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HomeMy WebLinkAboutBOS MINUTES 11-17-19821. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. BOARD OF SELECTMEN AGENDA November 17, 1982 7:00 P.M. Meeting Opened for Correspondence Review 7:30 P.M. Meeting Called To Order Margot Jellinek Clerk's Folder Warrants Correspondence Minutes of November 10, 1982 Town Manager's Report Board Reports Adjournment * * BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING November 17, 1982 PRESENT: Chairman McNair, Selectmen Colella, Mahana, Levine, May, Town Manager, W. Chadwick Maurer,, Jr. 7:30 P.M. Meeting called to order. Margot Jellin_ek was present and asked the Board to take possession of the two tapes for the public hearing on the electric light rate increase that was held back in September. She gave a letter to Clerk Levine, which she read to the Board. MOTION: To have tapes locked up and check that they are in order add have not been erased. May /Mahana VOTED: 4 -0. Clerk's Folder Canteen license for Mario's Catering, new license, fee of $50.00 has been paid. Approved. May /Colella VOTED: 4 -0. License for 57 Market, Ron King, waiting from response from ABCC on back taxes to be paid. Mr. King noted that this had been taken care of. Board requested Town Clerk to get information on it. Warrants * #28 - $89.00 revenue sharing, approved. Levine /Mahana VOTED: 4 -0. * #27 - $2,078,012.62, town & school expenses, approved. Mahana /May VOTED: 3 -0 Levine abstained. Correspondence Letter from Margot Jellinek to Board re: Town Manager. Reports from Police Chief re: radar and liquor disturbance calls. From Paul Folkman re: grant program From Paul Boyden re: not seeking reappointment on Conservation Commission. Chairman McNair thanked Mr. Boyden for his efforts on the commission for the past 14 years. Notice from Mass. Electric re: telephone poles to be moved on Chauncy /Copeland Drive. * MOTION: That we grant joint ownership poles, 3 poles on Chauncy St. with Telephone Co., apparently to purchase 2 interest. Levine /Withdrawn. Would like more information on this. Letter from Town of Metheun re: Order #997 re: quarterly billing of taxes. Board would like recommendation from Town Treasurer. From Charles Mulcahy re: Jacob Williams Fund. BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING November 17, 1982 Page 2 * MOTION: That we have the School Committee and Library Trustees, with Charles Mulcahy meet and discuss how they will use the Jacob Williams Fund for the taxpayers and town. Levine /Colella VOTED: 4 -0. Notice from State on opening of Route 495, November 23, 1982 at 11:00 A.M. Letter from Dept. of Revenue re: receipt of letter 11/4/82 re: helping town accountant with books. Town will be assessed cost on FY 84 cherry cheet. Mr. Britto has requested two more days. Memo from Arthur Stockus re: meeting on water projects. From A. Stockus re: groundwater management study. 2 locations for pumping tests on Bogdanchik property. Town Manager suggested meeting in executive session on this after the meeting. From Whitman & Howard re: pumping stations and W. Hickey Co. It was noted that the letter was written in August and received in November. From Whitman & Howard re: broken windows from work on Main St. with Medieros. Petition for underground conduit from New England Telephone. hearing and notice to abutters required. * MOTION: That hearing for N.E. Telephone be held December 8, 1982 at 8:00 P.M. Levine/Oolella VOTED: 4 -0. Call Francis Brown or Ken Carlson to be present for hearing. Bill for services from Town Counsel, Jack Dwyer. From Whitman & Howard re: testing Mill Street wells. Will be making a report to the Board on it. Costs $3,500. Contractor has work to do on Essex Street. From City of Taunton re: setting up private industry counsel. Copies to IDC and Paul Folkman. Memo from John Britto, Dept. of Revenue to Board re: fiscal management assis- tance. He needs two more days. * Minutes of November 10, 1982, approved. May /Colella VOTED: 4 -0. Town Manager's Report Town Manager had two items relating to the town accountant. Mr. Britto has comlileted review of records re: shortage in free cash and we know how much money they need. We have to make up $105,380. The free cash voted on was $258,080. The only amount allowed by the Bureau of Accounts was $76,700. They could raise more by taxation. He has prepared two articles for a special town meeting which he went over with the Board. He could make a BOARD OF SELECTMEN MINUTES OF MEETING November 17, 1982 Page 3 proportional adjustment to school and town budgets. There is some available revenue sharing money. Town Manager recommends against using this money as we will not have it for next year.for capital improvements. They will not have any available free cash until FY 84. It was noted that tax bills can not be sent out until after the special town meeting is held and the tax rate is set. At this point, we are very short of cash and have not been paying all of the bills. They should make reductions in the budgets. Town Treasurer recommended setting time for special town meeting on December 6, 1982. * MOTION: To convene a special town meeting December 6, 1982 at 7:30 P.M. at the high school for the purpose of inserting two articles. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. * MOTION: To close special town meeting at this time. Mahana /May VOTED: 4 -0. Town Manager spoke about the town audit. We had received proposals back in June of this year. Peat Marwick Mitchell's proposal is for $17,900. Their { prdposal was better and more comprehensive, as they proposed to do an audit of the light department too. $10,000 has been appropriated for the audit. His recommendation is to go forward with their audit and the extra $7,900 will come from the electric department. He has talked with Jean Nichols on it. The audit has to be completed by February, 1983. The other proposal received gave an outline of what we needed. It was asked if they would be at the same price if they proposed to the same work as PMM. He will call DiPesa on this. Clerk Levine noted a thank you note was received from the Board from a resident on Balcom Street for a street light. Board Reports Selectmen Levine and Colella had no reports. Selectman Mahana asked about the water leak in the industrial park. Selectman May asked about interviews for electric department manager. He will see the chairman on it tomorrow. He also brought up the subject of the public hearings and based on what was said by Mr. Gay in his final summation, he would like to look at the exhibits and read the minutes and make his decision after he has reviewed all of this material. He would like to set ai:tentative meeting for Monday evening at 7:30 P.M. * MOTION: To have a tentative meeting to be posted for 7:30 P.M. Monday evening to discuss final results on public hearings with Town Manager. May /Colella VOTED: 4 -0. He also asked if contract negotiations had started yet, which they have not. * MOTION: To go into executive session regarding a purchase and sales agreement on well on Bogdanchik property and not come back out into open session. May /Colella VOTED: 4 -0.