Coordinator report
January 6, 2011

We cancelled the previously scheduled meeting.  Please consult as well
my report dated December 22, 2010 for this Jan 10, 2011 meeting.

After 26 years of service Police Chief Brian Peters is retiring
effective February 4, 2011.  We owe Brian our sincere thanks for his
dedication. He recommends that the Selectboard appoint David Shoemaker
who would accept the appointment. Officer Shoemaker and I would like to
have a reception honoring Brian on the afternoon of Saturday Feb 5 at
the town hall.

Attached is the AG's office reply to Warwick being left off the order
that Verizon upgrade its plain old telephone service. They maintain that
only 413 area code is involved in the decree.

Some folks have expressed concern about the broad prohibition of
employee family members from obtaining benefit of wood cut by highway
department. Perhaps a further discussion of the rationale or assignment
to a committee ought be considered.

Our moderator has expressed concern regarding important zoning matters
being taken up at a special town meeting. I'd recommend deferring the
stretch building code question to the annual meeting since it isn't time
sensitive. It is good policy and it is a touchstone on the path to Green
Community designation and some grant funding.

The PVRS district is working on getting us state funding for WCS boiler,
roof, and air handling. We are not eligible for reimbursement for
sprinkler repair because the dollar total is under $250k. I am looking
at further enhancements. We could get $175k grant back if we spend
another $45k.

Patricia has noted that it is time to start organizing the Town's 250th
birthday celebration. We should seek volunteers for a steering
committee.

To date we have twelve application packages requested and delivered to
residents for CPE Internet grants. I have worked with five residents to
completion and await IRS income documentation on these. We have written
three full price orders for broadband in the same time frame. We have
three installations that are so marginal I have not billed them as we
wait, watch, and see if we can fine tune them to make them reliable or
need to remove them. We had one attempted installation fail at the top
of Barber Hill.