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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSELECTMENminutes10062010 Town of Mansfield Board of Selectmen Minutes of October 6, 2010 Present: Chairman Moran, Clerk Douglas Annino, Selectman Jess Aptowitz, Selectman Olivier Kozlowski, William Ross, Town Manager Absent: Vice Chairman George Dentino License fee schedule discussion The Board of Selectmen briefly discussed Mansfield's license fees vs. surrounding towns. Some of the smaller, less utilized licenses such as a Fortune Teller license should be only be $10 to cover administrative costs. There was also a brief discussion of the legal definition of "club" in terms of liquor establishments. The board will revisit the review of this at a future meeting. Denise Anderson Denise Anderson is Specialist Corey Shea's mother and has been working with Congressman Frank on getting a bill passed that would allow a parent to be buried (with their unmarried child) in a military cemetery. Ms. Anderson was just notified that the bill has passed through the house and the senate and is sitting on the presidents desk, awaiting signature. She also received a call from Governor Deval's office that the president will be in Boston later this month and would like to meet her. She is most grateful to the community for all their support since Corey's death in 2008 and wanted to publicly thank the Board of Selectmen and the town at large for all their prayers and support. Each board member thanked Ms. Anderson for the service that Corey provided to not only the town but his country. Q&C None Boord of Selectmen Minutes of October 6, 2010 Audit Committee Jack Goldberg and Jason Porter from the Audit Committee are present to discuss the fY09 budget review. fY09 is the first year that the Audit Committee was in place so it was slow starting up. However, now the process and ultimately the outcome is much better. The accounting staff, John Stanbrook and Linda Darling had to put an extraordinary amount of hard work into this process in addition to dealing with a financial software transition. And now that the framework is in place it will make future audits much smoother and more efficient. Motion: To receive and approve the fY09 audit from the audit committee. (Aptowitz/ Annino) 4:0 passes Weekly Business Warrant No. 11014T in the amount of $194,954.30 Motion: To approve. (Aptowitz/Kozlowski) 4:0 passes Warrant No. 11014E in the amount of $7,164.52 Motion: To approve. (Aptowitz/Kozlowski) 4:0 passes Warrant No. 11014S in the amount of $271,134.45 Motion: To approve. (Aptowitz/Kozlowski) 4:0 passes Warrant No. 11014PT in the amount of $330,447.61 Motion: To approve. (Aptowitz/Kozlowski) 4:0 passes Warrant No. 11014TV in the amount of $98,142.00 Motion: To approve. (Aptowitz/Kozlowski) 4:0 passes · Board of Selectmen meeting minutes of September 29, 2010 Motion: To approve. (Aptowitz/Kozlowski) 4:0 passes Board of Selectmen Minutes of October 6,2010 2 Correspondence · Invitation to Bristol County Agricultural High School student night on October 14th from 7 - 8pm. · Invitation from the Mansfield Firefighters Association to attend the annual Firefighters Memorial observance. Sunday, October 24th 9am at the S. Common . Invitation to attend the Mansfield Youth Soccer Fields of Green ribbon cutting and opening day celebration on October 16th from 3-6pm. Town Managers Report . "Tax reverted property" is a process in which property owners are notified (and legal notice in paper) that unless the taxes are paid the property will be taken by the town. However, most of the time the owner does pay and the town does not take the property. . Mansfield Cultural Council appointments of Nancy Morin and Linda Lane. · Determination of Uniqueness, acquisition of Kok property at 125 Crane St. Norton Procurement law requires this document to be signed by the Board of Selectmen. Motion: To accept and sign the determination of uniqueness. (Kozlowski/ Aptowitz) 4:0 passes · Spring Town Meeting warrant item: Early Sunday alcohol sales. . Spring Town Meeting warrant item: Proposed Early Retirement Program. · CVS overpayment from workers compo claims in $2,800. · Road work on Park St. to fix trenches next week. · Report for outstanding legal matters will be coming soon. BOS Old and New · Selectman Kozlowski: Questions about the maintenance of voter rolls. He will be speaking with town clerk soon and will bring topic back to the board for discussion. Boord of Selectmen Minutes of October 6.2010 3 . Selectman Aptowitz: He would like to have the board take a more active role in negotiating future Comcast Center contracts. After a brief discussion the following motion was made: Motion: To nominate Selectmen Aptowitz and Kozlowski to a sub committee for negotiate contract. (Aptowitz/Kozlowski) 4:0 passes . Selectman Annino: None . Selectman Dentino: Not present . Chairman Moran: Appointment of CIP representatives from the Board of Selectmen need to be made. Motion: To nominate Selectman Annino to the CIP. (Aptowitz/Kozlowski) 4:0 passes New process for reporting bos old and new items: Please send any items you want to discuss at the meeting to the secretary by Friday, Monday at the latest to comply with open meeting law. Adjournment Motion: Adjourn meeting at 8:47pm (Aptowitz) 5-0 Passes '13()~~?:. ~ Signature of Clerk tfldOk 2~ 2~/~ Date of Approval Board af Selectmen Minutes af October 6, 2010 4