Coordinator Report January 29, 2015

I request that the board vote Chapter 268 Section 20D exemptions to
Board of Health members Lucinda Seago and Nancy Lyman so they may be
additionally compensated for doing the work of their clerk who is
recovering from a long illness and is expected to recover and return.

Town has been invited to make up to two appointments to a Regional
Pipeline Advisory Committee being organized by the FRCOG.  Gregory
Brodsky is the nominee from the Conservation Commission. He is co-chair.
Ted Cady is representing the FRCOG Planning Board so is already
installed.

Request to deficit spend on snow and ice. Spending to date is $90k of
$102k. Salt went from $56 to $70 per ton.  Freezing rain has increased
our cost over what it would have been with snow. There have been 35
"events" YTD.

The loader replacement request approval from the state is imminent. It is
time to hear from the community members who have had two weeks to make
their assessment and recommendation and then make a decision.  I have
attached a spreadsheet accounting Chapter 90 grant funding which shows
that after acquiring the new loader we will have $328k available for
roadwork.  

With respect to the highway department spending and its impact on the
tax rate, I am working with Larry to develop summer projects that can be
funded with the grant.  The board can expect to see these project
requests in the coming weeks.

I need to get the chairman's signature on the CDBG multi-town housing
rehabilitation and energy assistance application. During this reporting
period I got the HRA documentation to assist with application bonus
points.

After a several year process, we are poised to adopt our Warwick
Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan following FEMA acceptance of the draft
document. We owe thanks to the COG for the technical assistance, to DHCD
local technical assistance program for funding the COG's work and to our
highway and public safety department heads.

The Broadband Committee has reorganized with Tom Wyatt as chair; Bill
Foote as vice-chair; and Scott Seago as clerk. The committee met to
consider the letter that WiredWest has drafted to be sent out by the
Selectboard asking residents to make a $50, refundable, earnest money
deposit. The committee proposes that such a letter, in Warwick's case,
would better come from the Broadband Committee who are the project's
champions.  For the Selectboard's part the committee would like a letter
clarifying that if the fiber to the home project is successfully
implemented, the Town would close down the wireless system and not
compete with the fiber offering.

It is time, during the month of February, for the board to act on the
FY16 Warwick Broadband draft budget.  It won't be much different from
the prior year budget. I need to begin work on this and will try and
have a draft available by Monday's meeting time.
	
Because MGL Ch 93A Section 11 says that if a reasonable settlement offer
for single damages is rejected and the court finds that the relief
offered was reasonable in relation to the injury actually suffered, then
the court shall not award more than single damages. For this reason our
counsel recommends that we drop the triple damage claim.

I have posted a joint session with the Finance Committee to discuss the
FY16 Budget including cost of living increases (COLA), Advice to
departments, Review of school operating and capital budgets, and the
budget and Town Meeting format.
			
Please note the following important upcoming meetings:
	PVRS Budget Hearing 2/12 at 8 p.m.
	FRCOG Essentials Workshop: Personnel Legal Guidance 2/25 at 7 pm