Town of Warwick
                                                             Selectboard
                                                           April 18, 2017
                                                                Minutes
Members present: Dawn Magi, James Erviti, Lawrence Pruyne 
Others present: Town Coordinator David Young, Town Secretary Rosa
Fratangelo, Fire Chief Ron Gates, Shelby Ashline (Greenfield Recorder)

I.  Call to Order 
Chair Magi called the meeting to order at 3:00 p.m. in the Town Hall.

II. Presentations and Discussions
1.  Town Forest Update--Young said that there was no word yet on a start
date for timber cutting. He noted that Keith Ross's estimate of the cost
of the Forester was low, and that the actual cost would be around
$2,000.00.

2.   Final Review of Omnibus Budget --Young noted that the only changes
to the omnibus budget were the FRCOG radio lines for Police and Fire at
$1300.00 for each department. He said the projected tax rate is $20.30
per thousand. 
	Young said that the Finance Committees in Bernardston and Northfield
have recommended their respective towns vote a level funded PVRSD budget
which would be lower than the School Committee's recommended budget. He
noted that if this were to happen our assessment would be reduced by
about $36,000.00 and said that Warwick makes up 10% of PVRSD's operating
budget. Young explained that it is incumbent upon the Selectboard to
place the School Committee recommended figure on the ATM warrant. 
	Both Magi and Young praised School Superintendent Ruth Miller for her
professional performance and willingness to listen to input from the
towns and take the needs of the towns into consideration when compiling
a budget.

3.	Final Review of Town Meeting Warrant --Young said that he needed to
remove the reference to petition articles as there were none this year. 

4.	Selectboard Reports--Young said that the Selectboard had received an
invitation to the North Quabbin Chamber of Commerce's Annual Dinner and
Awards. Magi signed a letter to Jim Barry granting user authorization
for Mass Energy for read-only rights to the Town's electricity bills.
Young said that the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture had returned
appointment paperwork for Rosa Fratangelo as Inspector of Animals
effective May 1, 2017 - April 30, 2018. Young also said that he received
notification of a hearing in Boston for the Barn Owl regarding the
change of manager. He left the meeting to print out corrected pages for
the ATM warrant.

5. Execution of Annual Town Meeting Warrant--Young brought new signature
pages for the warrant and all three Board members signed the six copies.
	
6.	Coordinator Report -- Young said that the new 900 mgH system was
being installed today for Warwick Broadband. He handed out a document
detailing departmental spending for WCS, Police, Fire and Highway which
included a compilation of debt as well as projected debt through FY 21.
	
7.	Public Comment--Fire Chief Ron Gates pointed out errors in lines 200
and 209 of the Fire Department requested FY 18 budget.

Pruyne MOVED that line 200 be changed to $6,000.00 and line 209 be
changed to $1,200.00.  Erviti SECONDED. Motion CARRIED 3-0-0.

III.	Adjournment	

At 3:44 p.m., Erviti MOVED to adjourn. Magi SECONDED. Motion CARRIED
3-0-0. 


Documents consulted at this meeting:
*DRAFT FY 18 Omnibus budget
*DRAFT Warrant for May 1, 2017 Annual Town Meeting
*Spreadsheet of School, Fire, Police, Library and Highway Spending