Coordinator report June 19, 2014

Miryam as ZBA chair has requested that the Selectboard re-appoint Robert
Croak to a five year term on the ZBA, ending in 2019.

I'd like us to prepare for a special town meeting in September to adopt
the stretch code and to adopt as of right zoning for solar PV on the
town owned Allen lot. The Green Communities application is due the end
of October. That will be a tight timeline for the Planning Board. In the
meeting package is a by right by-law model from DOER we can base it on.
Ted is going away all of September. He says the PB may have to meet
weekly.  I think we can risk a less than perfect by-law as it only
involves one parcel, owned and controlled by the Town and amend the
zoning if needed at a future date. A draft STM Warrant is included.
Other reason for a September STM is that if either fails, we won't do
all the work to document the 20% reduction over the next three years, or
at least won't do it on such a tight time-line.

PVRS has advanced a new capital definition and it does not address the
dollar amount threshold nor provide for dispute settlement method. In
the definition it appears to me that a CF or LED light bulb would be a
capital item as it has a life of more than one year.

MMA has alerted us of telecom industry sponsored / backed legislation
moving through the legislative process that would revoke local zoning
control over towers and wireless installations. Does the board want to
take a stand against this proposal?

In the last 45 days of the fiscal year the Selectboard is empowered to
vote to transfer funds between budgetary line items. Accountant is
requesting that the board vote $3000 be transferred from the health
insurance line to the liability line. Reason is that I charged WBS
$5,521 for its share of liability insurance which was excessive and we
need to back this charge out.

All the paperwork and attestations are in on the USDA rural facilities
grant in the amount of $20,000 to pay for a portion of the new HD
highway truck. That will free that amount for other Chapter 90 highway
work.

Our insurance costs for FY15 came in on budget this year with a few
hundred dollars to spare. Our workers compensation rate is very high due
to loss experience. This will persist at least one more year. Good news
is that we haven't been kicked to the "assigned risk pool" and we have
enough in the vote budget to cover all our insurance costs.

I ordered and installed a new US flag for Fellows Memorial. It is a
"correct aspect" flag and the first of this type in play. They are not
widely available.

The 25th of June is the zoning violation appeal hearing on the
WagonWheel unpermitted use as Mobile Home Park. Hearing is at 7 pm. I
plan on attending.

Tax collector has UniBank do some enhancements of the town's on-line
payment portal for broadband so that we can now take credit cards, debit
cards and electronic payments. We didn't used to take VISA.  This
payment method is happening under the broadband heading so a payer
should contact the collector so we find the money and get it applied to
the correct account. I check the account once a month to apply on-line
broadband payments.
 
We are back in the wood pellet bag recycling business thanks to a grant
obtained by the solid waste District. Only number four plastic goes in
this container. I will be advertising for a back-up dump attendant as
George has landed a job in his field, as a nursery grower and probably
won't be available on Wednesdays during the summer.

After taking Friday's off I still will have two vacation days owed me.
If the board will vote to allow me to carry them into the next fiscal
year I would like that. If not I'll take them off before July 1 per the
requirements of the personnel policy which is use it or lose it.