| Agenda: | 1) Pledge of Allegiance-
Call to Order:
2) Appointments Scheduled
None
3) Hearings:
None
4) Open Time for the Public
5) Reports
• Southampton Master Plan Implementation Committee Report, December 2016
6) Old Business
• Attorney General review of Special Town Meeting Warrant items
• City of Westfield Re: response to December 8 letter sent by Select Board regarding installation of crumb rubber turf infill at the Roots Athletic Center
• Policy: Driveway Regulations
• Private road way plowing; letter to residences affected; March meeting to discuss issue
• Update on Glendale Road
• Town Administrator Search Committee – Appointment of members
7) New Business: Action/Discussion
• Fire Department/Red Cross smoke detector program
• Develop the role of the Administrator Search Committee; determine when meetings begin.
• Emergency generator for Town Hall. Update.
• Shared Conservation Agent with Easthampton
• East Street Bridge and road way update.
• Policy: Part-Time Employees Benefits
• Fire wood available
• Russellville Road/Sacket Brook Bridge inspection report from Mass DOT
• Discussion of proposal to take Papiras parcel on Gunn Road out of 61A for residential use. (Planning Board and Conservation Commission have waived the right of first refusal).
• Custodial services for Town buildings, Town Hall, Library, Police Station.
• IT discussion
• Donation of property off of Brickyard Road Ext. to the Conservation Commission by Steve Howlan.
• Approval of Written Procedures for the disposition of Tangible Supplies, re: tree harvesting on Town property
• Approval of the Warrant for the Annual Town Caucus, March 14, 2017
8) Signatures
Personnel Change Forms (PCF)
• PCF –– Police Dept. – Jeremy Larochelle – Police Officer – Auxiliary Police Officer – part-time new hire
• PCF – Council on Aging – Shannon Cutler – Interim COA Director – new hire – emergency
• PCF – Council on Aging – Shannon Cutler – Interim COA Director – new hire – part-time
• PCF – Fire Dept. – Joseph Veale – Firefighter I/II – EMT – resignation
• PCF – Fire Dept. – Katie Sobon – Firefighter I/II – EMT – resignation
• PCF –– Fire Dept.-Timothy Rowan – Increase in hourly rate due completion of training program; previously approved at incorrect rate—emergency
• PCF –– Fire Dept.-Timothy Rowan – Increase in hourly rate due completion of training program; previously approved at incorrect rate—part-time
• PCF –– Transfer Station – David Bernier Sr. – Transfer Station Attendant – retirement
• PRF –– Transfer Station – Transfer Station Attendant – 20 hrs per week
Appointments
• Richard Fasoli – Public Safety Building Commission
• Cheryl Fletcher- Town Administrator Search Committee
• Lucinda Palmer - Town Administrator Search Committee
• John Workman - Town Administrator Search Committee
• Michael Goyette - Town Administrator Search Committee
• Vicki Moro - Town Administrator Search Committee
• Randall Kemp - Town Administrator Search Committee
• Geraldine Swanson - Town Administrator Search Committee
• Michael Rosenburg - Town Administrator Search Committee
• Jodi Loud- Cultural Council – Expires 6/30/2022
• Robert Fletcher – Agricultural Commission – Expires 6/30/2019
9) Licenses/Permits
• Used Car Dealer’s License—Class II – Arthur sattler D/B/A Hometown Auto Sales – previously approved for 2017 under D/B/A: Dave’s Auto Sales; new D/B/A
• Common Victualler’s License – Pioneer Valley STD., Inc. D/B/A Stop N Save Xtra Mart
• Common Victualler’s License – Maxi Drug, Inc. D/B/A Rite Aid #10058
• Edward Palmer – One Day Alcohol License and Entertainment License for Conant Park
10) Other Documents requiring Signatures
• Removal from Chapter 61A Land Classification: Book 11146 Page 153 – owners: Chester J. and Susan Kellogg
• Safe Routes to School: Agreement By and Between the Town and Mass DOT
11) Minutes to Approve
a) November 29, 2016 – Regular Meeting
b) December 6, 2016 – Regular Meeting
c) December 20, 2016 – Regular Meeting
d) January 10, 2017 – Regular Meeting
Calendar & Announcements
None
12) Executive Sessions
• MGL c. 30A, Sec 21, #6-To consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real estate, if the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body: property off Coleman Road.
• MGL c. 30A, Sec 21, #6-To consider the purchase, exchange, lease or value of real estate, if the chair declares that an open meeting may have a detrimental effect on the negotiating position of the public body: Sczcypta Conservation Farm; joint session with ConsCom and Water Dept. representatives. |