Coordinator Report January 11, 2018

MIT cycling club plans to hold a sanctioned bike race in April on Saturday 23rd.
the board previously indicated its willingness for Warwick to once again be the
host town.

The SALT IN DRINKING WATER COMMITTEE suggests the following Salt Ban in Village
Center:  Proposal:  The Selectboard shall declare a no salt policy for the
center of town. The no salt area is defined as from the center of town West to
Mt. Grace Ave, South to North Holden Rd, East to Old Winchester Rd, North to the
School driveway and should include Hastings Pond Rd to the big boulder.  	If
an emergency ice situation develops the Chair of the Selectboard, or any
Selectboard member if the chair is not available, or the Chief (or acting chief)
of Police if no Selectboard member is available, or such other person as the
Selectboard may appoint, upon a request from the Highway Superintendent, may
declare an ice emergency and authorize the minimum amount of salt application
for the center of town to alleviate the emergency situation. It is recognized
that adopting this policy will require the Highway Department to plow and sand
more frequently in the designated area than normal procedure would dictate."

Larry has scheduled Mike Smith of UMASS Bay State Roads regarding best winter
snow and ice practices. That meeting is 1/23 at 3 pm. Does the board want to
invite out any entity from out of town as some have suggested?  We are not the
only ones struggling with the issue.

Sue O'Riley McRae will report on the Heart Committee activities.

Jim may have something to report on contract negotiations with Bay State
Municipal Accounting Group lowest qualified bidder, for outsourced Town
Accountant services.

Doc has requested this agenda item to discuss formalizing civility in our
discourse and consideration of a means of codifying our behavior guidelines,
perhaps in our  Personnel Policy. The School Committee has developed a statement
which is read at the start of each meeting. I initially thought the practice
contrived. I have instead found value in the practice.

The Board decided to pursue a complaint with Verizon. I met with their
representative this week at their request. This was not an effort to derail the
complaint, only to begin to gather facts and consider basis for settlement of
our claim. Though authorized by your vote the complaint has not been filed. At
chair's request I've posted an executive Session at the end of the regular
meeting to discuss this pending legal action arising from Verizon Telephone
Service outages.

I provided an update on our broadband build to MBI and estimate we will be at
the halfway point of the build and able to invoice for the second of three $150k
payments at that time. Selectboard will meet with Broadband Committee on Monday
1/22 at 3 pm for an update and joint meeting.