Town of Warwick Selectboard December 15, 2014 Minutes Members present: Dawn Magi, Patricia Lemon Member absent: Nick Arguimbau Others present: Town Coordinator David Young, Town Secretary Rosa Fratangelo, Building Inspector Phil Delorey, Plumbing and Gas Inspector Casey Bashaw, Broadband Committee member Scott Seago, Lucinda Seago, Jon Calcari, David Rainville (Greenfield Recorder) I. Call to Order Dawn Magi called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm in Town Hall. Bill Lyman announced that he was recording the meeting. II. Public Comment Magi noted with great sadness the recent passing of residents Reva Reck, Tammy Campbell and James Goodwin. Young said that former resident Chris Clark also passed away and that the Clark family had held a gathering at Town Hall this past weekend. III. Minutes Lemon MOVED to accept the minutes of November 24, 2014 as printed. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. IV. Presentations and Discussions Building Department--Building Inspector Phil Delorey presented proposed updated fee schedules for the Building Department: a Building Permit Fee Schedule, a Fee Schedule for Plumbing and Gas Permits, and a Fee Schedule for Wiring Permits. Delorey said that he wanted to give a break to homeowners building or remodeling their own houses by allowing them to be charged based on the submission of an estimated cost and building materials list, while contractors would still be charged based on square footage. He said that this would give residents who wish to do their own home improvements a break on the cost of a building permit. Delorey noted that the updated fee schedule had equitable rates compared with other towns in Franklin County. Delorey introduced Casey Bashaw, who had been recently appointed as the Plumbing and gas Inspector for the remainder of FY 15. Both men noted that the new fee schedules for plumbing and gas, as well as wiring would be collected and put into the appropriate revolving account, and the inspectors would then be paid their fees from these accounts. Bill Lyman said that as a homeowner who will be doing his own work, the updated fee schedule looked good. Lemon MOVED to accept the Building Department fee proposals as presented. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. Delorey noted that all fees would be waived for municipal buildings, and that language to that effect would be added to the new fee schedules. Young said that they still needed to figure out a way to pay the local building inspector. Delorey said that for the rest of this fiscal year he was willing to have the local building inspector paid from his pay line item for work performed. 2. Vote to Adopt Community Development Strategy (CDS) and Project List--Young explained that the Board must vote on whether or not to adopt the CDS and Project list. Lemon MOVED to adopt the Community Development Strategy and Project List. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. WiredWest Resolution--Young said that the Board needed to confirm its intent to continue to support the WiredWest cooperative initiative. Young read aloud the entire resolution: "RESOLVED: The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Warwick hereby confirms its intent to continue to support the WiredWest cooperative initiative to construct and operate a regional "fiber to the home" broadband network which will serve substantially all premises in the Town. As an important step in the process, we are prepared to work with appropriate Town officials and committees to seek formal approval of a general obligation bond issue at a Town Meeting in the Spring of 2015 in an amount sufficient to pay the Town's share of the regional network. We understand that preliminary projections show that the principal amount of the Town's bond issue will be in the range of approximately $ 1,500,000 to $2,000,000. Further, we acknowledge that the business model for operating the regional network is subject to significant risks and the Town of Warwick may ultimately be responsible for its share of network operating costs. Finally, we understand and expect that the Massachusetts Broadband Institute, in reliance on this resolution and similar resolutions of other towns in the region, will continue to expend significant resources to further develop design, engineering, construction and financing plans for the WiredWest regional initiative." Young said that the figure is more likely to be $2.5 million at the Annual Town Meeting, rather than the $1.5 million or $2 million. He also said that Nick Arguimbau wanted it known that he is strongly opposed to this because he feels that the Town cannot afford this in any way. Young recommended supporting the resolution. Lemon said that the tax base would be adversely affected and that it would be harder to sell homes without this. Magi said that a clear and simple explanation must be made for the Annual Town Meeting. Broadband Committee member Scott Seago said that it will be even worse if the surrounding towns adopt the WiredWest resolution and get fiber to the home and Warwick does not, because property values here would go down even more. Lemon MOVED to adopt the WiredWest resolution. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. Lemon signed the certificate of vote authorization as Clerk of the Selectboard. Magi signed and dated the resolution. Selectboard Business--Lemon wanted to change the start time of Selectboard meetings to 5 p.m. until daylight Savings Time begins next March. There was a consensus of the Board to change the meeting start time to 5 p.m. to see how it works. Lemon said that she wanted to reorganize the Board because Arguimbau has medical issues that affect his ability to attend meetings, and that we need someone acting as Board Chair. Magi inquired if anyone had spoken with Arguimbau about this, and no one had. Magi said that she did not want to usurp Arguimbau's position without consulting him first. Lemon reiterated the need for an acting Chair. Lemon MOVED that Dawn Magi become the new Chair of the Selectboard. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. Lemon said that she would inform Arguimbau after the meeting. 5. Correspondence--Young said that National Grid had given the legally required notice to the Town that they spray herbicides in Warwick. He said that the spraying is done around the power lines on Northfield and Winchester Roads as well as Old Winchester and Richmond Roads. The times for the different types of spraying were defined as between January 12 and June1, 2015 and June to October of 2015. Young noted that the Conservation Commission had received notification as well. 6. Appointments--Young said that several vacancies on Town Boards and Committees needed to be filled, and that he had a list of candidates to fill those positions. The Board reviewed the list of candidates. Lemon MOVED to appoint Lucinda Seago to the Board of Health until the Annual Town Election on May 18, 2015, and to appoint Bill Foote to the Warwick Broadband Committee, Rochelle Stellato to the Recreation Committee, Beth Arsenault to the Conservation Committee, and James Erviti as Representative to the new Veterans' District, each for a term ending June 30, 2015. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. Young introduced R.N. Lucinda Seago to the Board. Town Clerk Rosa Fratangelo swore her in. 7. Selectboard Reports--Magi said that she had attended the recent FRCOG Personnel Committee meeting at which positions were upgraded without an increase in salary. She noted that the committee will be meeting more frequently and will di8scuss salary increases and job performance evaluation tools. 8. Coordinator Report--Young said that he has been working with Highway Superintendent Larry Delaney to replace the 1997 John Deere front end loader and pay for the new machine with Chapter 90 money. He noted that the Federal bid option is a good one that will likely be better than a State bid. Young said that they want to trade in the old John Deere for a new one, and he asked the Board if they want him to continue working with Delaney on this matter. Young said after trade-in the cost would likely be around $70,000.00 and said that currently we have about $153,000.00 in Chapter 90 funds available. There was a consensus of the Board that Young and Delaney should move forward with this. Lemon said that her home health care workers have both commented that the upkeep of our Town roads has been wonderful. 9. New and Other Business Not Reasonably Anticipated Prior to Posting Notice--None. V. Adjournment At 647p.m., Lemon MOVED to adjourn. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. Minutes taken by Rosa Fratangelo