Coordinator report August 28, 2014

Based on vote of the board meetings revert to 6 pm beginning next
Tuesday. Monday is a holiday.

It appears based on documents submitted by Martha and my re-reading of
MGL 71 S 16B that there is no reversing the ATM voted appropriation once
2/3s of the member District towns vote the school budget. I recommend we
delete the two school district special town meeting items unless we want
to spend some quality time in a court of law. I will have conferred with
counsel before Tuesday's meeting. We have a short meeting planned for
9/8 to sign and post the Special Town Meeting Warrant.

DCR has noticed us that they plan to acquire 90 or so acres in the
northwest corner of Warwick and adjacent to much more planned
acquisition of contagious property in Northfield. I would note that we
receive more payment in lieu of taxes from the state than chapter 61
privately held land contributes to our revenues.

Have two items to discuss with the building inspector. Member Arguimbau
wants him to conduct periodic inspections and enforcement actions rather
than the complaint based approach that is the norm in town and
everywhere surrounding us. The other item is the possibility of having
the building inspector issue an additional enforcement order regarding
year round and residential use of the campground. This is suggested in
case opposing counsel successfully argues that the mobile home park
citation misses the mark. Planning board chair Cady will attend for this
portion of the meeting. Our counsel says that if we think we got a word
wrong, by all means change it.

Verizon is petitioning for a pole hearing for facility they want to
locate at the corner of Gale Rd in Warwick and Main St in Orange. Board
needs to set a date. I suggest 9/29 at 6:30 pm.

The treasurer needs board's authorization and execution of borrowing
documents for the WCS roof project. Percentage interest rate is 0.53 or
about one half of one percent.

Arguimbau wants the board to have the local school union come before the
Selectboard to discuss budget matters. On reflection, as much as I like
to liven things up, this seems inappropriate. They are a collective
bargaining unit. This could be perceived as an attempt to interfere with
a contract. Beyond grandstanding, what would be the point?  As painful
as it is, more involvement in the process in the future is a better
plan.

We got MBI fiber to town hall installed and working so Skype
communication with Patricia for meetings should be improved. I visited
her this week. She was appreciative of the effort. I don't think she
will be home by Tuesday but she is getting stronger and looks good. We
got the town's fiber circuit at the school working on a sophisticated
WiFi system. Kudos are due to John B for figuring it out. The manual was
more than 1000 pages.