Coordinator Report June 15, 2017

There have been no volunteers for Capital Planning nor for the Finance
Committee. The latter met this week and will meet again soon to act on
transfers and reserve fund requests.  Snow and Ice loss is zeroed out.
The following accounts are or will be underwater by year end. Temporary
interest about $400 and Health Medicare (Contributory) Insurance is
about $13,500 negative. We have $20,000 in reserve fund and an opinion
letter that we can simply add the deficit to the tax rate which has the
same effect as Reserve Fund transfer provided we again apply Free Cash
to lower the levy.  

This is a good time to remind departments that they do not have to spend
all of their budgets. We will not penalize them in the next budget
cycle. We thank them for keeping spending down and adding to free cash.
It is customary in the forest management business for the supervising
forester to take their fee off the top of the stumpage payment from the
logger to the landowner. It is not how we like to document our
transactions so we paid the fee from the FY17 Forest Committee Revolving
Account. It was only authorized in the amount of $2000. The board needs
to vote to increase the RF by $100 from $2,000 to $2,100 according to
the Town Accountant to cover the amount spent in excess.

Nothing was decided at the last regular meeting regarding Highway
Department cold in place contracting and the bid decision is due at end
of this week. I directed Larry to provide information to FRCOG bids so
we will be under contract, likely with a project that fits the Orange Rd
from Whipple's to Orange Line.

Tracy Rogers of Northfield Selectboard contacted us regarding Warwick
joining the other Pioneer District Towns in applying for the Community
Compact to the Commonwealth in support of the "Heart" committee. I would
be for keeping our options open because I am pessimistic of Heart
committee chances to achieve needed change. I'll invite Alan and Sue our
representatives and we can hear from them. 

Chief Shoemaker, Warwick PD, will be in to report and make his case for
a promotion from within to Sargent of one of his men who is functioning
beyond that of a patrol officer. 

Town Secretary / Town Clerk will present the slate for annual
Selectboard appointments, most of which are reappointments. Olivier
Flagollet has added his name to those interested in being Clock Winder.
I encouraged him to speak with Clyde, Jr. and John.

I have scheduled a solar project site visit Wed 21 June at 11 am in West
Brookfield of the project for which Warwick is net meter host and will
receive about $35k in royalty income for the next 20 years. The owner
and possibly the developer will be in attendance.

I'll be applying for reimbursement of the first third of the MBI
broadband construction grant, $150k next week having reached that level
of expenditure. Little borrowing will therefore be required at year end