October 17, 2006
The regular meeting of the Board of Selectmen was held at 6:30 P.M. in the Sharon Town Offices, with Chair William A. Heitin and Selectmen Walter Joe Roach and Richard A. Powell and Benjamin E. Puritz, Town Administrator.
The meeting was called to order at 6:35 P.M.
Minutes
VOTED: (Roach/Powell) voted unanimously to approve the Minutes of October 3, 2006, including Executive Session.
The Executive Session Minutes of September 26, 2006 and October 3, 2006 were held.
Reconsider Vote Taken - Reappointment to the Zoning Board of Appeals
Selectman Powell requested that the Vote taken, October 3, 2006, to reappoint Walter Newman to the Zoning Board of Appeals be reconsidered as he stated it was his intention to recuse himself from voting due to his familial relationship with Mr. Newman
VOTED: (Powell/Roach) to reconsider the appointment of Mr. Newman for the purpose of Selectman Powell recusing himself.
VOTED: (Heitin/Roach) Voted 2-0 (Powell recused himself) to ) to reappoint Walter Newman to the Zoning Board of Appeals as an Alternate Member. Expiration: January, 2010.
Interview for Reappointment to the WMAC
The Board interviewed Rory McGregor for Reappointment to the WMAC. Mr. McGregor has been a member for over nine years and discussed the need to move forward with well exploration sites.
Review Budget - Animal Inspector - Ed Little
The Board reviewed the preliminary FY’08 Budget for Animal Inspector in the amounts of $3,278.00 Primary, $3,278.00 minus and $3,376.00 plus.
SCADA Upgrade - Eric Hooper, Superintendent of Public Works
Mr. Hooper discussed the windstorm last July that knocked out the system and the necessity for upgrading the SCADA system. The SCADA system is used by the Water Department to monitor and control pumping at each of the production wells and monitor water levels at each of the storage tanks. Woodard & Curran Engineers were requested to submit a proposal to provide the required engineering services to implement recommended upgrades. Bob Chappelle and Leroy Hendricks, Woodard & Curran, were also present. Items discussed included:
new SCADA system will provide a measure of redundancy;
project will upgrade to modern computers, radios and modems;
proposal includes engineering design services, radio component, hardware, redundancy;
will modernize the entire system;
present computers are obsolete/more than 10 years old;
will include lightning protection;
costs breakdown/options;
review of tasks/phases;
need for maintenance contract/updating of equipment;
need for radio back-up; and,
available radio licenses and frequencies.
Selectman Powell asked if WMAC had weighed in on this issue and Mr. Hooper responded that they had and that the lightening strike had made it more of a priority. While they were not exactly up to snuff on the specific system, they were in agreement that there was a need to upgrade, need to modernize and need for redundancy in the system.
Selectman Powell asked if WMAC had weighed in on this issue. Mr. Hooper responded that they had and that they knew it was moving forward and that the lightening strike had made it more of a priority. While they were not exactly up to snuff on the specific system, they were in agreement that there was a need to upgrade, need to modernize and need for redundancy in the system.
VOTED: (Roach/Powell) Voted unanimously to award the contract for the upgrading of SCADA to Woodard & Curran, Dedham, MA in the amount of $161,000.
Interview for Appointment - WMAC
The Board interviewed David Crosby for a membership on the WMAC. Mr. Crosby, both an engineer and lawyer, served on the subcommittee to assist with the proposal and report for new water meters.
Review Budget - Historical Commission - Robert Young
The Board reviewed the preliminary FY’08 Budget for Historical Commission in the amounts of $650.00 Primary, $650.00 plus and $617.00 minus. Mr. Young also discussed a request for extra funds from the Community Preservation Act to update the Town’s inventory of historical homes. He stated that Sharon would not be eligible for grants if the inventory is not done.
Mr. Young further discussed meeting with the architect re Frontier Enterprises for the redevelopment plan of the Wilber School. He stated that the building is in much better shape than anticipated and that he is optimistic that something will take place.
Review Budget - Town Report - Ben Puritz
The Board reviewed the preliminary FY’08 Budget for the Town Report in the amounts of
$12,527.00 Primary, $12,527.00 plus and $11,527.00 minus. Mr. Puritz discussed the downward trend for the printing costs.
Review Budget - Vocational Tuition - Ben Puritz
The Board reviewed the preliminary FY’08 Budget for Vocational Tuition in the amount of $27,500.00 in the fixed and uncontrollable category. Mr. Puritz stated that this line item is for post-secondary vocational training not provided by Southeast Regional and that there have not been any students enrolled for the past several years.
Review Budget - Law - Ben Puritz
The Board reviewed the preliminary FY’08 Budget for Law in the amounts of $ 101,571.00 Primary, $106.649.00 plus, $96,493.00 minus, and $121,685.00 , Maintenance of Service. Mr. Puritz stated that litigation drives the cost of the law budget and that the Maintenance of Service budget represents the average law budget over the last seven years.
Sale of Bonds
Chair Heitin updated the Board re the recent bond offering and net costs, and AA rating by Standard & Poors. He noted a series of votes that need to be taken per Robert J. Uyttebroek, Town Treasurer. He stated that the majority of funds will be used for reconstruction of the Community Center Building and other capital requests from last Town Meeting. Selectman Powell read the text of the votes to be taken.
VOTED: (Powell/Roach) Voted unanimously that the sale of the $13,860,000 Municipal Purpose Loan of 2006 Bonds of the Town dated October 15, 2006, to Corby Capital Markets, Inc. at the price of $14,064,732 and accrued interest is hereby confirmed. The bonds shall be payable on February 1 of the years and in the principal amounts and bear interest at the respective rates, as follows, subject to earlier redemption at the option of the Town as provided in the Bond Purchase Agreement dated October 17, 2006:
Year
|
Amount |
Interest
Rate |
Year
|
Amount |
Interest
Rate |
2008
|
$1,085,000 |
4.00% |
2018
|
$580,000 |
5.00% |
2009
|
1,055,000 |
4.00
|
2019
|
580,000 |
4.50
|
2010
|
1,050,000 |
4.00
|
2020
|
580,000 |
5.00
|
2011
|
1,050,000 |
4.00
|
2021
|
580,000 |
4.50
|
2012
|
755,000 |
4.00
|
2022
|
580,000 |
4.125
|
2013
|
755,000 |
4.00
|
2023
|
580,000 |
4.125
|
2014
|
755,000 |
4.50
|
2024
|
580,000 |
4.125
|
2015
|
755,000 |
5.00
|
2025
|
575,000 |
4.125
|
2016
|
755,000 |
5.00
|
2026
|
570,000 |
4.125
|
Further Voted: to confirm the provisions of the Bond Purchase Agreement dated October 17, 2006.
Municipal Satisfaction Survey
Selectman Powell suggested a Municipal Satisfaction Survey to get ideas and input from the community and to get more people involved in local government. Selectman Roach suggested that the Board host an Open Forum. This will be added to a future agenda.
Executive Session
VOTED: (Roach/Powell) Voted unanimously to enter into Executive Session for the purpose of discussing items of Personnel Matter, Collective Bargaining, Real Property Acquisition and Pending Litigation, and at the conclusion thereof to adjourn for the evening.
Roach, aye; Powell, aye; Heitin, aye. The Board recessed to Executive Session at 9:00 P.M. Q:\Word Perfect\MINUTES\101706.wpd
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 
