Town of Warwick
Selectboard
January 7, 2013
 Minutes 
Members present: Dawn Magi, Patricia Lemon, Nick Arguimbau 
Others present: Town Coordinator David Young, Town Secretary Rosa
Fratangelo Calcari,  Police Chief Dave Shoemaker, Transfer Station
Commissioners Mike Mankowsky and Dick Whiting, Historical Society member
Beverly Shepardson, Diana Tandy (arrived at 6:56 pm), Jon Calcari

I.   Call to Order 
Chair Magi called the meeting to order at 6:00 pm in Town Hall. 

Public Comment 
Dawn Magi asked for a moment to remember current resident Stephen Allen
and former residents Marian McKnight Brostek and Beverly Alden, who
passed away recently.
III.  Minutes
Arguimbau MOVED to approve the minutes of November 26, 2012 as printed.
Lemon SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.

Lemon MOVED to approve the minutes of December 10, 2012 as printed. Magi
SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-1. Lemon and Magi: AYE; Arguimbau ABSTAINED
as he was absent from that meeting.
IV. Presentations and Discussions
1.   MGL Chapter 268 Section 20d Exemption--
Lemon MOVED that the Selectboard designate Beach Committee and Old Home
Days Committee positions as special municipal employees and vote to
grant Kathy Connelly a Section 20d exemption so she can serve on both
committees and as elected Board of Health member. Arguimbau SECONDED.
Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.
Community Meeting Space --Lemon handed out an annotated list of possible
sites for a community meeting place which could also serve as a senior
center and youth center. Magi suggested the discussion of the Warwick
Inn be addressed first. To avoid any perception of a conflict of
interest, Coordinator Young recused himself from this discussion because
he rents space in that building. Magi noted that the Inn would require
more insurance and possibly some additional construction, and the Inn
owner would not be able to afford this. Magi said that she did not feel
that the Town should assume any costs for construction or insurance, and
wanted to gather more information on just what would be needed before
exploring the Inn option further.
Lemon said that her second choice would be the First Parish Parsonage,
although she and Magi wanted to first visit the site to evaluate its
condition. Dick Whiting pointed out that the Town already owns both the
School and the Town Hall. He said that the Town Hall has plenty of room
and has served as a public meeting place for over 100 years. Lemon said
that the goal is to settle on a cozy site, which she said that Town Hall
was not.
Magi said that she thought the Town should proceed very slowly and
wanted to research real interest from people who would actually
participate. Young said that he had received an Email from Dan Dibble
who offered the basement of the Trinitarian Congregational Church for
middle school gatherings with adult supervision. Young also said that
the dining hall could be a meeting space for the community. He said that
both Dibble and Diana Tandy had expressed interest in helping to develop
a meeting space.
Arguimbau said that step one was to establish a gathering place within
Town Hall to gauge interest and track participation, because if the
interest and participation are lacking there would be no need for a step
two. Magi asked Young to consult with Tandy and maybe start with a
drop-in time for coffee and pastries to measure interest. Young will
work with Tandy, Dibble and anyone else who expresses a willingness to
participate. Arguimbau thanked Lemon for her efforts in compiling the
list of possible sites.
WCS Roof--Young said that the Pioneer School District has made two
attempts to receive funding from the Massachusetts School Building
Authority (MSBA) to assist in replacing the failing WCS roof. The
District had contacted the Town to see if we wanted them to make another
attempt.
Lemon MOVED that we request PVRSD administration to apply once more to
MSBA for funding for the roof at WCS. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion CARRIED
3-0-0.
	Young said that he will send a letter to that effect to PVRSD.

4.   Police Department Report -- Police Chief Shoemaker said that the
department is in the middle of a couple of investigations, and that
there have been three accidents within the last month. Arguimbau
inquired about the break-ins in Warwick. The Chief said that there had
been a total of five, two of which occurred to the same vacant building.
The Chief noted that there had been no incidents of break-ins here in
the past couple of months.
5.   Appointments--Chief Shoemaker explained that Officer Justin Gale's
appointment had expired on December 31, 2012 due to the appointment
schedule of former Police Chief Brian Peters. Chief Shoemaker has
returned to one-year appointments for his officers to coincide with the
fiscal year, where Chief Peters had been appointing officers to
three-year terms that expired December 31.
Lemon MOVED to appoint Justin Gale to the Warwick Police Department,
effective immediately and ending on June 30, 2013. Arguimbau SECONDED.
Motion CARRIED     3-0-0.
	Young said that Larry Carey has requested that the Board appoint
	Kathy Connelly to the Old Home Days Committee.
Arguimbau MOVED to appoint Kathy Connelly to the Old Home Days
Committee, effective immediately and ending on June 30, 2013. Lemon
SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.

6.   Transfer Station Enterprise Fund Budget Approval--Because there was
a quorum of both the Selectboard and the Transfer Station Commissioners,
this discussion was a joint meeting of the two entities.
	Young explained that the Selectboard is required to act on
	enterprise fund budgets. He said that the Transfer Station
	Commissioners were recommending a balanced budget of $42,000.00 for
	FY 14, which will not require any tax subsidy. Young noted that this
	budget included an anticipated surplus of $7,000.00 from FY 12,
	which needs to be certified by the DOR. Young commended the Board of
	Health for the $7,000.00 surplus, as the Transfer Station was under
	their control in FY 12. Young said that the Town now owns the paper
	compactor and owes no further monthly payments. Whiting said that
	there will be a new fee of $9.00 for 55-gallon bags. Both Magi and
	Lemon commended the Transfer Station Commissioners for their work.
Lemon MOVED to accept the budget submitted by the Transfer Station
Commissioners. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.
	Magi and Lemon thanked the Transfer Station Commissioners and the
	Coordinator for their work in making the Transfer Station more
	efficient and affordable.
7.   Broadband Enterprise Fund Budget Approval --Young said that the FY
14 budget for Broadband is in balance in the amount of $92,000.00. He
noted that currently there are five operational repeater sites, which
encourages growth in areas where service was formerly unobtainable.
Lemon MOVED to accept the $92,000.00 Broadband budget. Arguimbau
SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.
	Whiting commented that fiber optics cable had begun installation
	moving up Route 78.
8.	Surplus Property Declaration--Young said that in Town Hall there
are two incomplete computers and a new Costco computer desk that had
been purchased by his predecessor but never taken out of the box. Young
requested that the Board declare these items surplus property and he
will try to sell them on eBay.
Lemon MOVED to declare surplus property the two incomplete computers and
new computer desk. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.

9.	CORI Policy for Employees and Volunteers--Young handed out to each
Board member a copy of a suggested CORI (Criminal Offenders Records
Inquiry) policy which he had found on the internet. There was a
consensus of the Board that each member will review the document and
continue the discussion at the next meeting. Chief Shoemaker pointed out
that the Board must decide on what would be automatic disqualifiers, and
offered to assist in the development of guidelines. Young, Shoemaker and
Arguimbau will collaborate and bring their work to the next meeting.
10.	MBI Network Connecting Agreement--Young asked the Board to
authorize him to sign the network connection agreement with MBI.

11.	Boston Post Cane--Historical Society member and Boston Post Cane
Representative Beverly Shepardson said that she was asked by the
Historical Society President Larry Carey to come before the Board and
provide some history of the Boston Post cane. She said that in 1909 the
Boston Post newspaper gave 700 canes to cities and towns throughout the
state to be awarded to the oldest resident. She noted that in the
beginning all recipients were men. She said that Warwick is one of the
only towns to still have the original cane, which is awarded to its
recipient then returned to the vault after a photograph is taken of the
recipient and the Selectboard. She also said that the Historical Society
is looking to complete its list of Warwick's recipients since 1909. She
passed around a pin she purchased from the Greenfield Historical
Society. The pin, which she said cost $6.00 plus $3.50 for shipping, is
awarded to each Greenfield recipient of the cane. She asked that the
Board approve the purchase of a pin which would later be presented to
current cane recipient present Kay Magi during a 250th anniversary
event. Mrs. Magi was first awarded the cane in 2007.
Lemon MOVED that the recipient of the Boston Post Cane also be presented
with a pin and a certificate. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 2-0-1.
Lemon and Arguimbau: AYE; Magi ABSTAINED, as her mother is the current
recipient of the cane.
 
12.	Auditor Engagement Letter--Young explained that although the
on-site portion of the audit of the FY 12 books has now been completed
by Scanlon Associates, the Board needed to approve their engagement
letter. He noted that the cost of $12,500.00 is below the original quote
of $15,000.00, and that the letter was issued once the actual cost of
the service was determined.
Lemon MOVED the Selectboard sign the two copies of the Auditor
Engagement letter. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.
 
13.	Selectboard Reports--Lemon said that she is scheduled for hip
replacement surgery in early March and will likely be unable to attend
meetings for a while thereafter.
14.	Coordinator Report--Young said that he has been contacted by the
offices of State Senator Rosenberg, State Representative Andrews and
Congressman McGovern regarding the Town's 250th anniversary. He said
that he will invite all three to Old Home Days. Young also said that
Representative Andrews had sent a letter inquiring if there was any
legislation the Town wished to see filed, as the deadline for 2013 is
January18th.  Lemon said that she wanted to see the updated bottle bill
brought before the Legislature and passed.
Lemon MOVED that Denise Andrews be informed that the town would like the
updated bottle bill be brought to the floor of the Legislature, and
would like her to support it. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.

V.  Adjournment

At 7:32 pm, Lemon MOVED to adjourn the meeting.  Arguimbau SECONDED.
Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.

Minutes taken by Rosa Fratangelo Calcari