Coordinator report June 30, 2016

Terry Kemerer, tax collector has requested the Selectboard appoint his
assistant Jessica Foote to replace him as Tax Collector.

We have, effective July 1, moved to MIIA the not for profit arm of our
trade association MMA. We need to, as condition, vote and complete their
membership application.

I request the board vote some directives. First is that the Town
continue to recognize and fund highway compensatory time in our books.
Accountant and highway super need this instruction or I suspect the
"extra" work will stop.  The Council on Aging got a grant to replace the
kitchen range at town hall. The grantor agency has paid its half and
that is reflected in the invoice. We need to prepay Gillette Restaurant
Equip and then they will deliver the new unit. This authorization I
seek. Finally, I seek the board's approval to prepay Orange Ambulance
per the IMA.

Vote to accept and enter into the Inter Municipal Agreement with Orange
Ambulance. This is three year agreement. We will need to give notice by
March 30 next year provided we have an alternative in place.

No new submissions by residents on landline phone service and
deficiencies.

Highway - We have the forms to sign for Chapter 90 reimbursement for the
Chestnut Hill Project. Quarry Rd is not completed. Northfield Road is
this summer. We are having issues with the backhoe. We should consider
replacing it for the sake of efficiency. For some reason many repair
vendors are not calling Larry back. I have noted that maintenance is
slipping on our highway equipment and recommend that the board make
inquiries. Take a look at the service history on the new front end
loader.  We probably need to replace the backhoe but I have misgivings
given my perceptions of inadequate maintenance. I gave Larry a written
directive a week ago that his daily emails to me, which outline the next
day's work, be posted in his office for benefit of the workers; and that
he develop and keep updated a list of "background" tasks that he post to
keep the men meaningfully employed. These matters have been ignored.
	
We are eligible for DLA assistance through FRCOG which we will use to
develop our next Green Communities grant. Guardian Energy who are an
approved project expeditor are developing a plan to install air source
heat pumps in the town hall to save energy for both heating and cooling.
	
Friday July 1 begins the new fiscal year and marks the Broadband system
upgrade. See Tom's report attached and my piece I put in the newsletter.

I'll be leaving for vacation after Tuesday's meeting. Scanlon's CPA
audit firm begins our audit on Thursday July 14. The team will be on
site for approximately a week. The most recent audit was FY12 and we
will be auditing FY15.