Board of Selectmen Minutes
Meeting date:
Thursday, April 3, 2014
Board of Selectmen Present: Stanley Wysocki
April 3, 2014 Lawrence Delaney
Mark Sprague
Don Lowe, Town Administrator
Linda L. Day, Town Secretary
The Board of Selectmen met at the Town Hall at 7:00 p.m.
18th ANNUAL RIDE TO END ALZHEIMER’S CHARITY BICYLCE EVENT
Ms. Debra Bachrach, Ride to End Alzheimer’s Volunteer requested permission to hold the 18th Annual Ride to End Alzheimer’s Charity Event on Saturday, July 13, 2014. Approximately 100-120 riders will leave Devens and enter Bolton from Harvard Road.
On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to approve the charity ride event. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
DAIGNEAULT’S LIQUORS, INC.
Mr. Christopher Green requested permission to install three new signs advertising Daigneault’s Liquors, formerly known as Firewater and Wine. Sign A (4’X5’) will be located on the sign set back off of Route 117, Sign B (48”X48”) will be located at the entrance of the store parking lot and Sign C (5’X8’) will be on the store front. Mr. Green will also add some landscaping to the area surrounding signs A and B.
On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to approve the proposed signs. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
UPDATE ON CABLE LICENSE RENEWAL
Mr. Kenneth Troup, Chairman of the Cable Advisory Committee provided the Board of Selectmen with an update on the status of the renewal license with Comcast Cable. Mr. Troup stated that the committee continues to make progress on finalizing the renewal license but it will not be completed by April 14, 2014 which is the date the current renewal license expires.
The Board of Selectmen acknowledged that the current license will remain in force until a final renewal license has been executed.
Mr. Troup also reported that 256 West Berlin Road can’t be serviced by an existing Comcast Cable plant and would cost approximately $17,000 to service the resident.
On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to authorize Mr. Stanley Wysocki, Chairman of the Board of Selectmen to execute a letter informing Comcast Cable that the negotiations are on-going and the current license remains in effect until a final renewal license has been completed and execute a letter to Charter Communications allowing them to provide cable television and high speed internet service to 256 West Berlin Road. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
TOWN ADMINISTRATOR REPORT
Town-Wide Yard Sale: On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to approve the request from Mary Boyd to hold the town wide yard sale on Saturday, May 3 from 9 to 3 p.m. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes) The rain date will be May 4th, only if there is a deluge on May 3rd. Applications are available at the Town Hall, Library, Bolton Orchards and on the Bolton Local website and the fee is $5. Maps are available at the Library, Bolton Orchards, Daigneault’s (formerly known as Firewater and Wine) and Slater’s.
Update on Minuteman: Mr. Lowe reported that the Town of Lincoln voted to pass over the article to approve the changes to the Minuteman Vocational Technical School District agreement and Lincoln anticipates addressing it at a special town meeting later this spring.
Update on the Dispatch Regionalization: Mr. Lowe reported that he delivered the application for a regional dispatch study grant to the 911 Department in Taunton. The grant will be awarded in late May, early June.
Additional signage – Route 495: Mr. Lowe confirmed that the District Director of the Department of Transportation agreed that there should be additional signage at the Route 495 intersection and the expectation is the new signs will be installed soon.
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING WARRANT
Article 2: Reserve Fund Account for FY14 – A minor revision was made to the summary for this article. On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to give their recommendation on town meeting floor. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
Article 3: Fiscal Year 2015 Operating Budget – Mr. Delaney proposed an amendment to the Council on Aging budget to incorporate $5,200 to hire an activities coordinator for 8 hours per week. Mr. Sprague was favorable to the amendment with the understanding that the new hire not be considered the assistant director or director in training and that the new hire look into sharing activities with surrounding towns.
On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to incorporate $5,200 into the budget for an activities coordinator which would increase the council on aging wages line item from $7,550 to $12,750 and increase the FY15 operating budget from $20,938,683 to $20,943,883 which in turn increases the amount to be raised by taxation from $20,430,683 to $20,435,883. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to approve Article 3: Fiscal Year 2015 operating budget. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
Article 26: Replacement Fire Apparatus - $545,000 – On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to approve this article. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
Board of Selectmen’s Statement for the Annual Town Meeting Warrant - On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen approved the statement to appear in the Annual Town Meeting warrant. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to close and execute the Annual Town Meeting Warrant for May 5 and 6, if necessary, 2014. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. Wysocki thanked residents for recycling bottles and cans at the transfer station and reminded residents that the Boy Scouts also collect the redeemables in the red building located at the transfer station as their primary means of fundraising. Mr. Wysocki asked that the bottles and cans be rinsed to avoid the attraction of bees and wasps.
On a motion made by Delaney and seconded by Sprague, the Board of Selectmen voted to adjourn at 7:45 p.m. (Wysocki – yes, Delaney – yes, Sprague – yes)
Respectfully submitted by Linda L. Day