, no. But Mr. Ross will be attending to represent the town. He is also pleased with the water dept. report that was sent out. It is clear and very user friendly. . Selectman Dentino: Questions on maintenance contract for MIS. Mr. Ross will follow up with the dept. on this issue. Questions on the professional development policy. He saw that staff was going for classes and remembers that the town manager would provide any updates on when and who is getting training. He would like Mr. Ross to track those and report them to the board. Questions on uniform allowances that were submitted in this weeks warrant. Mr. Ross will further research this issue as well. Selectman Dentino also inquired about any follow up with the resident that was at the meeting last week about the rails to trails tree cutting. Mr. Azinheira has spoken with the resident and will be getting back to Mr. Ross soon. . Chairman Moran: The transportation plan for the Rt. 495 south bound ramp is under way and scheduled for 2012. Boord of Selectmen Minutes of June 30. 2010 5 July 4th is a regular trash week so please put your trash out as scheduled. He would like to have a strategic planning session for the board to help them prepare for budgeting. Adjournment Motion: Adjourn meeting at 9:50pm (Aptowitz) 5-0 Passes :l3(J~4?;: ~ Signature of Clerk jlu~ 2cY, 2~/~ Date of Approval Boord of Selectmen Minutes of June 30. 2010 6