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HomeMy WebLinkAboutSELECTMENminutes09192007-20071004130156 Town of Mansfield Board of Selectmen Minutes of September 19, 2007 Present: Chairman Louis Amoruso, Vice Chairman Sandra Levine, Clerk Ann Baldwin, Selectman George Dentino, Selectman David McCarter, John D'Agostino, Town Manager The Board of Selectmen's meeting was called to order at 7:30pm, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The Board then convened to Execute Session and resumed the meeting at 8:00pm. Airport Commission members in addition to Dave Dineen, Airport Manager and Police Chief Arthur O'Neill / Fire Deputy Chief Jim Puleo were also present. The airport training drills they have been conducting have really paid off as the rescue and recovery at the crash scene went off without a hitch. As there was an event at the airport that day; extra public safety and airport staff were present and able to respond quickly to the crash. There were 4 priority one victims involved in the crash. They were all extracted from the plane and in transit to the hospital within 57 minutes of the crash: Deputy Chief Puleo stated that without the training and great working relationship between the airport, fire and police the response to this tragedy would not have gone off so seamlessly. Mr. Dineen has met with the Airport Commission and pub lit s6Tetydepts. in regards to this accident. They have overviewed the situation and have increbsedfhe availability of training for local pilots and public safety officials. FAA regulations are strictly enforced and pilots are counseled if they are not in compliance. The airport was closed for hours after the crash however; it was open for business by the end of the day. :, ..", Chief O'Neill stated the he and the entire police dept werEi'impressed with the efforts of the airport staff and the fire dept staff in how they handled}he situation. !, Selectman Dentino commented on the wonderful job byev~Fyol'1e~ The Town is fortunate to have these individuals. Selectman McCarter stated how he appreciates the staff and their service to the Town as well. The Town should also be proud of them and the way everyone worked together. Selectman Baldwin: Tremendous job, thank you. Board of Selectmen Minutes of September 19, 2007 1 l,l , Selectman Levine: She was amazed at how well the staff handled every detail of the situation. She watched from afar and it was obvious that,theywere well trained to handle the situation. Town Manager D'Agostino stated that he always stresses that the Police and Fire staff work together and this shows just how well they do. He believes we have some of the best staff in the State. Chairman Amoruso stated that he was away when he was~otifi'ed of accident. However; he was confident that the situation was under control as he was aware of all the fine people we have on staff. . . Catherine Ann Memory had had a long career in municipal workinaddition to mental health work. She is semi-retired and is interested in serving on the Board. She has spoken with the Health Agent, Scott Leite several times over the past year for different health related issues and she was impressed with his dedication to the residents needs. Comments from the Board: Selectman Dentino: Wonderful resume. He appreciates her willingness to serve. Selectman Levine: As you have spoken with the Health Ag~r1tt assume you are familiar with all the roles that Board members play? Yes she is. Selectman McCarter: Thank you for your interest. Selectman Baldwin: Thank you and good luck. Chairman Amoruso: I assume due to your background that you'have no problem saying no to people when necessary. No, she does not. Thank you for ydurservice to the Town the Board and the Townspeople are lucky to have you. Motion: To appoint Catherine Ann Memory to the Board of Health for the remainder of unexpired term ending January 1, 2008. (Levine/Baldwin) 5:0 passes John Sullivan, Lee Azinheira and Ken Hackett were present Review of Pinnacle Partners offer of $50K for extension of sewer and Fairfield offer of $75k for use of sewer sleeve by John Sullivan. The possibility of the Board putting an article on the Special Town Meeting warrant for the discontinuance of Old School St. was discussed as well. If Town Meeting does approve this Pinnacle'would pay the Town another $50k. . Lee Azinheira talked briefly about the Plymouth St/Forbes ,Blvd. pump st(ltions. Selectman Dentino asked where they are on the map. John Sullivan discussed their locations on the map. The location of the sewer sleeves had'to be verified before any work Board of Selectmen Minutes of September 19, 2007 2 for Mansfield Crossing could be done. Phase #1 costs have exceeded the original estimates and Phase II and III will cost significantly more. Design work and bidding of phase IV is budgeted for $650K. Questions on what buildings will this sewer tie in support in the Industrial Park? Mr. Azinheira states that some buildings in the park will benefit however there will also be some residential benefit in the West St. area as well. He further states that this is to improve a failing situation not just an upgrade to the Business Park. The DPW will get the list to the Board of who is and is not on sewer vs. septic. It is a report that can be generated by the DPW office however it takes time to do so and the office has been short staffed due to illness of key personnel. John Sullivan stated that this will improve the sewer capaCity of the entire area and whom will use it cannot be quantified until people or businesses use the property available in the area. Selectman Dentino still does not believe that the benefits of this pump station project will justify the costs of the project. He needs hard data to analyze in order to support this plan. Ken Hackett states the Hampton Road pump station was built in 1974 and the Plymouth St. pump station in the early 80's. John Sullivan goes on to say the ground work and sewer sleeves are already in place and the area is underserved for the capacity that it needs. Selectman McCarter asks about the life expectancy of the pump stations. Is it twenty to thirty years? Yes, they are and the current pump stations'are-well past that. Will this sewer expansion allow the Business Park to expand? Yes, and some of the park is due for revitalization of use. Gravity systems are preferable to pump systems as nature does the work vs. mechanical parts. Lee Azinheira was present. Review of August 2nd and September 6th memos. In the past we have been involved in different purchase groups and we had to go out to bid ourselves. We are now part of a 19 community purchase plan so we are assured to get the best price we can. · Comments on the Shawmut Ave RFP draft have been received by Selectman Dentino and Chairman Amoruso to be included in the revised draft. Selectman Dentino asks if the 2 people that volunteered to help on this have been contacted. No, so far staff has handled the process. · COA coffee hour from 1O:30-11:30pm · IMA meeting tomorrow night at 7:30 pm here at thetownhall. . Tri-ad pasta feast at the COA on Sept 24th. . Board of Selectmen Minutes of September 19, 2007 3 · Staff is meeting with a group of citizens for" Keeping Mansfield Beautiful' meetings. This group is heading a clean up campaign which will be held at least yearly. . Warrant No. 11 in the amount of $1,202,215.78 Motion: To approve warrant No. 09 in the amount of $1,202,215.78 (Levine/McCarter) (Mr. McCarter abstaining from check # 374681) 4:0:1 passes (Dentino abstains; Selectman Dentino does not vote on items that he has not had the opportunity to study) . Warrant No. 12 in the amount of $2,715,846.86 Motion: To approve warrant No. 10 in the amount of $2,715,846.86 (Levine/McCarter) (Mr. McCarter abstaining from check # 374840) 4:0:1 passes (Dentino abstains for reason above) · Board of Selectmen Session meeting minutes of September 5, 2007 Motion: Move to approve minutes. (Baldwin/McCarter) 5:0 Passes · Application for One Day Beer & Wine License for Tri-County Beagle Club. Routing slips have come back with no issues. Motion: Move to approve license. (McCarter/Levine) 5:0 passes · Application for Hackney License from Craig Faulker. The Town Manager recommends approval. Motion: Move to approve license. (Levine/McCarter) 5:0 passes . Application for Water Installers License. The Water Operations Manager recommends approval. Motion: To approve license. (Levine/McCarter) 5:0 passes . Bond paperwork from Roxanne Donovan, Treasurer/Collector. Motion: Voted as written on page two of bond. (Levine/McCarter) 5:0 passes . Opening and closing of special town meeting warrant. Open 9-19-07 and close 9-26-07. (Baldwin/McCarter) 5:0 passes Board of Selectmen Minutes of September 19, 2007 4 · Letter from Wayne Reynolds regarding action on the RFP for Shawmut Ave. · Letter from Nick Mirrione of Mirrione Realty Corp. ,requesting time on the Selectmen's agenda to discuss low to moderate housing concepts. Motion: To invite Mr. Mirrione to the next BOS meeting in October. (Levine/McCarter) 5:0 passes · Appointment of Chris McGowan to the SRPEDD Trafn Task Force. Motion: To appoint Chris to be on this committee. (Levine/McCarter) 5:0 passes Motion: To ask Lenny Flynn for a letter of intent if he wants to be appointed as well. · Letter of July 3pt from Stephen Spilewski requesting stop sign on Howe & River Street. Officer Lawson has no objection to this request. Motion: Have DPW Place stop sign at above location. (Levine/McCarter) 5:0 passes · Branch Street road construction update. Final paving of the street will be done by the end of October. The bike-athon applicant will develop an alternate route to go around construction if necessary. · Memo from John Sullivan regarding contractors' extension request to mass highway for the Rt. 106 Canoe River Bridge. He is concerned about this extension request and asks the Board to write a letter of concern. · Selectman Levine asks why has Verizon been so slow to replace poles during this process? Send a letter to Verizon and a cc to the Deptof Public Utilities as well. Motion: To send letter to above parties. (McCarter/Levine) 5:0 passes · Appointment letter of Lt. Neal Boldrighini as Fire Chief effective December 2007. Send letter of congratulations to Lt. Boldrighinifrom the Board. Peter Detrolio, traffic on School and Spring St. TherearE7two additional lights to stop at. There are issues on School and Elm Sts. regarding speeding and speed limits. There are no sidewalks and the road line is dotted in the area of his house Board of Selectmen Minutes of September 19, 2007 5 so people are routinely passing him as he exits his driveway. He would like the Town to remove the dotted line and replace with a solid line. The Board will have Officer Lawson look into. Mr. Detrolio also asks Selectman Dentino why he is so concerned about a grease trap at the Gourmet to Go business. Selectman Dentino briefly states his reasons. Steve McCaffrie, he is happy that Neal Boldrighini is going to be the new Fire Chief. .1 I He also has questions about Train Station parking and expenses of detail officers. Mr. McCaffrie had given the Board a matrix in July regarding this issue. The Town Manager will look into the matter with BeaKearney of why this is not currently being done. This will be addressed for the fall issue of parking lot applications. Mr. McCaffrie commented on being on the previous BOS that was supportive of The Town Manager dismissing Jack Beliveau and suits before the Town. As a Selectman he took an oath to support the Town inthings even if he is not personally in favor of ~~.- More questions from Mr. McCaffrie about affordable housing in town. He made comment about Selectman McCarter not liking affordable housing. Selectman McCarter responds that he has stated that the Town is at the lO'Yo threshold and doesn't need to accept more. Mr. McCaffrie goes on to say that the Town has unused property that we can sell to fund other priority issues and the lawsuit. · Old business from Chairman Amoruso: None · Old business from Selectman Dentino: Asked about the practice of municipal employees that get six weeks vacation. He has brought this up in the past and has not received answer of why this is going on when the private sector does not support this. Mr. D'Agostino stated that there was a memo sent to the Board outlining this situation and he will distribute to them again. Some union contracts have this language for employees with over 20-25 years of service. · The BOS will have this on the personnel workshop. 457K 'plan for certain dept. managers and officers. Up to 5'Yo match on their base salary. Board of Selectmen Minutes of September 19, 2007 6 . Old business for Selectman McCarter: None · Old business for Selectman Baldwin: All Depts. and Boards/Committees to come and give the BaS an update. Amended to just Boards/Committees coming to meeting. She can see dept. heads at another time. . Issues of cross walk on S. Main St. that is dull and the sign is obscured by tree branches. . Old business for Selectman Levine: She would like to talk to the Town of Uxbridge about using seizure vehicles for Police work. Mansfield has used this in the past. She will speak with Chief O'Neill about this. · New business from Selectman Baldwin: None · New business from Selectman Dentino: None · New business from Chairman Amoruso: None · New business from Selectman McCarter: None · New business from Selectman Levine: None · Statement read by Mr. D'Agostino about the Stoyle/Beliveau case. Motion: To adjourn at 11:03PM (McCarter) 4-0 Passes ~~~~e:r$a-~~ Signature of Clerk t9diJk ~ 2~~? Date of Approval Board of Selectmen Minutes of September 19, 2007 7