Town of Warwick
Selectboard
July 11, 2011
Minutes 
Members present: Dawn Magi, Patricia Lemon, Nick Arguimbau
Others present: Town Coordinator David Young, Building Inspector Phil
Delorey, Kristy DelFausse.
I.   Call to Order 
Chair Magi called the meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in Town Hall.
Public Comment  - None.
III. Minutes
Lemon MOVED to approve the minutes of the June 27, 2011, Selectboard
meeting, as printed. Magi SECONDED. Motion carried by a vote of 2-0-0.  
Lemon MOVED to approve the minutes of June 27 2011, Municipal Light
Board Supervisors' Meeting as printed. Magi SECONDED. Motion carried by
a vote of 2-0-0.
Arguimbau joined the meeting at 6:05 pm.
IV. Presentations and Discussions
1.   Hiring of WCS janitor as temporary part-time employee--Young
explained that again this summer the janitor is on shortened hours at
the school and is available to work as a Town employee doing painting
and other capital improvement at WCS at his $13/hour rate.
Lemon MOVED to approve hiring Nathan Towne as a temporary, part-time
town employee for July and August. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion carried by
a vote of 3-0-0.
2.  Date of Wendell Road Pole Hearing--Verizon has requested permission
to site four new utility poles on Wendell Road near Northfield Road.
Lemon MOVED that August 8, 2011, at 7 pm be set as the date of the Pole
Hearing. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion carried by a vote of 3-0-0.
3.   Building Inspector Phil Delorey--gave an update on the ongoing
enforcement activities at places where people are living / camping and
not in zoning compliance. He noted that two have Conservation Commission
issues that need to be addressed.  These are the Dyer and Gallagher
cases where the Selectboard was assured that special permit applications
would be issued within 30 days of the late May meeting where this was
discussed with landowner's counsel. David Young clarified that this week
he asked counsel to submit the special permit applications now and not
to wait for resolution of the notice of intent (NOI) to Conservation
Commission. Delorey noted that any structures affixed to the ground
require a building permit. Arguimbau questioned why the Board of Health
was not leading the enforcement action. Young explained that the state
health inspector had advised that we first deal with zoning,
conservation and building code matters. Young noted that the BoH would
not permit anything not in compliance with other by-laws. Delorey made
the point that a certificate of occupancy won't be issued until
everything is in compliance.
Lemon MOVED to renew approval of the building department's fee schedule
and specifically that all construction will pay a double building fee if
started before issuance of building permit. Arguimbau SECONDED. Motion
carried by a vote of 3-0-0.
	The Housing Court case against Jane Severance was discussed. Delorey
	said that progress has been made on carpentry, windows, and removal
	of a vehicle stored in the building. The owners are under court
	order not to live in the premises until a certificate of occupancy
	is issued. In order for that to happen the owner-built plumbing and
	electrical work must be inspected. The inspectors require a licensed
	tradesman to check the work and order the inspection. The owners
	seem unable or unwilling to do this. The next hearing is September
	16. Town counsel recently sent the owners a letter saying that the
	Town is prepared to enforce the building code up to and including
	demolition of the structure if work is not completed by the hearing
	date. The Selectboard reviewed their options which ranged from doing
	nothing to rigorous enforcement. Young agreed to pursue the option
	of CDBG housing rehab assistance and Selectboard member Arguimbau
	agreed to develop a written solution for the matter to take to
	housing court hearing for consideration.
4.   Selectboard Reports--There were no Selectboard reports.
5.   Coordinator Report--There were no questions from the board
regarding Young's written report.
6.  	New and Other Business-- 
Kristy DelFausse asked what can be done about a neighbor's unsightly
travel trailer that she thought was being used as a dressing room. Young
explained that it falls under motor vehicles and that everybody gets one
and no more than one unregistered motor vehicle under our zoning by-law.
 The board asked Young to give notice to residents, via the newsletter,
that we will be taking uniform enforcement action on the junk car
by-law.
V. 	Adjournment
At 7:15 pm, Lemon MOVED to adjourn the meeting. Arguimbau SECONDED.
Motion carried by a vote of 3-0-0.
Minutes taken by J. David Young