Town of Warwick
Selectboard
February 7, 2011
			Minutes
Members present: Dawn Magi, Nick Arguimbau, Patricia Lemon 
Others present: Town Coordinator David Young, Town Secretary Rosa
Fratangelo Calcari, Moderator Miryam Williamson, Jon Calcari

I.   Call to Order 
Chair Arguimbau called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in the Town Hall.
Magi added a Selectboard Report item to the agenda.
II.   Public Comment   
None.
III. Minutes
Magi made a correction to item II.1 of the January 31, 2011 minutes. The
first sentence will now commence with "Magi drafted and Young finalized
a list of questions". Lemon omitted the word "which" from the fourth
line of item IV.2 of the January 24, 2011 minutes. Young said that the
list of questions posed to both Police Chief candidates will be retained
as a public record and need not be part of the minutes.
Magi MOVED to accept the minutes of January 24, 2011 and January 31,
2011 as corrected. Lemon SECONDED. Motion carried by a vote of 3-0-0.
IV. Presentations and Discussions
Recommendation of Special Town Meeting Articles -- Young suggested that
the Board make a formal vote to recommend the warrant articles, as the
Finance Committee had done at their last meeting.
Lemon MOVED to recommend the articles we are voting on tonight. Magi
SECONDED. Motion carried by a vote of 3-0-0.
      Lemon said that she wanted to ask for a moment of reflection for
      the people of Egypt and Tunisia, who have risked everything to
      achieve what our ancestors did for us over 200 years ago. There
      was a consensus of the Board and the Moderator that this could be
      done at the beginning of the Special Town Meeting.
2.	Selectboard Report -- Magi reported on the FRCOG meeting she
attended on January 27, 2011. She said that the budget passed in the
amount of $2,867,807.00. Highlights included a 3% increase in health
insurance and 1.6% COLA, based on December Northeast CPI, with no step
or merit increases. Approximately $5,000.00 in employer-paid long-term
disability coverage was approved. Also approved was $26,000.00 for staff
or salary changes for reasons including an increase in administrative
staffing for special projects, recognition of increased responsibility,
and greater IT expertise at FRTC. Magi said that both the regional
services assessment and the statutory assessment were level funded, and
noted that even though total assessments were level funded, 2012 changes
to Town Equalized Values will impact whether a town's assessment
increases or decreases.
3.  Other Business -- None.
V. 	Adjournment
At 6:15 pm, Lemon MOVED to adjourn the meeting. Magi SECONDED. Motion
carried by a vote of 3-0-0.
Board members took their places on the stage of the Town Hall Auditorium
in preparation for the Special Town Meeting and preceding information
session.

Minutes taken by Rosa Fratangelo Calcari