Attended FRCOG aerial photo software presentation. Desire to overlay
up-to-date assessors parcel maps to maps.
Handled WCS and town hall use applications
Faxed election information to Athol Daily News
Provided 1973 ATM motion to chair.
Distribute free cash letter. We have $62,256 an amount reflected in FY10
budget.
Contacted DOR and confirmed that our information on their web "gateway"
is current.
Updated insurer on  workers compensation claim. Worker out four days,
back to work and ok now.
Contacted town hall renter to report that seat cushions previously
missing were found in the elevator.
Update from Tracy W re: cultural counsel grant. Town received funding
transfer.
Met with Nick and Tim following up on highway snow and ice meeting.
Submitted reserve fund request for workers compensation audited premium
from FY07 to Fin Com
Prepared bills for payment.
Met with building inspector.
Phone meeting with town counsel on zoning matter.
Printed road closed signs for Highway Dept.
Checked staples account for online billing to avoid late fees resulting
from timing of warrant payments.
Met with accountant and reviewed transfer station and other accounts.
Confirmed piano recital dates in May for town hall use.
Reviewed, signed and faxed tree clean-up documentation prepared by Tim
to FEMA.
Began collecting storm damage in-kind assistance documentation from
residents.
Met with resident to follow-up on highway complaint. Reviewed a number
of suggestions to gain cost savings, reach scale, and try alternative
practices. Took a phone call at home from resident wondering if we could
spread gravel on Richmond Rd as it is getting impassably rutted.
Explained that is not practical and referred to highway department.
Forwarded copies of WCS building plans to police department for
contingency planning.
Began research on CCTV system / video surveillance for WCS as prevention
for break-ins.
Studied the DOR IGR Enterprise Fund manual.
Worked on documenting town's worker compensation loss control program.
Reviewed completed highway dept. developed training. We got 12% workers
comp discount this year. Eligible for 20% next year.
Ordered burial type Ethernet cable for broadband project, got J bar
mounts for difficult installations. Testing local radio network. Expect
to test with backhaul by last week in March.
Updated town hall reservation board.
Notified senior meal participants for which I have email address of no
meal due to Monday's ten inch snow storm.
Corresponded with WiValley ISP regarding mounting bracket for PD.
Ordered IP addressed mass storage device from Tech-1. 500GB Ethernet
type is $175. Very fair price.
Investigated accessing mail server sub domain on
town.warwick.state.ma.us so we can archive town business.  Contacted a
company called lithiumhost.com They will host including unlimited email
and web space for $71/year.
Registered the dot us domain with neustar at no cost. Town clerk
notarized submitted documents.
New town truck damaged. Damage discovered during routine maintenance.
Transmission housing and bell housing damaged / broken. Not covered
under warranty or extended warranty says dealer.
I filed insurance claim. Truck at Nutmeg (dealer). There is $500
deductible. Estimate to repair is $14k and tranny must be returned to
manufacturer. Tim will look into getting some sanding coverage by
neighboring town. We will only have one sand truck for a few weeks.
Worker recalls plowing over a RR tie on Wendell Rd during storm a few
weeks ago. Dealer says they have seen several of these as result of
collision. Insurance inspection completed on Thurs 3/5 and work
authorized to proceed.
I waited a few days rather than ok immediate repair as it seems prudent
to wait a few days to have an adjustor look at it as it sits.
Answered questions following submission of commonwealth capital application.
Consulted with FRCOG.
Ordered 500MB network storage device for map and aerial photo library.
Each workstation will be able to access.  Contacted FRCOG to set up
installation of software.
Conferred with Tim on hired sander truck availability.
Contacted Cartographic to get estimate of cost to make our tax maps
useable as GIS overlays to new aerial photo maps. Cost to make shape
files of our maps is $2365. This is a one time cost. Will run $300
thereafter to update. I spoke with Ryan at FRCOG. He composited our
older maps and we could do the parcel data entry ourselves. His opinion
is this price is fair, we'd have accurate maps and all the index data.
Contacted town counsel and State Ethics attorney of the day regarding a
question posed by resident regarding use of town building for what she
regards as a partisan event.
Reviewed FEMA submission by highway department for hanging and leaning
trees. Value of claim is $28,800. 3/4 of which is reimbursable to town.
Posted Selectboard change of meeting time to 6 PM
Even though recycling revenues are in the toilet, Town's Transfer Sta.
Enterprise Fund grossed $1120 in revenues from paper and cans/bottles.
This does not include the metal dumpster. And while it costs money to
transport the material, we got revenue instead of expense to dispose of
material. Residents recycled almost 32 tons of material in first six
months of the fiscal year. That resulted in a check for $1120 instead of
paying to get rid of the tonnage. Scrap metal prices have rebounded from
$10/ton in Nov. to about $125/ton. This is about half what it was a year
ago.
Warwick has earned a bit over $5000 in clean energy grant funding from
Mass Technology Collaborative as of 12/31/08. We have 18 households
contributing to the matching fund. When we hit $15k we can fund a small
solar electric project with this revenue.
Our insurer, Massamont will cover us next year under their accelerated
renewal program at a 0% rate change. In the coming year we will be
eligible for a 20% savings on workers compensation rate. We got a 12%
rate reduction this year for following  their loss reduction guidelines.
We don't offer "light duty" if someone is injured so we forsake this
discount. This renewal is in stark contrast to MIIA's claim that
Massamont, after getting us to switch with a huge premium reduction will
hike the rate in the next year. Didn't happen.  When the basis for the
premium changes the cost is adjusted. For instance the huge up tick in
valuation for the Library and town hall will result in something less
than $1000 in increase. But our coverage went up to $1.1 and .9 million
respectively. And we would be co-insurers were we to insure for less
than replacement value were we to incur a partial loss.