TOWN OF SABATTUS

SELECTMAN’S MEETING MINUTES

February 20, 2007

 

 

Roll Call of Board of Selectmen:

Present   Bill Henshaw, Chairman         

Absent    Guy P. Desjardins, Selectman

Present   Stephen J. Wood, Selectman

Present   Gino R. Camardese, Selectman

Absent    Mark R. Duquette, Selectman

 

In Attendance:

Tracy Fabrizio, Town Administrator                                          Normand LaPlante, Search Committee Chairman

Suzanne Adams, Town Clerk                                                   Amedeo Lauria, Budget Committee

Gary LaBonte, Acting Road Commissioner                               Paul Loesberg, Planning Board

Jerry Sabins, Transfer Station Manager                                   Tony Camardese, Planning Board

Donald Therrien, Fire Chief                                                      Tim Pinard, Public Works

Robert Scott, EMA Director                                                       John Perron

 

Motion to accept the minutes of February 13th as written made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.

All in Favor.

 

Department Heads:

 

Tracy Fabrizio, Town Administrator & Treasurer-

Review Delinquent Taxes- Taxes outstanding as of 2/16/2007 is $89,148.76 consisting of 76 accounts.  Delinquent taxes collected from 2/9/07 through 2/16/07 was $5,234.89.

 

Motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as read made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.

All in Favor.

 

  1. Official Payments Corporation (OPC)- offers credit/debit card payment transaction services, no cost to town, great service to provide town office transactions for town residents/customers. Requesting Board’s approval of service-discussion from 2/13/07 regarding section 4 of the agreement/contract, review further with Board Members on 2/20/07. Item 4 only deals with electronic checks, which we will not be doing. Paperwork is signed.

 

Motion to give it a 2-year trial made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.

All in Favor.

 

  1. Storm Water Management Plan (SWMP)- review Task Order 4 and cost involved, continued from 2/13/07. Tracy requests that the Board approves parts of the agreement with Edwards and Kelcey: 2b. Stakeholder Meetings, 3a. Finalize Storm Sewer Mapping, 6b. Storm water Refresher Training and part 7 the Annual Reporting for a total cost of $6,000.00.  Would like to skip part 5a, ordinance revisions as Freeport has developed an ordinance that we can look at and this would cut the cost for this section down to $1,500.00 compared to $3,200.00.

 

Motion to expend $6,000.00 on the Storm water Phase II Program and have Edwards and Kelcey perform this task made by Selectman Steve Wood and seconded by Selectman Gino Camardese.

All in Favor.

 

  1. Public Works, lockers and rain gear clothing, review-working progress with Board of Selectmen continued from 2/13/07.  The cost for the heavy- duty jackets, pants and raingear comes up to $2,440.00. This was not budgeted for but needs to be done, as it is part of the Public Works contract. Tracy is still looking into the price of the lockers.

 

Motion made to take $2,400.00 out of the Undesignated Surplus Account for rain gear made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.              

 

2 in Favor.              Steve Wood opposes taking the money out of the Undesignated Surplus unless necessary.

 

  1. Check Reconciliation- Town and School both reconciled to zero with a few variances.

 

Gary LaBonte, Acting Road Commissioner-All trucks are running, except for the spare one, but there are still safety issues.  One truck is deadlined; it is leaking oil from the hydraulic cylinder. Gary is told to have this truck fixed and to present the Board next week with a list with costs of what it will take to fix the other trucks. Our Town Mechanic should be able to do most of the work with the excess given out to local mechanics.

 

Jerry Sabins, Transfer Station Manager-

1.        St. Laurent & Son Inc- Proposal with tar cost- Total cost is $34,300.00. Jerry will write up the Article for the Town Meeting.

 

Patrick Madden, Budget Committee Chairman-

1.        Department Budgets Update- Amedeo Lauria is here to speak for the committee. Having trouble getting members together. Tracy will get the budgets together and give them to Amedeo by Thursday. Hope to set up a Saturday morning or evening meeting.

 

Normand LaPlante, Search Committee for Town Manager, Chairman- Received service agreement from MMA so far the cost is $1,800.00 plus the cost of advertising. Agreement is signed.

 

Motion to go into the service agreement with MMA for the Search of Town Manager not to exceed $4,500.00 coming from the Undesignated Surplus Account made by Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.

All in Favor.

 

Comments from the Floor:

 

Tracy Fabrizio, Town Administrator - Received a phone call from Jim Lemieux, an applicant for the Road Commissioner position, asking to have his application removed.

 

Motion to put the position of Road Foreman out again for advertising to get more applicants, open until March 12th at 4:30 to review on March 13th made by Selectman Steve Wood and seconded by Selectman Gino Camardese.

All in Favor.

 

Unfinished Business:

1.        Brian/Luongo/Keller Williams, Mid-Maine, Stencil “No Waste drain to Lake” “No Waste drain to River” to go on storm drains, continued from 2/13/07. Tracy requests that this be removed from the Agenda until the end of March. Will continue on April 3rd.

New Business:

1.        Propane Shortage-Emergency Operations Center- There is a shortage of propane due to a rail strike in Canada. No idea how long this will last. Will need to conserve.

2.        Provisions for Electronic Signs-Changeable message sign. Ordinance is signed.

 

Motion made to accept as written the provision for Electronic signs made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.

All in Favor.

 

3.        Plumbing Inspector, William Parquette- Resignation. Received a letter of resignation from Mr. Parquette, and he is suggesting to appoint Gary Campbell to take his place.

 

Motion to accept Mr. Parquette’s resignation made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.

All in Favor.

 

Motion to adjourn at 7:35 made by Selectman Gino Camardese and seconded by Selectman Steve Wood.

All in Favor.

 

Selectman Meeting Minutes of February 20, 2007, Accepted On__ ___    , 2007.

 

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Bill Henshaw, Chair

 

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Stephen J. Wood, Selectman

 

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Gino R. Camardese, Selectman

 

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Mark R. Duquette, Selectman

 

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Guy Desjardins, Selectman

 

MEETING MINUTES COMPILED BY SUZANNE ADAMS, TOWN CLERK