Town of Warwick Selectboard December 21, 2015 Minutes Members present: Dawn Magi, Lawrence Pruyne, Nick Arguimbau (arrived at 6:07 p.m.) Others present: Town Coordinator David Young, Town Secretary and Town Clerk Rosa Fratangelo, Police Chief David Shoemaker, Jon Calcari, Paula Lundgren Robinson (Athol Daily News) I. Call to Order Chair Magi called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm in the Town Hall. II. Minutes Pruyne MOVED to approve the minutes of December 7, 2015 as printed. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. III. Presentations and Discussions 1. MGL Chapter 268:20D Exemption--Young said that Christine Duerring currently serves on the Forest Committee and is awaiting appointment to the Conservation Commission, and is therefore in need of a Chapter 268:20D exemption. He noted that both position are uncompensated. Pruyne MOVED to grant a Chapter 268:20D exemption to Christine Duerring. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0 2. Conservation Commission Appointment--Young said that Conservation Commission has requested the Board to appoint Christine Duerring to fill the term vacated by Kasey Rolih. Pruyne MOVED to appoint Christine Duerring to the Conservation Commission for the duration of the term vacated by Kasey Rolih. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-0. Duerring's term ends June 30, 2018. 3. Stipend Payments to Employees on this Warrant--Young said that he had put in for several employees to be paid for 6 months on this warrant, but Accountant Janice Barrett refused to pay people for time not yet worked. The standard practice is to pay stipend employees twice a year: 5 months pay in December and 7 months at the end of the fiscal year. 4. Warwick PD --Chief Shoemaker said that amidst the current opioid crisis the Warwick PD has been supplied with nasal Narcan paid for by a grant from D.A. Sullivan's office. He said that the cruiser and Police Station have been supplied at no cost to the Town, and that the officers have taken the necessary training. The Chief said that at the holiday time there is an increase in incidents involving impaired driving. He noted there have been drug related stops in Town for marijuana only. He said that we have one resident who has a drug arrest for heroin and that the arrest is from another town. The Chief ended by saying that many break-ins are driven by the need to support the perpetrator's drug habit. Arguimbau MOVED to approve the Warwick Police Department policy on the use of nasal Narcan. Pruyne SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0. Pruyne noted that the use of opioids results in indirect financing of terrorist activities as most opiates are produced in Afghanistan and Pakistan. 5. Broadband, MBI and WiredWest --Pruyne commented on potential taxation issues with an LLC and noted that Warwick's Municipal Light Plant would be a member of the LLC. He said that he felt the Wipro review of WiredWest seemed to look for every little thing to find wrong, while the Mintz Levin memorandum was not comprehensive enough. Magi said that neither document gave her confidence in joining WiredWest. Young pointed out that the project won't amortize the debt, and that MBI was correct in saying that this ownership model does not work. Young also said that if the underlying business can work, things can be sorted out, but Warwick has only about 200 customers and therefore should not stop looking at our wireless options. Young said that we would get a share of the grant funds and other sources for funding to build a better wireless network. He said that the WiredWest model would not likely work in Warwick or other towns of other towns with similar low population density, and that to some extent larger towns would end up subsidizing the smaller towns like Warwick. Young said that the Broadband Committee should keep working on the WiredWest project and that the LTE trial will also continue. Pruyne said that he was not yet ready to give up on WiredWest and that we should keep our options open. Magi said that we should be wary as we still need more information, but agreed with Pruyne in not giving up on the project just yet. Arguimbau said that we should do the least possible and wait and see. 6. FRCOG LTA Technical Assistance Request--Young said that the technical assistance available from FRCOG could assist with enhancing and developing Pipeline related maps so that potentially impacted areas could be identified. He also wanted FRCOG to assist with by-law review. Pruyne MOVED the request for FRCOG under Local Technical Assistance for consulting assistance with Pipeline related maps and by-law review. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0. 7. Community Compact Best Practices Project Adoption--There was a consensus of the Board not to adopt this yet, but continue to think about it. 8. Selectboard Reports--Pruyne said that he went to the MBI meeting with WiredWest delegate John Bradford and Broadband Committee Chair Tom Wyatt and that they were not allowed in because the attendance indoors was limited to 100 by the Fire Marshal. He said that it was difficult to maintain faith in MBI when they were offered a larger venue but refused, and that this may have been an intentional effort to limit attendance. Magi noted with sadness the passing of Transfer Attendant George Roaf's beloved dog "Pop" after a serious illness. The yellow lab was the unofficial greeter at the Transfer Station. 9. Coordinator Report--Young said that he went to a recent Selectboard Essentials presentation on USDA Rural Development loans, loan guarantees and grants. He said that his interest was in the local facilities grants and loans that could finance Broadband build or develop solar at our closed landfill. Young noted that Planning Board Chair Ted Cady was also in attendance. 10. Public Comment-- None. 11. New and Other Business Unanticipated at Time of Meeting Posting -- Magi said that she4 would like to see some lights on our Town Common at this time of year, as many other towns do while ours is dark. Young said that it was too late for this year, but that we could use efficient LED lights funded by the Celebrations budget. Magi asked if at least the fence and maybe the trunks of some trees could be lit. Arguimbau brought up the Northfield Road Chapter 90 project and said that it was not a good idea to put ourselves in the position of having to vote for something because otherwise people in the Highway Department won't get paid. He said that all details of a project must be gone through before putting it before either the Town Meeting voters or the DOT. Young concurred, saying that was a good and reasonable plan for the future. He said that Highway Superintendent Larry Delaney has not yet filed with the DOT for the Chapter 90 projects on Chestnut Hill and Quarry Roads. Young said that he will devote more time to help Delaney manage things and to think further ahead. Young also expressed concern that the Town funds are being spent too fast by the Highway and that Chapter 90 funds are not being spent as they should due to the Northfield Road project being stalled. He said that he wanted a list of Highway action items for the weeks and months to come. IV. Adjournment At 7:12 p.m., Pruyne MOVED to adjourn. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0. Documents consulted at this meeting: *Draft Minutes of December 7, 2015 Selectboard meeting *Town Coordinator Report dated December 16, 2015 *Wipro WiredWest Business Model review and Potential Options for Unserved Towns in Western Massachusetts dated December 10, 2015 *Mintz Levin Memorandum from Gregory A. Sandomirsky Re: WiredWest Operating Agreement dated December 9, 2015 *FRCOG letter and 2016 Local Technical Assistance Request Form dated December 4, 2015 *FRCOG Suggested Community Compact Program Best Practice Ideas and Considerations *Emails between Phoebe Walker (FRCOG), Diana M. Schindler (Orange Town Administrator) and David Young Re: Town of Orange Shared EMS Services dated December 15, 2015 and December 16, 2015